News from October 25. Chicago exercised their 11-12 options for Derrick Rose, Taj Gibson, and James Johnson. Cleveland released Cedric Jackson and Tasmin Mitchell. Golden State released Vernon Goodridge and James Mays. Indiana released Magnum Rolle and Lance Allred. The LA Clippers released Marqus Blakely, Jon Scheyer, Stephen Dennis, and Jake Voskuhl. Miami released Da'Sean Butler and Patrick Beverley. Milwaukee exercised their 10-11 option for Brandon Jennings. Milwaukee released Brian Skinner. Martell Webster (Min) underwent surgery on his back and is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks. New Orleans released Jannero Pargo on October 5. Oklahoma City exercised their 11-12 options for James Harden, Serge Ibaka, Eric Maynor, Byron Mullens, Russell Westbrook, and D.J. White. Portland released Jeff Pendergraph. Portland signed Fabricio Oberto. Sacramento exercised their 11-12 options for Tyreke Evans, Jason Thompson, Donte Greene, and Omri Casspi. The 2010-11 NBA Regular Season starts tonight! Let the games begin! Schedule for Tuesday, October 26 (All times Central) Miami @ Boston 6:30 pm TNT Phoenix @ Portland 9:00 pm Houston @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Wednesday, October 27 (All times Central) Boston @ Cleveland 6:00 pm Detroit @ New Jersey 6:00 pm Miami @ Philadelphia 6:00 pm New York @ Toronto 6:00 pm Atlanta @ Memphis 7:00 pm Sacramento @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Chicago @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm ESPN Charlotte @ Dallas 7:30 pm Indiana @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Utah @ Denver 8:00 pm Houston @ Golden State 9:30 pm Portland @ LA Clippers 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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