Heat Waives 40-Year-Old Forward Ellis

Forward Dale Ellis, a 16-year veteran, was waived Monday by the Miami Heat.

Ellis, 40, has been with seven NBA teams, including Milwaukee and Charlotte last season. He ranks second in career three-point goals with 1,719, trailing only Reggie Miller, who has 1,867.

Ellis was traded from Charlotte to Miami this summer as part of a nine-player deal.

The Heat also put Alonzo Mourning (kidney disorder), Ricky Davis (foot stress fracture) and Harold Jamison (knee and calf bruise) on the injured list.

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Portland Trail Blazer forward Rasheed Wallace was fined $10,000 by the NBA for yelling at an official after Friday’s preseason game against Sacramento.

Wallace set a league record last season with 38 technical fouls.

In roster moves, Portland waived Nikita Morgunov and former USC standout Rodrick Rhodes, put Arvydas Sabonis on the injured list and had to keep Detlef Schrempf on its 15-man roster even though he retired earlier this month.

Schrempf isn’t officially retired, the Blazers said, because he has not completed his “paperwork” with the league. He will start the season on the injured list, along with Sabonis, who is recovering from surgery on his left knee, and reserve point guard Gary Grant, who has a sore right knee.

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Brevin Knight, Mark Bryant and J.R. Reid will all begin the season on the injured list for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Bigger news is that 7-foot-3 center Zydrunas Ilgauskas will not--for now.

Ilgauskas, attempting to come back after missing most of the past two seasons because of foot injuries, missed practice Monday because of a bruised left foot.

Ilgauskas was kicked during Sunday’s practice, and the club decided to rest him as a precaution. He is still expected to play tonight when the Cavaliers open the season at New Jersey.

“We have back-to-back games coming up, so we decided to take it easy,” Ilgauskas said. “Sooner or later, someone was going to kick it or step on it.”

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The Boston Celtics waived forward John “Hot Rod” Williams and put three players on injured reserve.

Williams, acquired from the Dallas Mavericks in a four-team trade in August, is recovering from a back injury and did not play in the exhibition season.

The Celtics placed Greg Minor, Chris Herren and Walter McCarty on the injured list.

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Elliot Perry and rookie Kevin Freeman were waived by the New Jersey Nets.

Acquired in a trade that also brought Stephon Marbury to New Jersey in March 1999, Perry averaged 4.4 points and 1.9 assists in 90 games with the Nets. The eight-year NBA veteran out of Memphis has career averages of 6.6 points and 3.2 assists.

Freeman was a member of Connecticut’s 1999 NCAA title team.

The team also put Keith Van Horn, Jamie Feick and Kerry Kittles on the injured list.

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Guard Cory Alexander and center Dan McClintock were waived by the Denver Nuggets.

Center Mamadou N’diaye, forward Ryan Bowen and guard/forward Calbert Cheaney were put on the injured list.

The Nuggets hope to buy out the final four years and $9.7 million remaining on Alexander’s contract.

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The Minnesota Timberwolves waived center Sharone Wright and put three others on the injured list.

Wright, a 6-11, 260-pound fourth-year veteran from Clemson, played in two exhibition games.

Guard-forward Todd Day has a hyperextended left knee. Forward Tom Hammonds has missed all but one exhibition game because of soreness in both ankles, and forward Andrae Patterson missed the entire exhibition season because of soreness in his right knee.

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The Golden State Warriors put guards Chris Mullin and Bob Sura on the injured list.

The Warriors said Mullin, who played 12 seasons with Golden State and re-signed with the team last month after three years in Indiana, has a mildly strained lower back. Sura missed the entire exhibition season because of a herniated disk in his back.

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The Charlotte Hornets put Lee Nailon and Terrance Roberson on the injured list. . . . The Chicago Bulls cut forward Steve Goodrich and put Corey Benjamin, Jake Voskuhl and Dalibor Bagaric on the injured list. . . . Center Vladimir Stepania was cut by the Toronto Raptors.