Restricted free agent guard Bonzi Wells was re-signed Monday by the Portland Trail Blazers to a multiyear contract.

Terms of the contract were not released. Wells' agent, Bob Strickland, did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment.

Wells was the team's second-leading scorer last season, averaging a career-high 17 points and six rebounds a game. In four years with the Trail Blazers, the 6-foot-5 guard has averaged 12.7 points a game.

The Trail Blazers open their training camp Tuesday.

The Associated Press reports: Hakeem Olajuwon's NBA career appears to be over.

Olajuwon has a serious back injury, and the Toronto Raptors are awaiting a decision on whether he will retire. Toronto general manager Glen Grunwald said Monday he doesn't foresee Olajuwon playing this season.

Toronto coach Lenny Wilkens said he expects a decision from Olajuwon soon.

"We're going to know in a couple of days,'' Wilkens said.

The 39-year-old center is in Houston, where he spent 17 years playing for the Rockets before joining the Raptors before last season. He has been excused from training camp by Toronto.

"He can either try and play or decide it's too much,'' Grunwald said. "We don't expect him to play this season or in the foreseeable future.''

Olajuwon, who led the Rockets to NBA championships in 1994 and 1995, went to the Raptors in August 2001 after turning down a three-year, $13 million contract offer to stay in Houston. He signed a three-year, $18 million contract with Toronto.

"It was a gamble and I think we lost on it,'' Grunwald said. "It didn't turn out the way we had hoped.''

Olajuwon averaged 7.1 points and 6.0 rebounds in 61 games last season.

Grunwald denied the Raptors were negotiating a buyout to his contract. Olajuwon is due $12 million over the next two seasons.

"We had hoped he would be here for a couple of more years, but it doesn't look like that's going to be the case,'' Grunwald said. "It could have worked great, but it didn't. We have to move on now.''

Olajuwon was selected as one of the NBA's 50 greatest players and was on the 1996 gold medal-winning Olympic basketball team. He is a 12-time NBA All-Star.

The 40-year-old John Stockton proved he can still play by averaging 13.4 points and 8.2 assists last season. But once Stockton came out the game, the Jazz had a hard time keeping up his pace with John Crotty and Rusty LaRue. Entering training camp, the Jazz are faced with the same problem as they currently don't have any veteran backup on the roster. The Jazz signed second-year point guard Carlos Arroyo this offseason, but while Arroyo has potential to become a decent point guard, he still needs more seasoning before assuming the backup point guard duties full-time.

The deconstruction of the Cavaliers is probably complete. With last week's deal that sent SF Lamond Murray to Toronto for C Michael Stewart, Cleveland now has traded its top three scorers from last season (PG Andre Miller, SG Wesley Person and Murray) for three guys (SF Darius Miles, SG Nick Anderson and Stewart) who combined to average 15.5 points per game.

The key for the Cavaliers has been shorter contracts, which can make the team easier to sell, though the intentions of owner Gordon Gund still are unclear. Stewart actually earns more than Murray, but his contract runs out a year earlier. Anderson's is up next summer, one year before Person's. And Miller was seeking an extension, something the Cavs won't have to worry about with Miles until next summer.

The Holy Grail for the Cavs would be to unload C Zydrunas Ilgauskas' maximum-salary deal, which runs through 2004-05. A rumored deal with Portland for PG Damon Stoudamire would fill a need for the Cavs, but Stoudamire makes more than Ilgauskas and his contract also runs through '04-05. . . .

Individual game tickets for the Cleveland Cavaliers 2002-03 regular season will go on sale Saturday, October 12 at 10:00 a.m. at the Gund Arena Ticket Office, all Ticketmaster locations, ticketmaster.com and via the NBA Ticket Hotline at 1-800-4NBA-TIX

According to Terry Pluto of the Akron Beacon Journal, the Cavs will receive the Raptors #1 pick in 2003 unless the Raptors miss the playoffs. Any conditions are after that are not specified.

According to Terry Pluto of the Akron Beacon Journal, it appears that Rod Strickalnd will not take the Cavs $1 million dollar offer. The 15 year veteran is looking ot hook on with a playoff contender and possibly make a few more dollars. The Cavs will go to camp with Milt Palacio, Bimbo Coles, Anthony Johnson and Vonteego Cummings dueling it out at point guard. Also look for DaJuan Wagenr to get a look there, although he seems better suited for shooting guard.

Mark Monteith of the Indiana Star reports that Reggie Miller isn?t done yet. The 37 years old, has played 15 NBA seasons and is in the final year of his contract? but is not ready for a farewell tour yet.

"I still feel good, I can still compete and I still love the game," he said. "As long as people respect that and teams fear that, which they do, I'll continue to play."

A few years ago, he swore he wouldn?t play until he is 40 years old because it wouldn?t be fair to his body. He has since backed down from the 40 year-old limit. His only promise now is that he'll walk away from the game before draining every last minute of basketball from his body, that he'll still be able to contribute at the end. "After (the upcoming season), I'll play three more years at the most, and I'd be happy with two," he said.

He's coming off a season in which he averaged 16.5 points while shooting 45 percent from the field, 41 percent from 3-point range and a league-best 91 percent from the foul line -- all of which came while making a conscious effort to step back and allow Jermaine O'Neal and others to establish themselves as greater offensive threats.

He also continues to prove his reputation as one of the best clutch performers in the playoffs. He averaged 23.6 points in the five-game series with New Jersey, and while he missed a wide-open jumper that could have won Game 3, he banked in a 40-footer that forced the first overtime and drove to the basket for a dunk that forced a second overtime in Game 5.

Miller is confident he can maintain his high level of play. "When I see that first sign of slippage, I might (retire), but I think I'm going the other way," Miller said. "I don't know if I'm like fine wine or the league is (weak) right now, but I'm going to keep playing."

Israel Guiterrez of the Miami Herald reports that the Heat are prepared for a training camp battle to determine the stating point guard position. They have five similar players all working to be named the starter.

No other position will see this much competition during the next month, with Travis Best, Anthony Carter, Mike James, Eddie House and Khalid El-Amin all contending for court time. And that's just what Riley had in mind when he loaded up with point guards heading into camp.

''It's going to be a wild month,'' Riley said. ``That's what I want. I want it wide open, and the last man standing, the best man standing, the guy that helps the team function the best in our style of play is the guy who will start. But there is no guarantee for any of them.''

It is assumed that Best will have a slight head start even though he is currently hampered by a minor calf injury that will limit his participation when camp begins. Although Riley doesn't want to award any of the five a job yet, he did provide a minor hint that Best will be his main man. ''I think he's a hell of a player and can play the game specifically for a certain game that we want to play,'' Riley said.

Best?s quickness and shooting ability should help him perform well in the up-tempo, perimeter game Riley plans to play. Carter can run and play an up-tempo game and is healthy, but his shooting is suspect. James was impressive in the summer leagues, but is just a rookie. House will likely get more time as the shooting guard. El Amin is a longshot who will have to impress Riley just to get a spot on the roster.

For these five, surviving the next month will be a victory in itself. ''They're going to have they're hands full,'' Riley said, ``because these kids are hungry . . . and they're ready to roll.''