Ellis, who signed a six-year, $66 million contract in July, underwent successful surgery on his left ankle after a moped accident just a month later -- a procedure that will sideline the 22-year-old until mid-December.

According to the San Jose Mercury News, Ellis originally told team officials he injured the ankle in a pickup basketball game before coming clean.

Magloire suffered a fracture of the third metacarpal in his left hand during Thursday's exhibition loss. The 30-year-old center returned to Miami to be evaluated, while the Heat remained overseas to take on the Nets in London, England on Sunday.

The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Saturday that Magloire has the hand immobilized, and is scheduled to be revaluated next week. The paper said that as long as surgery is not required, Magloire will miss six to eight weeks. If he needs surgery the absence could be longer.

Indiana also extended the contract of center Jeff Foster.

Williams was selected 17th overall by the Pacers in the 2006 draft out of Memphis, but has largely struggled.

Magloire was taken to a local Paris hospital, which confirmed a fracture. The two teams were competing in the first of two preseason tuneups in Europe. Magloire will not accompany the team on its second leg of the tour, in London, England. He will be re-evaluated upon returning to Miami.

Magloire signed with the Heat as a free agent this offseason after splitting the 2007-08 season between the Nets and the Dallas Mavericks. The 30-year- old averaged 1.8 points and 2.9 rebounds in 9.2 minutes per game last season, playing in just 31 contests.

In case you missed it, the league officially wiped its collective hands of the disgraced referee on Oct. 2 by releasing the results of a review of the league's embattled officiating program.

Donaghy, of course, received a 15-month prison sentence for his role in betting on NBA games.

Greg Oden punctuated his delayed arrival to the NBA Tuesday with a thunderous dunk two minutes into the team's preseason opener against Sacramento.

"The big fella is a beast, man," teammate Brandon Roy gushed.

If you grew up as a Sixers or Celtics loyalist in the late '70s or '80s, you likely have vivid memories of the greatest rivalry in professional sports.

If you think the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees' enmity is intense now -- you would have been captivated by Philly and Boston on the hardwood. You see, comparing anything to Julius Erving's 76ers teams and Larry Bird's Celtics clubs would be like saying Lewis-Holyfield was the equal of Ali-Frazier.

A report from the Washington Post earlier Wednesday put the timetable on Haywood's return at four-to-six months, putting his entire season in jeopardy. The Wizards will not report on a timeline for recovery until after surgery, which is yet to be scheduled.

The surgery will repair a torn dorsal scapho-lunate ligament in his right wrist.

The Washington Post cited Wizards' president Ernie Grunfeld, who stated Haywood will have surgery to repair a torn dorsal scapho-lunate ligament in his right wrist. Haywood visited two hand specialists earlier Wednesday, both of whom concluded that surgery was necessary according to the Post.

He suffered the injury during training camp last week.

The injury occurred in Portland's preseason game Tuesday against Sacramento. X-rays taken Tuesday night showed the injury, and further tests on Wednesday confirmed it.

Webster will be re-evaluated on Thursday to determine a treatment and timetable for his return.

Allred was signed to a pair of 10-day contracts last March before the team signed him for the remainder of the season in April. He played in three games and averaged one point.

He played four minutes in the Cavaliers' 104-84 preseason loss to Toronto on Tuesday.

Oden, who missed the entire 2007-08 season after undergoing microfracture surgery on his right knee, went 5-of-8 from the field and played nearly 20 minutes.

He was given a standing ovation by the crowd at the Rose Garden at the start and immediately made an impact with a dunk two minutes into the game. He exited the game with 6:36 left in the fourth quarter.

Kurt Rambis took over the head-coaching duties in Jackson's absence. Jackson didn't make the trip in part to avoid the 90-minute bus ride to the game's site in Anaheim.

Jamison was on the defensive side trying to guard Dirk Nowitzki when his knee buckled.

Jamison was then helped off the court to the locker room and was ruled out for the rest of the game.

There are conflicting reasons for Baylor's departure. Dunleavy told the Los Angeles Times that the team informed him Baylor was retiring, but Baylor told the newspaper there is a dispute with the team and on the advice of his attorney, he wouldn't discuss the move.

"We greatly appreciate Elgin's efforts during his time with the Clippers, and we wish him the very best," Clippers owner and chairman of the board Donald Sterling said in a statement.

The seven-foot-one Chandler, who averaged 11.8 points and 11.7 rebounds a game last season, spent his seven seasons in the league between the Hornets and the Bulls.

Livingston has not played since a gruesome knee injury sidelined him in February 2007.

The 23-year-old underwent successful reconstructive left knee surgery but did not participate in the 2007-08 season.

Howard had the least productive campaign of his 14-year career last season with Dallas as he averaged just 1.1 points and 1.6 rebounds per game while averaging just a bit over seven minutes in 50 contests.

The 35-year-old Michigan product is joining the Nuggets for the second time in his career, having also played for the franchise from 2002-03.

Jeffries suffered the injury after landing awkwardly and breaking the bone, which runs along the calf.

Jeffries played in 73 games last season for the Knicks, starting 19, and averaging 3.7 points and 3.3 rebounds. In six NBA seasons with Washington and New York, Jeffries has posted averages of 5.3 points and 4.5 boards.

The 12-year NBA veteran brings a 25-year coaching career to his new role with the Mavericks. Westphal led Phoenix to the 1993 NBA Finals and was the second- fastest coach in NBA history to reach 150 wins.

"I can't tell you how excited we are to add Westy to our management team," said president of basketball operations/general manager Donnie Nelson. "The Mavericks have gained a valuable asset. As a player and coach, Paul has pretty much seen and done it all." That includes playing stints in Boston, Phoenix, New York and Seattle. He played for the 1974 NBA-champion Celtics.

Donaghy, a former NBA referee, received a 15-month prison sentence for his role in betting on NBA games.

Lawrence B.

The deal was announced Wednesday for Gordon, Chicago's leading scorer the past three years. He averaged 18.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 72 games last season. Gordon is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the upcoming campaign.

The third overall pick in the 2004 draft, Gordon has averaged 18.0 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 316 career games with the Bulls.

The 30-year-old Dickau will join his seventh different NBA team since breaking into the league in 2002.

Last season, he averaged 5.3 points over 67 games with the Los Angeles Clippers.

A 12-year NBA veteran, most currently with the Sacramento Kings, Abdur-Rahim announced his retirement on September 22 due to a reoccurring knee injury.

Abdur-Rahim was well known in the Western Conference with stops in Portland, Vancouver and Sacramento along with a brief stint in the Eastern Conference with Atlanta. He averaged 18.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game over 830 career contests.

The San Antonio Express-News reported Tuesday that Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich expects Ginobili to be sidelined until mid-December at the earliest as he recovers from arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle. Ginobili underwent the procedure on September 3 to correct a posterior impingement of his left ankle.

The reigning NBA Sixth Man of the Year originally suffered the injury in the Spurs' playoff series with the Phoenix Suns. After a rehabilitation program, Ginobili was cleared to play in the 2008 Olympics.