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This makes the second rookie (besides Pierce) to make a comment like this. What were these dopes thinking? Anybody who could turn on a TV or pick up a sports page knew the lockout was coming. They musta been listening to those pillars of wisdom known as their agents.
"Al Harrington, the forward who
went directly from high school to
the Pacers' first-round pick in
the June draft, is biding his
time during the lockout by living
in the Indiana home of Pacers
forward Antonio Davis. Of having
yet to cash in as a pro, the
former New Jersey prep star said,
``If I knew this lockout was
going to happen, I'd have gone to
school.''
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The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest
Tuesday, September 15 1998 Volume 05 : Number 314
In this issue:
Cousy's right!
Rick Fox
Peter May On Hoops 9/13/98
Re: Rick Fox
Lockout Hard On The Players
New Trivia Questions
Forwarded article: AFTER THE BALL IS OVER
Defending Chris Webber
Sprewell Headed To Miami? To Boston?
Damon Stoudamire To The Lakers????
Re: your mail -MJ & Malone
I Believe...
antoine walker interview
Re: antoine walker interview
Re: antoine walker interview
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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 16:28:27 -0400
From: Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
Subject: Cousy's right!
Definitely, there is enough money on the table. For selfish reasons I would
like to see the league open on time. For business reasons, I hope the
owners win out. I don't really believe that baseball has re-couped that
much, nor will it in the future. People are wise to the problems of
baseball, number 1 being 3+ hour games. Round Ball is far more exciting.
Athleticism is not the Michelin Man hitting home runs after a meal of body
builder powder. It is the likes of Jordan etc.
I'd write the President or my Congressman about this lockout but
their...........busy. This is downright frustrating, after years of waiting
for a decent Celtic team, this happens. Although frustrating, I still would
rather lose a few pre-season and regular season games to get this mess
straightened out for awhile.
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 12:29:33 +1000
From: Warwick <giants@eisa.net.au>
Subject: Rick Fox
Hey all,
I wondered what you guys thought about trying to re-sign Popeye Jones
*and* Rick Fox?
If they do those two signings they could play a small, well co-ordinated
game and have a fairly sizeable bench (DeClercq, McCarty, Pierce, Bowen,
Barros, Knight, Minor) or whatever came about in trade...
Popeye Jones has played well at center before and would/could do well
again...
This may not get to the list, but if it does, yeah :o)
Warwick
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 10:10:07 -0400
From: Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Peter May On Hoops 9/13/98
[Boston Globe Online / Sports]
PRO BASKETBALL
Officially speaking, they're on their own
By Peter May, Globe Staff, 09/13/98
While millionaires battle millionaires over the way to disperse millions, the
NBA referees, arguably the most impacted, voiceless group in this whole
unseemly lockout mess, sit on the sidelines and pray for a resolution.
Officially, they have no stance, no say, no position. They technically are
employees of the NBA, but dissidents in Iraq have more freedom to speak. Their
income could be directly affected if games are lost, and few, if any, of the
58 referees have the financial freedom of the players, not to mention the team
owners.
''These are people with mortgages to pay and monthly nuts to crack,'' says
Howard Pearl, the general counsel for the National Basketball Referees
Association. ''These people need the income. This [the lockout] affects them
profoundly, but they play no role in it and have no position on it.''
Pearl and the NBRA executive board met last month in New York with NBA
officials and came back with promises that the officials will receive their
Oct. 1 paychecks. There is no ''lockout language'' in the standard referee's
contract. According to Pearl, the baseball umpires had such language and
received checks during the play stoppage in 1994.
Most referees get paid every two weeks over the course of the calendar year,
with the new pay period starting on Oct. 1. Their salaries range, according to
Pearl, from a low of $80,000 to a high of around $200,000. In other words, the
highest-paid referee receives less money than a minimum-wage player in the
NBA.
There has been no further news from New York regarding the status of the Oct.
15 checks, although a league source indicated that the referees were told they
would not be cut off without adequate notice. The league declined to comment
on the issue, saying it does not speak about salary matters regarding its
employees. Meanwhile, the referees have been sent two 50-question tests to
keep them mentally involved, but the opening of their training camp, Sept. 25
in New Jersey, has been put on hold. They anticipate they will be given two
weeks to get in game shape once the lockout ends, which is likely what the
players will receive as well.
