Except were noted, the following is taken from the Dallas Morning News.


1/7 Manute Bol (Mia) has asked the Heat to release him.  He has 
played 47 minutes in 6 games thus far.

1/9 There was an article about Isiah Thomas' possible increasing role
in Detroit's management.  It mentioned that Thomas has to decided
whether he should play one more season (and get a raise to increase
the value of his player slot) or retire to free up a $2.52 million
slot for signing a draft pick or free agent.
"I love Isiah," said Horace Grant, who will be an unrestricted free
agent at the end of the season.  "I've never said a word against him.
He's the perfect guy.  He's my man."  "My door is open."

1/9 The Lakers did give Kurt Rambis his $250,00 bonus after being
resigned by the Lakers.  [Recall that Ramibs was released by the 
Lakers the day before he was going to get a $250,00 bonus for still 
being on the roster.]  
Rambis: "I feel like I'm Jason from Friday the 13th movies.  They keep
telling me I'm dead."

1/16 Milwaukee traded Anthony Avent to Orlando for Anthony Cook and
Orlando's 1994 first round draft pick.

1/16 People in Chicago continue to question how Bulls' management 
could allow New York to acquire Derek Harper.  Scottie Pippen is the
latest to take a swipe at GM Jerry Krause.  Phil Jackson and Horace
Grant had made comments about Krause and the trade earlier.
Pippen: "New York loses their point guard and within two to three
weeks, they get a solid replacement.  We lose the best player of all
time, and three months later we've done nothing."
"If we're going to be better, if we're going to contend, we have to do
something.  I'm not going to be comfortable if we have to go to the 
playoffs with what we've got now."

1/16 San Antonio coach John Lucas walked up to redhead Dennis Rodman 
during a practice and gave him a $100 bill.
Lucas: "Here, go get your hair bleached.  You aren't worth a damn as
a redhead."
Rodman's hair is now either a dark purple or a dark blue.

1/16 As you might have read in other posts, the NCAA passed Proposition
120 last week at the NCAA convention.  Proposition 120 allows the 
college players to test the draft waters without endangering their 
college eligibility.  The current NBA rules can deal with this situation.
If a player returns to college after he is drafted, the team that 
drafted him still owns his rights up to one year after his college class 
graduates.  Even then, the only way the team can lose those rights is if 
the player sat out of organized ball for a year.  The problem is that the 
collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and the NBA Players 
Association expires July 1.
(the following is from my brain, not the Morning News.)
The Players Association is most likely going to ask for getting rid of 
that rule (in addition to the usual get rid of the draft, increase the 
salary cap/get rid of the salary cap, increase the percentage of 
merchandise/television/general revenue for the players).  The NBA will 
counter with asking for a Rookie Cap and getting rid of the one-year out 
option work around of the salary cap found this year.  Negotiations 
should be interesting and tedious - but should give us something to talk 
about this summer.  I see the Rookie Cap getting tossed, the salary cap 
increasing, possible incrase in merchandise percentage for the players, 
the draft rights rule still in place - but a modified (more beneficial to 
the player than the team) version, and the draft still existing.  I also 
say that since the NCAA sort of violated the gentleman's agreemnent 
between the NBA and NCAA with Proposition 120, the NBA should actively 
recruit underclassmen to enter the draft early.