News from September 25. Mike Dunleavy (Chi) underwent back surgery and is expected to be out 8 to 10 weeks. Atlanta signed Earl Barron, DeQuan Jones, and Edgar Sosa. Atlanta released Jason Richardson. Richardson announced his retirement from the NBA. Boston signed Coty Clarke, Malcolm Miller, Levi Randolph, and Corey Walden. Denver released Kostas Papanikolaou. Golden State signed Ian Clark, Jarell Eddie, Tony Mitchell, and Juwan Staten. Los Angeles Clippers signed Luc Mbah a Moute and Nikoloz Tskitishvili. Oklahoma City signed Julyan Stone, Dez Wells, and Talib Zanna. Portland signed forward Omari Johnson. Washington signed Josh Harrellson, Jaron Johnson, Toure Murry, Jaleel Roberts, and Ish Smith. ---- 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