Re: Spur's are Tanking!!

["smishra" <smishra@ix.netcom.com>]

I think the best way to do this will be to send it to Peter May of the
Globe and request him to take the matter up with the C's front office. -
Mishra 

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> From: JLyell <jlyell@concentric.net>
> To: JASPINDLER@aol.com; celtics@igtc.com; FrannieG@msn.com
> Subject: Re: Spur's are Tanking!!
> Date: Friday, March 07, 1997 7:11 PM
> 
> I agree that is pretty blatant.  I can't believe they were stupid enough
to
> actually make these statements !  Anyone know how to forward this to the
> league office  ?  They did win tonight though.
> 
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> > From: JASPINDLER@aol.com
> > To: celtics@igtc.com; FrannieG@msn.com
> > Subject: Spur's are Tanking!!
> > Date: Friday, March 07, 1997 6:33 PM
> > 
> > On March 4th,  FrannieG@msn.com inquired about the return of David
> Robinson
> > to the Spur's
> > active roster.  Check out the following story!!! If there is any
> verifiable
> > truth to this, then David
> > Stern should immediateley disqualify the Spurs from getting the #1 pick
> in
> > the 1997 Draft.
> > 
> > CELTICS - Chicago Tribune (TRIB)                          STORY 3
> > 
> > SPORTS
> >  PRO BASKETBALL REPORT.
> >  SPURS COULD BE RIDING HIGH IN '98  IF DUNCAN JOINS A HEALTHY
> > ROBINSON, SAN ANTONIO WILL RISE
> >  Sam Smith.  Sam Smith covers pro basketball for the
> > 
> > Tribune.
> >  9963 Characters
> > 03/04/97
> >  (Copyright 1997)
> >    The Bulls get a chance Wednesday night at the team that may
> > be their biggest threat to an NBA title--next season.
> >    The San Antonio Spurs.
> >    The current Spurs are mostly a hopeless collection of backups
> > trying to finish the season without any more injuries.
> >    "I don't watch the standings anymore," Avery Johnson said.
> > "No reason to. We're not in the race."
> >    They're playing without David Robinson, Sean Elliott, Charles
> > Smith, Chuck Person and lately Dominique Wilkins, who's out with a
> > hamstring injury.
> >    "If it weren't for bad luck," Wilkins said, "we wouldn't have
> > any at all."
> >    Vinny Del Negro and Will Perdue, although back, have missed
> > large portions of the season with injuries.
> >    The Spurs have been one of the winningest teams of the 1990s.
> >    "People don't realize what small things all this hangs on,"
> > says Spurs coach and General Manager Gregg Popovich. "I can't tell
> > you how often I think back to that (1995) conference final series
> > against the Rockets. If Sean Elliott doesn't miss those two free
> > throws at the end of Game 1, it might be a totally different
> > series. It's scary that those things can change everything. It can
> > turn a whole franchise around."
> >    The Spurs lost the first two games at home and then won both
> > in Houston before losing in six games to the Rockets, who then
> > swept the Orlando Magic in the Finals.
> >    But there's a huge "if" for the Spurs. They have the league's
> > third-worst record and because Vancouver can't get the first pick
> > in the NBA draft, it's pretty much between the Spurs and Boston
> > Celtics. If San Antonio were to get that top pick it could draft
> > Wake Forest's Tim Duncan, regarded as the best big man to come out
> > of college this decade other than Shaquille O'Neal. The Spurs would
> > team him with Robinson and Elliott next season to become the
> > favorite in the West.
> >    That's why Robinson, who might be able to return from a
> > broken foot by the end of March, may be held out the rest of the
> > season.
> >    "Do we bring him back or not?" Popovich wondered. "It's not
> > always two plus two equals four."
> >    Robinson has been saying he wants to return this season, but
> > may not if all his presence can do is lessen the Spurs' chances at
> > the No. 1 pick by winning more games.
> >    "Our effort has been great," Robinson said. "But losing day
> > in and day out wears on you. I think our guys can hold our heads
> > up."
> >    Especially if they're looking at Robinson and Duncan next
> > season.
> >    PHOTO;
> > Caption: PHOTO: Spurs All-Star center David Robinson is
> > unlikely to return this season, especially if it would hurt San
> > Antonio's draft position. AP photo.
> >