News from October 17. TRADE: Milwaukee traded Michael Carter-Williams to Chicago for Tony Snell. Atlanta released Matt Costello. Dallas signed Jaleel Cousins. Detroit released Nikola Jovanovic. Indiana released Nick Zeisloft and Alex Poythress. Miami signed Vashil Fernandez and released Stefan Jankovic. New Orleans signed Quincy Ford. Orlando released Cliff Alexander, Branden Dawson, and Kevin Murphy. Chasson Randle (NY) is expected to be out 3 to 4 weeks with a broken left orbital bone. Preseason games Bos 120, Bro 99 at Bos Isaiah Thomas (Bos) had 19 points including 6-6 FG. Jaylen Brown (Bos) had 12 points. Jae Crowder (Bos) had 11 points and 5 rebounds. Sean Kilpatrick (Bro) had 15 points. Jeremy Lin (Bro) had 13 points and 5 assists. Det 102, Mil 78 at Det Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Det) had 23 points including 6-11 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Andre Drummond (Det) had 12 points on a perfect 5-5 FG and 2-2 FT and 13 rebounds. Tobias Harris (Det) had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil) had 21 points including 7-11 FG, 6 rebounds, and 5 turnovers. Jabari Parker (Mil) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Det shot 48.7% (37-76) FG and Mil shot 37% (30-81) FG. Cha 108, Chi 104 OT at Chi Kemba Walker (Cha) had 11 points including 4-15 FG and 8 rebounds. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 14 points including 4-14 FG. Marco Belinelli (Cha) had 14 points. Jimmy Butler (Chi) had 15 points. Doug McDermott (Chi) had 14 points including 5-14 FG and 5 rebounds. Cha shot 34-41 FT and Chi shot 17-20 FT. Uta 104, LAC 78 at Uta Rudy Gobert (Uta) had 17 points including 7-8 FG, 10 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Dante Exum (Uta) had 15 points and 6 assists. Shelvin Mack (Uta) had 14 points including 5-7 FG. Austin Rivers (LAC) had 15 points and 5 rebounds. Brandon Bass (LAC) had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Uta shot 51.9% (40-77) FG and LAC shot 39.2% (29-74) FG. Preseason Schedule for Tuesday, October 18 (All times Central) Washington @ Cleveland 6:00 pm at Columbus, Ohio New Orleans @ Atlanta 6:30 pm NBATV Orlando @ Miami 6:30 pm Denver @ Oklahoma City 7:00 pm LA Clippers @ Sacramento 9:00 pm ESPN Preseason Schedule for Wednesday, October 19 (All times Central) New York @ Boston 6:30 pm ESPN Toronto @ Detroit 6:30 pm Indiana @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Memphis @ Minnesota 7:00 pm Houston @ Dallas 7:30 pm Portland @ Utah 8:00 pm Golden State @ LA Lakers 9:00 pm ESPN at San Diego, California ---- 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