********* Inside The NBA For August 8th, 2001****************The Miami Heat Have Signed Kendall Gill                                                                                                       Gary Payton To Blazers Deal Is Dead The Blazers Sign Troubled Patterson                                                                                                       A Sign And Trade Deal Will Send Hakeem Olajuwon to the Toronto Raptors In Exchange For 2 Future Draft Selections; Dream Would Start At Center And AD Would Play PF                                                                                                       Paul Pierce Has Been Signed To An Extension With The Boston Celtics; $85 Million Over 6 Years                                                                                                       Vince Carter Has Been Signed To an Extension; $93 Million, Over 6 Years                                                                                                       Antawn Jamison Wants An Extension From The GS Warriors; $85 Million Over 6 Years                                                                                                       Derek Anderson Has Been Traded To The Blazers For Steve Smith                                                                                                       The Mavericks Have Signed Veteran Danny Manning

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