News from September 22. TRADE: Houston traded James White to Denver for the rights to Alex Hervelle. Tim Thomas (Dal) underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee to repair torn cartilage. He is expected to be out 3 to 6 weeks. Chicago re-signed Aaron Gray to a 1 year, 1.03 million contract. Minnesota released Chucky Atkins. ---- 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