SUNS: The Phoenix Suns, firming up their roster heading into training camp, re-signed free-agent Wayman Tisdale to a two-year contract and first-round draft picks Michael Finley and Mario Bennett to three-year deals.
The Suns also announced the signing of free-agent guard Isaac Burton of Arizona State to a tryout contract.Finley, a 6-foot-7 swingman out of Wisconsin, was the No. 21 overall pick of the draft. Bennett, a 6-foot-9 power forward, was the 27th pick.
HORNETS: The Charlotte Hornets added four players to their training camp roster Wednesday, re-signing Greg Sutton and Joe Wolf and adding free agents Corey Beck and Negele Knight.
Sutton and Wolf both joined the Hornets last November as unrestricted free agents. Wolf averaged 1.4 points and 2.0 rebounds, and Sutton averaged 5.0 points and 1.7 assists.
Beck, an undrafted rookie, was the starting point guard on the Arkansas Razorback teams that reached the championship game in each of the last two NCAA tournaments.
Knight, currently with the fifth team in his six-year NBA career, averaged 4.2 points and 2.7 assists last season with Portland and Detroit.
LAKERS: The Los Angeles Lakers signed 6-foot-9 forward Anthony Miller.
Miller appeared in 46 games last year as a rookie, averaging 4.1 points and 3.3 rebounds.
Also, the Lakers' George Lynch had minor surgery to remove a screw from his right foot Wednesday. The screw had been inserted during surgery on June 28 to repair a fracture in Lynch's foot.
Lynch, 25, is expected to be sidelined for about 10 days, at which time he will begin light workouts, the Lakers said.
RAPTORS: Jerome Kersey was waived Wednesday by the Toronto Raptors to save $4.1 million in salary for the upcoming season.
Kersey, a veteran forward chosen from the Portland Trail Blazers in June's expansion draft, was the most expensive player on the Raptors' roster.
The 6-foot-7, 33-year-old averaged 8.1 points and 4.1 rebounds a game with Portland last season.
SPURS: The San Antonio Spurs have agreed to terms with top draft pick Cory Alexander, the San Antonio Express-News reported today.
Alexander, a point guard from Virginia, was drafted 29th in the first round. His signing was expected to be announced today.
"It feels good to have all the pieces in place and begin to prepare for even a better season than we had last year," said Spurs general manager Gregg Popovich.
BULLS: It's red!
Dennis Rodman arrived in town Wednesday to take a physical, and the newest member of the Chicago Bulls had already donned team colors.
Asked to remove his hat, Rodman was sporting a brilliant shade of red hair with a Bulls insignia shaved in the back. Completing his ensemble were the usual ear and nose rings and blue finger nails.
"A lot of teams would like to get Dennis Rodman, they love to hate Dennis Rodman," said Rodman, acquired Monday from San Antonio in a trade for Will Perdue. "Now they're going to have to love to love him.
"But I don't expect anybody to come sleep with Dennis Rodman, but as long as they come to the games and pay their tickets and enjoy themselves, that's what counts."
Rodman, who already has complained about the contract that will pay him $2.5 million this season, is scheduled to be with the team when it begins camp Friday.
"They got Toni Kukoc, Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan," he said. "That's like a winning team as it is. Then bring somebody like me in, you know, adds a little more cinnamon to the French toast.
"I think I am one of the best-conditioned athletes at age 34 you'll ever see. I think that my career is actually peaking."