The Boston Celtics shipped Dino Radja to Philadelphia for Clarence Weatherspoon and Michael Cage on Friday, marking the first player moves by the new regimes with both teams.

The acquisition of Radja probably means the 76ers no longer are interested in dealing for the Bulls' Scottie Pippen.

Radja and Cage are both center-forwards, while Weatherspoon has played both small and power forward in his five years with the 76ers.

"Now we have another big guy who can play more than one position," new 76ers coach Larry Brown said. "It gives us more of an option."

Boston coach Rick Pitino said the trade gives him roster flexibility because Weatherspoon has one year left on his contract and the Celtics can buy out the second year of Cage's deal.

The 6-foot-11-inch Radja played in only 25 games for Boston last season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Jan. 8. It was the second year in a row that an injury ended his season prematurely.

Billy King, Philadelphia's new vice president of basketball administration, said the 76ers' medical staff believes Radja will make a full recovery from the knee injury.

Pitino said Radja was in excellent shape and a very good low-post scorer, but didn't fit into the up-tempo, pressing style he plans to implement. He didn't mention that Radja is not a good defensive player.

Radja was the Celtics' second-leading scorer (14 points a game) and rebounder (8.4 a game) when he was sidelined with a sore left knee, which had bothered him since the start of the season.

Pitino said the Celtics may not be through dealing and could go into Wednesday's draft with the third and sixth picks they now hold or could trade either or both.

Image-polishing: Marcus Camby, the beleaguered forward of the Toronto Raptors, is trying to repair his tarnished reputation.

"I don't like seeing negative stuff printed in the paper every time I come up here," said Camby, making his first public appearance in Toronto since being arrested on a marijuana-possession charge June 13 near his home at South Windsor, Conn.

"I want to see something positive. To all my fans, I'm a good guy. I'm accepting responsibility for my actions.

"It's tough. It seems like I'm taking a hit (on my reputation) every other month. But I'm a strong guy with a strong mind and a strong will, and I think I can bounce back."

Camby has made headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent months.

First, it was over gifts from an agent during his college years. Then it was the marijuana charge, coupled with a driving violation.

Camby declined to discuss the marijuana charge at a packed news conference. But he did provide details of a $151,000 donation to his alma mater, the University of Massachusetts, to cover another transgression.

The school was stripped of its 1996 NCAA Final Four record and its tournament revenue of $151,000 after it was revealed that Camby and his friends accepted money and gifts from agent Wesley Spears trying to woo college basketball's player of the year.

Camby donated $75,000 to the school's education department Friday that will be designated for minority scholarships. He also said he will be donating $76,000 to the health services division on or before Aug. 29.

Bogues boiling: Angry and defiant, Charlotte Hornets point guard Muggsy Bogues said he will not retire from basketball.

"As far as I'm concerned, I'm playing next season--in Charlotte or somewhere," said Bogues, 32, responding to advice from the team that he should retire for medical reasons. "They weren't too concerned last season when they asked me to play on one leg. Now that I'm feeling fine, they're pushing me out the door."