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 General Basketball WiretapRodman signs with ABA teamDennis Rodman is back playing professional basketball. "Rodman, who played on five NBA championship teams with Detroit and Chicago, signed a contract with the Jam Friday, the president of the American Basketball Association's first-year franchise confirmed Sunday afternoon." He is expected to start practicing with the team after Christmas with January 16th as the target for his first game with the team. Rodman turns 43 in May and has a desire to return to the NBA. Via Frank Burlison of the Long Beach Press-Telegram General Basketball, Chicago Bulls, San Antonio Spurs, Detroit Pistons Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Mourning finds donorSince he announced his retirement, Mourning has received several offers from potential donors. In the week after Mourning left the Nets, The Associated Press reported that the Kidney and Urology Foundation of America received nearly 60 calls in just two days from people who wanted to donate a kidney to Mourning specifically. It is believed surgeons will use a kidney from one of these donors for Mourning's transplant, according to the Herald. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback NBA commissioner responds to Wallace interviewPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) NBA commissioner David Stern responded Friday to a torrent of criticism from Portland Trail Blazers forward Rasheed Wallace, calling his comments ``ignorant and offensive to all NBA players.'' In a wide-ranging interview published in the Oregonian newspaper on Thursday, Wallace charged that the league's white establishment is exploiting young black athletes to enrich itself. The 29-year-old Wallace said he's not like the younger players who get ``caught up and captivated into the league.'' ``No. I see behind the lines. I see behind the false screens. I know what this business is all about. I know the commissioner of this league makes more than three-quarters of the players in this league,'' he said. Stern issued a statement in response to the interview on Friday. ``Mr. Wallace's hateful diatribe was ignorant and offensive to all NBA players,'' Stern said. ``I refuse to enhance his heightened sense of deprivation by publicly debating with him. ``Since Mr. Wallace did not direct his comments at any particular individuals other than me, I think it best to leave it to the Trail Blazers' organization and its players and fans to determine the attitudes by which they wish to be defined.'' The Trail Blazers did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment on Stern's statement. Wallace, who rarely speaks to the media, did not talk to reporters at the Blazers' practice Friday morning. Portland hosts the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night. Wallace, in his eighth year with Portland, is earning nearly $17 million this season. Wallace, who is averaging 16.4 points and 7.3 rebounds this season, set the NBA record with 41 technical fouls in the 2000-01 season. Last season, he was suspended by the league for seven games for threatening an official on the loading dock at the Rose Garden Arena after a game. It was the longest suspension ever handed down that did not involve physical contact or substance abuse. Wallace's comments are the latest problem to befall the Blazers, who have been plagued by player arrests and team infighting since last season. General Basketball, Portland Trail Blazers Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Dec 2003 Archive
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