News from September 11. Pat Garrity (Orl) announced his retirement from the NBA. Oklahoma City re-signed Robert Swift. Miami re-signed Chris Quinn to a 2 year, $2 million contract with the 2nd year at the player's option. Jason Collins (Min) underwent surgery on his right elbow to repair a ruptured triceps tendon. He is expected to be out 6 to 8 weeks. ---- 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