News from October 2. Chicago re-signed Andre Barrett. Chicago signed Joseph Blair, Justin Cage, Thomas Gardner, and Jared Homan. Cleveland signed Hassan Adams, Noel Felix, Dwayne Jones, Darius Rice, and Anthony Toliver. Eric Snow (Cle) underwent surgery on his left knee to repair a torn medial meniscus and is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks. Golden State named Sidney Moncrief as an assistant coach. Indiana signed Lukasz Obrzut and Courtney Sims. The LA Clippers re-signed Yaroslav Korolev. The LA Clippers signed Donell Williams. Orlando signed Bo Outlaw, Kevin Kruger, and Torrell Martin. Phoenix signed Richie Frahm, Rawle Marshall, and Doug Thomas. Amare Stoudemire (Pho) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee to remove a loose particle. He is expected to be out 2 to 3 weeks. Sacramento signed Rashid Byrd, Nik Caner-Medley, Adam Parada, Brandon Robinson, and Darryl Watkins. [thanks to Bob J.] San Antonio signed Kris Lang, Keith Langford, Anthony Lever-Pedroza, and Darius Washington. Utah signed Damone Brown, Donnell Harvey, and Kevin Lyde. Etan Thomas (Was) will undergo further tests after his physical revealed an irregular heartbeat. San Antonio announced that they will retire Avery Johnson's #6 during the December 22 Spurs game vs the LA Clippers. ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html