News from September 30. C.J. Watson (GS) is expected to be out 1 to 3 weeks with a sprained ligament in his right knee. Chicago signed Derrick Byars, Steven Hill, Chris Richard, and Curtis Stinson. Detroit signed Deron Washington, DaJuan Summers, and Jonas Jerebko. Golden State signed Shaun Pruitt and Diamon Simpson. Houston signed Will Conroy, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, and Garrett Temple. Indiana signed Rod Benson, A.J. Price, and Lawrence Roberts. The LA Lakers signed Thomas Kelati. Philadelphia signed Rashad Jones-Jennings. Phoenix signed Raymond Sykes. Sacramento signed Lanny Smith and Melvin Ely, Utah signed Wes Matthews. Preseason Schedule for Thursday, October 1 (All times Central) Denver @ Utah 8:00 pm ---- 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