Pearl, who has been general counsel for more than one year, said he is
satisfied with the way the NBA is handling the matter. ''I'm impressed, beyond
belief, with the NBA and its smarts, its intelligence, and its willingness to
do the right thing,'' he said.
Referees are entering the fourth year of a five-year deal with the league. The
last time their deal was up, they missed games because of a labor impasse.
Pearl also is trying to get clemency and reinstatement for the several
referees who have run afoul of the Internal Revenue Service for alleged income
tax evasion, though he said, ''Like everything else, that issue is on hold
until the lockout ends.''
The officials can only hope that their salaries don't get put on hold as well,
because it could mean a longer, colder winter than any trip they might have to
make to Minneapolis.
Quick fix won't be in
Unlike the officials, most player contracts don't start until November, which
means that there is little incentive for anyone to settle the lockout until
then. If you're a player, why push the envelope so you can have two-a-days and
then have to play exhibition games in Huntsville, Kalispell, or Flagstaff?
The league and the union have finished their presentations - six days of
testimony - to arbitrator John Feerick over whether players with guaranteed
contracts should get paid during a lockout. (You can pretty much figure out
which side thinks they should.) Both sides have until Friday to present
additional briefs and then Feerick has up to 30 days to make a decision.
The union and the league agree on one thing: Feerick will try to make the
decision in as short a time as possible. (Feerick's reputation is to render a
decision that should please everyone, meaning he likely will rule that
anything Michael Jordan says and does is OK.) If he rules for the union, the
league will go to court and that could add even more down time. If he rules
for the league, the union will then double back and negotiations should renew.
However, the union has seen nothing from the league that doesn't include a
''hard cap,'' and the players are not inclined to accept that.
One thing to keep in mind: When this does end, it will probably take at least
a month to get the games going. Teams and free agents will likely be given a
couple weeks to get deals done, and then there should be a two-week training
camp.
Payments come on schedule
Meanwhile, there is a small group of players, including the Celtics' Greg
Minor, who are still receiving paychecks for the 1997-98 season. Union
attorney Ron Klempner said it is a ''small percentage'' of the players who
choose a 12-month payment schedule; the others are on a November-April pay
schedule. ''The vast majority of the players don't get paid until Nov. 15,''
Klempner said. As of now, around 30 players have not been paid for services to
be rendered for the upcoming season. They had clauses in their contracts
providing for lump sum payments prior to the start of the season ... Tough
summer for Christian Laettner. First, he loses an all-expense-paid trip to
Monaco and Athens as a member of USA Basketball's World Championship team when
the NBA players elected not to go after the league imposed the lockout. Then,
he blew out an Achilles' in a pickup game last week at Duke. Whatever plans he
had for this season are now on hold. Laettner had surgery at Duke University
Hospital and has returned to his Atlanta home to convalesce. Luckily for him,
he had paid the premiums on his insurance and so the medical costs were
covered. ''In a situation like this [lockout], every player has the option to
pick up the premiums,'' said Laettner's agent, Herb Rudoy. In this case, not
only is there a lockout, but Laettner also was a free agent. ''I make sure all
of my guys do and I'm certain everyone else does too,'' said Rudoy. ''It makes
sense.'' As for the operation, Rudoy said Laettner would likely have had it in
the same spot had it been elective. ''He's very comfortable with the people at
Duke, so, given the fact that he is a free agent, that is where he probably
would have had it anyway.'' ... New Bucks coach George Karl said he was very
close to accepting a position with TNT for this season, but the network
insisted on having a no-coaching clause in the deal. ''If I had signed it,''
he said recently in Milwaukee, ''they would not have allowed me to coach this
year.'' Karl found out about the Bucks' interest during a recent trip to Hong
Kong. He said he got a phone call at 2:30 a.m. from owner Herb Kohl's office,
informing him that ''the Senator'' (as Kohl likes to be called) would be
calling in a half-hour. Karl's response: ''No problem.'' Karl said he hopes to
bring assistants Tim Grgurich and Terry Stotts with him, but one individual
who isn't planning on making the move anytime soon is his wife, Cathy. She's
staying back in Seattle for the time being with their 15-year-old son, Coby,
who is on the golf team and is already in school ... The Miami Heat are
apparently re-thinking their decision regarding the sale of season tickets.
