News from October 22. Portland signed LaMarcus Aldridge to a 5 year contract extension. Philadelphia exercised their 10-11 options for Thaddeus Young, Marreese Speights, and Jason Smith. Boston released Michael Sweetney. Charlotte released Dontell Jefferson and Antonio Anderson. Chicago released Chris Richard. Cleveland released Andre Barrett, Russell Robinson, and Darryl Watkins. Dallas released Jake Voskuhl. Houston released Will Conroy. Memphis released Mike Taylor. New Jersey released Will Blalock, Bennet Davis, and Brian Hamilton. New York released Joe Crawford and Chris Hunter. Oklahoma City released Michael Ruffin. Portland released Jarron Collins and Ime Udoka. San Antonio released Curtis Jerrells. Utah released Ronald Dupree and Paul Harris. Washington released Vincent Grier. Preseason games Atl 92, Mia 87 at Jacksonville, Florida Al Horford (Atl) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Joe Johnson (Atl) had 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. Marvin Williams (Atl) had 10 points and 5 rebounds. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 13 points on 3-11 FG and 7-12 FT, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Daequan Cook (Mia) had 20 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Atl shot 57.1% (36-63) FG and Mia shot 36.8% (28-76) FG. Min 122, Det 114 at Det Ryan Gomes (Min) had 19 points including 8-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Oleksiy Pecherov (Min) had 20 points and 10 rebounds. Corey Brewer (Min) had 21 points. Jonny Flynn (Min) had 18 points including 8-12 FT and 6 assists. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 25 points including 10-15 FG and 5 assists. Richard Hamilton (Det) had 21 points including 8-11 FG. Charlie Villanueva (Det) had 17 points and 10 rebounds. Sac 104, OKC 89 at OKC Jason Thompson (Sac) had 15 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. Omri Casspi (Sac) had 17 points and 3 steals. Andres Nocioni (Sac) had 19 points and 5 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Etan Thomas (OKC) had 12 points including 6-10 FT and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Sac shot 52.5% (42-80) FG and OKC shot 39.7% (29-73) FG. Sac shot 10-14 FT and OKC shot 27-41 FT. LAL 106, Den 89 at Aneheim, California Lamar Odom (LAL) had 17 points including 5-8 3-pointers and 9 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 23 points and 6 rebounds. Josh Powell (LAL) had 15 points and 6 rebounds. Carmelo Anthony (Den) had 28 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Chauncey Billups (Den) had 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Por 113, Pho 93 at Vancouver, British Columbia Brandon Roy (Por) had 22 points including 7-10 FG and 3-3 3-pointers. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Travis Outlaw (Por) had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Steve Nash (Pho) had 14 points and 7 assists. Jared Dudley (Pho) had 13 points including 4-5 FG and 3-3 3-pointers and 3 steals. Por out-rebounded Pho 50-28 including 16-4 offensive. GS 126, NO 92 at GS Anthony Morrow (GS) had 34 points including 13-19 FG and 4-9 3-pointers. Corey Maggette (GS) had 23 points including 7-11 FG. Monta Ellis (GS) had 18 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 turnovers. Darius Songaila (NO) had 16 points including 8-11 FG, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. Darren Collison (NO) had 17 points and 5 assists. GS shot 62.5% (50-80) FG and NO shot 39.8% (35-88) FG. Preseason Schedule for Friday, October 23 (All times Central) Memphis @ Charlotte 9:30 am San Antonio @ Indiana 6:00 pm at Bloomington, Indiana Washington @ Chicago 7:00 pm Toronto @ Minnesota 7:00 pm at Sioux Falls, South Dakota Philadelphia @ New Jersey 7:00 pm at Queens, New York Atlanta @ Orlando 7:00 pm ESPN Detroit @ Milwaukee 7:30 pm Dallas @ Houston 7:30 pm Utah @ Sacramento 9:00 pm New Orleans @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm Denver @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN at San Diego, California ---- 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