HAWKS SIGN FIVE: The Atlanta Hawks signed five free agents to contracts on Friday, including returning starter Tyrone Corbin.
The others signed were former Georgia Tech star Drew Barry; 7-foot David Crouse, a rookie from Southern California; Anthony Miller; and Donald Whiteside.RAPTORS RE-SIGN SLATER: The Toronto Raptors re-signed power forward Reggie Slater to a two-year contract Friday. Financial terms were not released.
BLAZERS INK ASKEW: Well-traveled free agent Vincent Askew has signed a contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.
Terms weren't included in Friday's announcement, but, since the Blazers are at the salary cap, it was believed to be for the league minimum of $272,250.
WARD SUFFERS FRACTURE: New York Knicks point guard Charlie Ward has a slight stress fracture of the lower right leg that will keep him from participating in full workouts when training camp begins next week.
UTEP'S HASKINS CENTER: The house that Don Haskins built will now bear his name.
The University of Texas Board of Regents has approved a proposal to change the name of Texas-El Paso's Special Events Center to the Don Haskins Center in honor of the Hall of Fame basketball coach.
In doing so, the regents broke with a policy of not naming a system facility after a living employee.
Haskins, who will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday, is one of college basketball's all-time winningest Division I coaches with 691 victories.