31.   Asked about Williams, Wagner said he could talk about his former teammate for hours.

32.   As the player who saluted his former teammate by shooting his first free throw of each postseason game left-handed.

33.   At an event in Harlem, he could point to a former Knick teammate, Dean Meminger, in the audience.

34.   At his best, Spencer drones out everyone else in the dressing room, including outlandish former teammate Ron Harper.

35.   At least one former teammate who was cut Monday said Tuggle told him he wants to keep playing.

36.   Attendees included a number of former teammates, who had flown in from around the country, and Athletics manager Art Howe took a red-eye from Oakland.

37.   Aware of the derision, Marbury entered with giddiness and a smile, greeting everyone from security guards to former teammates with a hug.

38.   Based on the throat-slashing gesture and his jawing with former teammates Hardaway and Dan Majerle, playing well in Miami was personal for Mashburn.

39.   Before the game, Sprewell suggested the Knicks look into using the exception to acquire Gatling, his former teammate at Golden State.

40.   Before the start of a three-game series between the Indians and Orioles on Monday, former teammates Robbie Alomar and Brady Anderson talked.