News from October 12. Brooklyn exercised their 18-19 contract options for D'Angelo Russell, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, and Caris LeVert. Brooklyn signed Tahjere McCall and Kamari Murphy. The LA Lakers signed Travis Wear. Miami signed Tony Mitchell and released Larry Drew. Milwaukee released Xavier Munford. San Antonio released Amida Brimah and London Perrantes. Utah released Torian Graham. Rodney McGruder is expected to undergo surgery on a stress fracture in his lower left leg and is expected to be out 3 to 6 months. Glenn Robinson (Ind) is expected to undergo surgery on his injured left ankle and is expected to be out until mid-December. Preseason games Dal 108, Atl 94 at Atl Gian Clavell (Dal) had 19 points including 5-10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Maxi Kleber (Dal) had 16 points. P.J. Dozier (Dal) had 14 points. Kent Bazemore (Atl) had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists. Taruean Prince (Atl) had 11 points. Dal shot 49.4% (41-83) FG and Atl shot 38.8% (31-80) FG. Dal shot 7-9 FT and Atl shot 23-32 FT. LAC 104, Sac 87 at LAC Wesley Johnson (LAC) had 16 points on 6-8 FG and 4-4 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Blake Griffin (LAC) had 18 points. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 13 points and 14 rebounds. Zach Randolph (Sac) had 14 points. Frank Mason (Sac) had 13 points. Preseason Schedule for Friday, October 13 (All times Central) Dallas at Charlotte 5:00 pm Cleveland at Orlando 6:00 pm Washington at New York 6:30 pm Miami at Philadelphia 7:00 pm at Kansas City, Missouri Toronto at Chicago 7:00 pm New Orleans at Memphis 7:00 pm San Antonio at Houston 7:00 pm TNT Detroit at Milwaukee 7:30 pm Brisbane Bullets at Phoenix 9:00 pm Maccabi Haifa at Portland 9:00 pm Sacramento at Golden State 9:30 pm LA Lakers at LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT End of preseason ---- 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