| Oct 31, 2002 The Warriors signed Guy Rucker to a minimum salary contract. The Bucks exercized Joel Pryzbilla's contract option. He is now guaranteed through the 03-04 season. The Hawks signed Amal McCaskill to a minimum salary contract. The Timberwolves signed Wally Szczerbiak to a 6-year, $63 million contract extension. He can opt out after the 5th season. Oct 30, 2002The Grizzlies waived Tony Massenberg. His guaranteed salary will continue to count against the team's cap. The Grizzlies exercized the option on Stromile Swift's contract. He is now guaranteed through the 03-04 season. The Knicks signed Lee Nailon to a 1-year, $900K contract. The Grizzlies claimed Mike Batiste off waivers from the Clippers. The Pacers signed Jonathan Bender to a 4-year, $27 million contract extension. The Pacers signed Ron Artest to a 6-year, $41 million contract extension. He has an opt-out after the 5th season. Oct 29, 2002The Pacers signed Jeff Foster to a 6-year, $30 million contract extension. The Knicks waived Toby Bailey. The Warriors claimed Oscar Torres off of waivers from the Houston Rockets . Oct 28, 2002The Rockets waive Tierre Brown. The Clippers waive Bryant Stith and Mike Batiste. Stith's guaranteed salary will continue to count against the team's cap. The Heat waive Luke Recker. The Bucks waive Michael Wilks. The Timberwolves waive Randy Livingston. The Nets waive Donny Marshall. The 76ers waive Olden Polynice. The Trail Blazers waive Amal McCaskill. His guaranteed salary will continue to count against the team's cap. The Raptors waive Jeff Myers. The Wizards waive George McCloud and Bobby Simmons. McCloud's guaranteed salary will continue to count against the team's cap. The Bulls excercised the contract options on Marcus Fizer, Jamal Crawford and Dalibor Bagaric. All are now guaranteed through the 2003-04 season. The Cavaliers exercised the option on the contract of Chris Mihm. He is now guaranteed through the 2003-04 season. The Pacers waived Oliver Miller. The Jazz exercized the option on Deshawn Stevenson's contract. He is now guaranteed through the 03-04 season. Oct 27, 2002The Timberwolves signed Rod Strickland to a minimum salary contract. The Lakers waived Guy Rucker. Oct 26, 2002The Cavaliers waived Nick Anderson and Harold Jamison. the guaranteed portions of their salaries will continue to count against the team's cap. The Trail blazers waived Richie Frahm. Oct 25, 2002The Raptors waived Jermaine Jackson. The Pistons waived Ricky Moore and Gabe Muoneke. The Spurs traded Erick Barkley and $1 million cash to the Bulls in exchange for a future 2nd round pick. The Bulls waived Erick Barkley. His guaranteed salary will continue to count against the team's cap. The Nets signed Anthony Johnson to a minimum salary contract. The Mavericks waived Derek Hood. The Warriors waived Phil Handy. Oct 24, 2002The Suns exercized the team option on Jake Tsakalidis' contract. He is now guaranteed through the 03-04 season. The Hawks waived Maurice Carter and Rod Grizzard and Paul Shirley. The Celtics waived Tommy Adams, Jay Locklier and Byron Mouton The Clippers waived Bennett Davison and Eric Chenowith The Heat waived Ernest Brown. The guaranteed portion of his salary will continue to count against the team's cap. The Timberwolves waived Maurice Evans and Marcus Taylor. The Nets waived John Celestand and Danny Earl. The Knicks waived Danny Johnson. The Grizzlies waived Eddie Gill. The Wizards traded Chris Whitney to the Nuggets in exchange for George McCloud and $500,000 cash. The Jazz waived Anthony Bonner and Paul Grant. The Pacers waived Greg Foster and Nate Green. The SuperSonics waived Miles Simon. The Bucks waived Cedric Henderson and Laron Profit. The Rockets waived Steve Goodrich and Oscar Torres. The guaranteed portion of Torres' contract will continue to count against the team's cap. The Lakers waived A.J. Guyton. The Spurs waived Devin Brown, Mikki Moore and Joe White. The Suns waived Chris Burgess and Anthony Goldwire. Oct 23, 2002The Sixers waived Damone Brown and Ron Rollerson. The guaranteed portion of Brown's contract