Utah Jazz center Olden Polynice has been charged with impersonating a police officer and disorderly conduct stemming from a traffic dispute last month at Salt Lake City.

In that incident, Polynice told authorities he was cut off in traffic. "All I can say right now is it's a serious matter," said Polynice's lawyer, Wally Bugden. "We're going to respond in court.

Once upon a time, Orlando Woolridge and Olden Polynice could have staged their own rendering of the Spider-Man meme: two sinewy big men pointing cross-court at each other as though staring into a ...

"I just feel that something has to be done," Polynice said in Feb. 1993. "We're talking about the Bosnians and the Somalians and everybody else, but nothing is being said about the situation in ...

Veteran center, 38, last played for L.A. in 1991-92 and has been out of the NBA since 2000-01. He is expected to add depth to the frontcourt.

Former Utah Jazz center Olden Polynice failed to appear in court Monday for his re-trial on a charge of misdemeanor assault, so his original conviction was reinstated.

Polynice, meanwhile, never played for the team that drafted him (the Bulls traded him to Seattle for Scottie Pippen), averaging 7.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 0.6 blocks in 1,058 NBA games.