News from October 7. Allen Iverson (Mem) is expected to be out 3 weeks withy a partially torn left hamstring. New York released Warren Carter, Ron Howard, Gabe Pruitt, and Sun Yue. Older news: at some point New Orleans signed 1st round draft pick (#21) Darren Collison to a 2 year, $2,627,160 contract with 2 more years worth $3,775,304 at the team's option. New Orleans also signed 2nd round draft pick (#43) Marcus Thornton. New Orleans signed Larry Owens and Earl Barron to non-guaranteed contracts on Sept. 28. [All the 1st round picks signed except for Ricki Rubio (#5, Min), Victor Claver (#22, Por), and Christian Eyenga (#30, Cle).] Boston signed Michael Sweetney and Lester Hudson on Sept. 28. Preseason games Phi 84, Tor 79 at Tor Elton Brand (Phi) had 10 points and 6 rebounds. Samuel Dalembert (Phi) had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Thaddeus Young (Phi) had 11 points including 4-12 FG. Marco Belinelli (Tor) had 12 points including 4-11 FG. Sonny Weems (Tor) had 12 points. Atl 108, NO 102 at Atl Joe Johnson (Atl) had 17 points including 7-10 FG. Jeff Teague (Atl) had 19 points. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 17 points including 7-11 FT. Chris Paul (NO) had 20 points including 10-11 FT and 7 assists. Bobby Brown (NO) had 23 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Orl 90, Mia 86 at Orl Dwight Howard (Orl) had 11 points including 4-5 FG, 9 rebounds, and 5 blocks. Ryan Anderson (Orl) had 16 points including 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Mickael Pietrus (Orl) had 14 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Dwyane Wade (Mia) had 17 points including 6-18 FG. James Jones (Mia) had 16 points including 3-3 3-pointers and 3 steals. Det 113, Mil 104 at Det Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 21 points including 9-13 FG. Ben Gordon (Det) had 24 points including 4-5 3-pointers and 8-10 FT and 5 turnovers. Will Bynum (Det) had 23 points including 12-12 FT and 6 assists. Brandon Jennings (Mil) had 18 points including 6-10 FT, 6 assists, 6 steals, and 5 turnovers. Ersan Ilyasova (Mil) had 14 points. Det shot 55.9% (38-68 FG and Mil shot 43.4% (33-76) FG. Mem 99, OKC 91 at Mem Sam Young (Mem) had 22 points including 13-16 FT. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 18 points. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Kevin Durant (OKC) had 17 points. D.J. White (OKC) had 16 points and 5 rebounds. Hou 96, Bos 90 at Hidalgo, Texas Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 21 points. Carl Landry (Hou) had 12 points. Will Conroy (Hou) had 12 points. Michael Sweetney (Bos) had 10 points. Hou shot 36-47 FT and Bos shot 35-55 FT. Por 89, Sac 86 at Sac Greg Oden (Por) had 20 points and 12 rebounds including 7 offensive. Brandon Roy (Por) had 13 points and 5 assists. Juwan Howard (Por) had 14 points on 7-8 FG. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 28 points including 10-17 FG and 5-8 3-pointers. Tyreke Evans (Sac) had 14 points and 6 turnovers. LAL 118, GS 101 at Anaheim, California Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 24 points and 5 rebounds. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 22 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. Jordan Farmar (LAL) had 11 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Anthony Randolph (GS) had 18 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Anthony Morrow (GS) had 25 points. Preseason Schedule for Thursday, October 8 (All times Central) Denver @ Indiana 6:30 am at Taipei, Taiwan Utah @ Real Madrid 1:45 pm at Madrid, Spain New Orleans @ Charlotte 6:30 pm at Greensboro, North Carolina ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html