News from December 21. Chicago signed Derrick Rose to a 5 year, $94 million contract extension. Dallas signed Sean Williams to a 2 year, minimum contract with the 2nd year at the team's option. Houston signed Jeff Adrien. New Jersey signed Kris Humprhies to a 1 year, $8 million contract. New York signed Steve Novak. Charlotte released Ismail Muhammad. Detroit released Jake Voskuhl, Brian Hamilton, and Walker Russell. Golden State released Tommy Mitchell and Edwin Ubiles. Orlando released Gabe Pruitt. Utah released Scottie Reynolds, Trey Gilder, Paul Carter, and Keith McLeod. Preseason games LAC 108, LAL 103 at LAC Blake Griffin (LAC) had 30 points on 11-17 FG and 8-10 FT, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Caron Butler (LAC) had 16 points. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 26 points including 11-15 FG and 11 rebounds including 5 offensive. Steve Blake (LAL) had 20 points including 5-7 3-pointers. LAC shot 20-30 FT and LAL shot 11-14 FT. Uta 92, Por 89 at Uta Al Jefferson (Uta) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. C.J. Miles (Uta) had 17 points and 9 rebounds. Devin Harris (Uta) had 10 points. Raymond Felton (Por) had 17 points and 3 steals. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 15 points including 5-17 FG, 11 rebounds, and 3 steals. SA 97, Hou 95 at SA Tim Duncan (SA) had 19 points including 7-10 FG and 5 assists. Tony Parker (SA) had 15 points and 5 assists. Marcus Morris (Hou) had 20 points. Kyle Lowry (Hou) had 10 points. Min 85, Mil 84 at Mil Michael Beasley (Min) had 12 points including 4-13 FG. Kevin Love (Min) had 22 points and 16 rebounds. Luke Ridnour (Min) had 11 points including 4-11 FG and 6 assists. Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) had 14 points and 3 steals. Drew Gooden (Mil) had 15 points. NO 95, Mem 80 at NO Eric Gordon (NO) had 17 points. Quincy Pondexter (NO) had 14 points and 12 rebounds including 6 offensive. Chris Kaman (NO) had 18 points including 8-13 FT. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals. Zach Randolph (Mem) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. NO shot 24-34 FT and Mem shot 14-18 FT. NY 88, NJ 82 at NY Carmelo Anthony (NY) had 21 points, 8 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Amare Stoudemire (NY) had 15 points including 5-14 FG. Toney Douglas (NY) had 13 points including 5-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Deron Williams (NJ) had 21 points and 7 assists. Brook Lopez (NJ) had 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Bos 81, Tor 73 at Bos Rajon Rondo (Bos) had 17 points and 6 assists. Brandon Bass (Bos) had 12 points including 4-5 FG. E'Twaun Moore (Bos) had 11 points. Andrea Bargnani (Tor) had 20 points. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 16 points on 4-13 FG and 8-12 FT and 10 rebounds. Orl 104, Mia 100 at Orl Glen Davis (Orl) had 18 points including 7-8 FG and 5 rebounds. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 15 points including 3-10 FT and 9 rebounds. Jameer Nelson (Orl) had 14 points and 10 assists. LeBron James (Mia) had 27 points including 9-12 FT. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 21 points including 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Orl shot 20-36 FT and Mia shot 39-53 FT. Preseason Schedule for Thursday, December 22 (All times Central) Charlotte at Atlanta 6:30 pm Denver at Phoenix 8:00 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html