News from September 16. Vancouver signed Grant Long to a 3 year, $6.6 million contract. Milawukee signed Rafer Alston to a 2 year, minimum non-guaranteed contract. Philadelphia signed Bruce Bowen and signed Todd MacCulloch to a 1 year minimum contract. Chicago re-signed Dickey Simpkins to a 1 year, $2.3 million contract and renounced their rights to Ron Harper. Miami re-signed Rex Walters to a 2 year, $2.4 million contract. Seattle signed Lazero Borrell to a 2 year, minimum non-guaranteed contract. Borrell had defected from Cuba during the 1999 Tournament of the Americas.