News from October 21. Atlanta released Will Bynum. Boston signed Ryan Kelly. Boston released Ben Bentil, Yogi Ferrell, Marcus Georges-Hunt, Damion Lee, and Jalen Jones. Charlotte released Andrew Andrews. Chicago released J.J. Avila, Spencer Dinwiddie, D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera, and Thomas Walkup. Memphis signed Matt Costello, Kellen Dunham, and JaKarr Sampson. Memphis released Chris Crawford and Vince Hunter. New York released Louis Amundson, Cleanthony Early, Damien Inglis, Chasson Randle, and J.P. Tokoto. New Orleans released Shawn Dawson and Robert Sacre. Oklahoma City released Reggie Williams. Orlando signed Ramon Galloway. Sacramento released Lamar Patterson. Denver exercised their 17-18 options for Gary Harris, Emmanuel Mudiay, and Jusuf Nurkic. New York exercised their 17-18 option for Kristaps Porzingis. Sacramento exercised their 17-18 option for Willie Cauley-Stein. San Antonio exercised their 17-18 option for Kyle Anderson. Washington exercised their 17-18 option for Kelly Oubre. Danny Green (SA) is expected to be out 3 weeks with a strained left quad. Nerlens Noel (Phi) is expected to undergo surgery on his left knee and is out indefinitely. Preseason games Den 101, Dal 75 at Den Danilo Gallinari (Den) had 16 points on a perfect 4-4 FG, 2-2 3-pointers, and 6-6 FT. Nikola Jokic (Den) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Wilson Chandler (Den) had 14 points including 6-8 FG. Wesley Matthews (Dal) had 10 points. Deron Williams (Dal) had 8 points and 5 assists. Den shot 51.3% (39-76) FG and Dal shot 38% (30-79) FG. GS 107, Por 96 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 28 points including 5-8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Stephen Curry (GS) had 35 points including 12-21 FG and 8-13 3-pointers. Ian Clark (GS) had 17 points on 7-11 FG. Damian Lillard (Por) had 20 points. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 16 points and 3 steals. Pho 98, LAL 94 at Anaheim, California T.J. Warren (Pho) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Alex Len (Pho) had 16 points and 9 rebounds including 5 offensive. Tyson Chandler (Pho) had 10 points and 11 rebounds. D'Angeo Russell (LAL) had 17 points including 5-14 FG and 1-6 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists. Julius Randle (LAL) had 15 points and 8 rebounds. SA 114, Hou 99 at SA Kawhi Leonard (SA) had 15 points. Bryn Forbes (SA) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 4-5 3-pointers. LaMarcus Aldridge (SA) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Nene (Hou) had 15 points including 7-8 FG. Bobby Brown (Hou) had 23 points including 3-11 3-pointers and 9 assists. Min 109, Cha 74 at Min Karl-Anthony Towns (Min) had 15 points and 9 rebounds. Zach LaVine (Min) had 15 points including 6-17 FG and 5 rebounds. Shabazz Muhammad (Min) had 17 points. Marco Belinelli (Cha) had 10 points. Jeremy Lamb (Cha) had 8 points and 9 rebounds. Min shot 48.8% (41-84) FG and Cha shot 31.6% (25-79) FG. Phi 113, Mia 110 at Mia Dario Saric (Phi) had 19 points and 7 rebounds. Joel Embiid (Phi) had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Jerami Grant (Phi) had 17 points including 9-12 FT. Goran Dragic (Mia) had 17 points including 5-6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Hassan Whiteside (Mia) had 15 points on 5-6 FG and 5-10 FT and 8 rebounds. Was 119, Tor 82 at Was Markieff Morris (Was) had 19 points on 8-10 FG and 3-3 3-pointers, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Bradley Beal (Was) had 19 points and 9 rebounds. John Wall (Was) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, and 6 turnovers. DeMar DeRozan (Tor) had 34 points including 11-12 FT and 3 steals. Kyle Lowry (Tor) had 8 points including 3-11 FG, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 8 turnovers. Was shot 57.6% (49-85) FG and Tor shot 35.4% (29-82) FG. Thus ends the 2016-17 preseason. Opening day rosters (maximum 15 players) are due by Monday. The 2016-17 regular season starts Tuesday. Schedule for Tuesday, October 25 (All times Central) New York @ Cleveland 7:00 pm TNT Utah @ Portland 9:00 pm San Antonio @ Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Wednesday, October 26 (All times Central) Miami @ Orlando 6:00 pm Dallas @ Indiana 6:00 pm Brooklyn @ Boston 6:30 pm Detroit @ Toronto 6:30 pm Charlotte @ Milwaukee 7:00 pm Minnesota @ Memphis 7:00 pm Denver @ New Orleans 7:00 pm Oklahoma City @ Philadelphia 7:00 pm ESPN Sacramento @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Houston @ LA Lakers 9:30 pm ESPN ---- 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