News from July 13. Atlanta signed Houston free agent Dwight Howard to a 3 year, $70.5 million contract. Atlanta re-signed Kris Humphries to a 1 year, $4 million contract. Brooklyn signed Toronto free agent Luis Scola to a 1 year, $5 million contract. Brooklyn signed Milwaukee free agent Greivis Vasques to a 1 year, $4.3 million contract. Memphis signed New Orleans free agent James Ennis to a 2 year, $6 million contract. Philadelphia signed Milwaukee free agent Jerryd Bayless to a 3 year, $27 million contract. Philadelphia signed Sergio Rodriguez to a 1 year, $8 million contract. Atlanta released Lamar Patterson. New Orleans released Toney Douglas. Denver signed 1st round draft pick (#19) Malik Beasley to a 2 year, $3,327,960 contract with a 2 more years worth $4,505,554 at the team's option. Sacramento signed 1st round draft pick (#22) Malachi Richardson to a 2 year, $2,944,440 contract with a 2 more years worth $4,150,957 at the team's option. ---- 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