News from September 3. Bruce Bowen announced his retirement as an NBA player. Minnesota named Bill Laimbeer, Reggie Theus, Dave Wohl, and John-Blair Bickerstaff as assistant coaches. New Jersey named John Loyer as an assistant coach. ---- 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