will continue to count against the team's cap. The Magic waived Obinna Ekezie and Peter Cornell. The Knicks waived Jemeil Rich. The Hornets waived Lee Nailon and Terrell McIntyre. The guaranteed portion of Nailons' contract will continue to count against the team's cap. The Sonics waived Kei Madison. The Raptors signed Voshon Lenard to a minimum salary contract. The Warriors waived Rafer Alston and Anthony Miller. The Kings waived David Webber, Corsley Edwards and Jason Sasser. The Nets waived Lonnie Jones. The Cavaliers waived Anthony Johnson. Oct 21, 2002The Celtics waived Frantz Pierre-Louis. The Bulls waived Doug Overton and David Graves. The Clippers waived Jason Lawson. The Knicks waived Todd Lindeman. The Magic waived Jermaine Walker. Oct 19, 2002The Cavaliers waived Vonteego Cummings. Oct 18, 2002The Clippers signed Wang ZhiZhi to a 3-year, $6.3 million contract when the Mavericks refused to match the offer. The Hawks waived Fred House and George Williams. The Cavaliers waived Matt Barnes and Ike Nwankwo. The Kings signed Damon Jones to a minimum salary contract. The Warriors signed Phil Handy to a minimum salary contract. Oct 17, 2002The Grizzlies waived Cory Bradford and Tang Hamilton. The Kings released Sean Chen, Kiwane Garris and Casey Shaw. The Nuggets waive Bryant Notree and Darrick Martin The Lakers waive Jefferson Sobral. The Knicks were given a $4.546 million disabled player exception to replace Antonio McDyess. The Knicks have 45 days to use the exception or it will expire. The Knicks waived Tim James. The Mavericks signed Walt Williams to a minimum salary contract. The Clippers waived Larry Reid. Oct 16, 2002The Hawks signed Rod Grizzard to a minimum salary contract. The Rockets waived Brandon Kurtz and Sonny Watson. The Jazz waived Malik Dixon and Mike Smith. Oct 14, 2002The Nets signed Lonnie Jones to a minimum salary contract. The Sixers signed Olden Polynice to a minimum salary contract. The Bucks matched Dallas' offer sheet for Michael Redd. Redd is now signed to a 4-year, $12 million contract with the Bucks. The Heat waived Khalid El-Amin. The Hornets waived Thomas Hamilton. The Hornets waived Thomas Hamilton. Oct 13, 2002The Wizards waived Horacio Llamas. The Raptors waived Robert Conley, Gioannis Giannoulus and Jerod Ward. Oct 12, 2002The Clippers waived Jason Crowe and James Head. The Clippers signed Larry Reid, Bennett Davison and Eric Chenowith to minimum salary contracts. Oct 11, 2002The Sixers waived Alvin Jones and William Avery. The guaranteed portion of Jones' salary will continue to count against the team's cap. The Hawks waived Mario Bennett. The Magic waived Omar Cook. The Wizards waived Rod Grizzard. The Sixers signed Ron Rollerson to a minimum salary contract. The Wizards signed Charles Oakley to a minimum salary contract. Oct 9, 2002The Sonics waived Eric Chenowith, Sean Colson and Jonathan Kerner. The Blazers waived Billy Owens. The Pistons waived Anthony Pelle. The Lakers waived Nick Sheppard. Oct 8, 2002The Suns waived Maurice Baker and Bobby Lazor. The Nuggets waived Roy Rogers. Oct 7, 2002The Nets Waived Lonnie Jones and Mark Sanford. The Grizzlies waived Robb Dryden and Mark Vershaw. Sacramento waived Nakiea Miller, Jean-Paul Afif, and Sean Daugherty.
The Spurs waived Eric Riley and Duane Causwell. Oct 6, 2002The Magic released Jabari Smith and Corey Benjamin The Mavericks waived Kip Christianson. The Warriors waived Joe Crispin. Oct 5, 2002The Jazz released Joe Vogel from training camp. The Sonics waived Innocent Kere, Ron Rollerson and Jameel Watkins. Oct 4, 2002The Spurs signed Mikki Moore to a minimum salary contract. Oct 3, 2002The Pistons traded Menk Bateer to the Spurs for a future second round pick. The Nets signed John Celestand to a minimum salary contract. Thwe Pacers released Rolan Roberts, Andre Hutson, and Rodney Smith. Oct 2, 2002The Nuggets waived Zendon Hamilton. Oct 1, 2002The Pistons traded Rodney White to the Nuggets for Menk Bateer, Don Reid and a future first round pick (from Milwaukee). The Jazz signed Mark Jackson to a minimum salary contract. | 