The Heat have traditionally avoided smaller packages in favor of the whole
enchilada. But last season, coming off a year in which they were in the
conference finals, Miami had just 24 sellouts. Who can tell what attendance
will be this season without Gary Grant and Willie Anderson, both of whom
decided to take the overseas money and run? Grant landed a job in Greece while
Anderson found employment with Maccabi-Tel Aviv, which was supposed to play
the Heat in an exhibition, but the game was canceled last week.
Jordan takes the court
If you're the plaintiff's lawyers, don't you think you might ask for a change
of venue? Then again, with Jordan as the defendant, is there anywhere he isn't
an instant celebrity? Incredibly, a jury (not necessarily of his financial
peers) will soon begin hearing evidence in Chicago against Jordan, who is
accused of breach of contract by the makers of the movie ''Heaven is a
Playground.'' Finding a jury might be the hardest task of all; the first day,
five hours of selection yielded only three jurors. The lawsuit, filed five
years ago, says Jordan signed on with the filmakers in 1988 for $350,000 plus
5 percent of the profits. He was to play a role in the film about a basketball
player - surprise! - who is trying to get his game back. Jordan returned a
$50,000 up-front fee he received and has filed a counterclaim saying he had
been deceived about the film's financing. He and his agent, David Falk, who
also is a defendant (the two are joined at the business hip), also say the
contract they did sign was not binding. The lawsuit seeks as much as $20
million in damages, which is what the filmmakers claim the movie, which
starred Bo Kimble instead of Jordan, would have made had Michael participated.
Jordan plans to be in court for the duration of the trial, which could take up
to three weeks, and has drawn laughs from prospective jurors when asked by the
judge to introduce himself. He has, however, been accorded a privilege or two
by being allowed to enter the courtroom by way of a back elevator and through
the judge's chambers.
Material from personal interviews and wire services were used in this report.
This story ran on page F06 of the Boston Globe on 09/13/98.
© Copyright 1998 Globe Newspaper Company.
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 07:20:48 PDT
From: "Witch Craft" <witchcraft1998@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Rick Fox
Fox: I try not to think about it, Warwick. The C's are stacked at small
forward as it is... Popeye may be re-signed to be used as trade
bait or may be the starting power forward once Antoine or Pierce
is dealt. So re-signing him may make some sense.
WC
>Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 12:29:33 +1000
>From: Warwick <giants@eisa.net.au>
>
>Hey all,
>
>I wondered what you guys thought about trying to re-sign Popeye Jones
>*and* Rick Fox?
>
>If they do those two signings they could play a small, well
co-ordinated
>game and have a fairly sizeable bench (DeClercq, McCarty, Pierce,
Bowen,
>Barros, Knight, Minor) or whatever came about in trade...
>
>Popeye Jones has played well at center before and would/could do well
>again...
>
>This may not get to the list, but if it does, yeah :o)
>
>Warwick
>
>
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 15:07:00 -0400
From: wayray@ix.netcom.com (Way Of The Ray)
Subject: Lockout Hard On The Players
http://www.mostnewyork.com:80/1998-09-13/metro_sports/basketball/a-4968.asp
Paul Pierce is quoted in the article.
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 13:47:43 PDT
From: "Bob George" <bgeorge76@hotmail.com>
Subject: New Trivia Questions
They're up. Enjoy!!
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 14:35:25 -0700
From: wayray@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Forwarded article: AFTER THE BALL IS OVER
The following article was selected from the Internet edition
of the Chicago Tribune. To visit the site, point your browser
to http://chicagotribune.com.
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Return email: wayray@ix.netcom.com
Article URL: http://chicagotribune.com/splash/article/0,1051,SAV-9809130247,00.html
Comments:
Very interesting article.
- ---Forwarded article----------------
AFTER THE BALL IS OVER
By Joseph J. Ellis. Joseph J. Ellis is Ford Foundation professor of history at Mt. Holyoke College and a former...
As a transplanted Southerner always at odds with the arctic climate
and the good-fences-make-good-neighbors hospitality of New England, my
one pure, unadulterated conversion experience was the Boston Celtics.
I missed the Bob Cousy-Bill Russell dynasty of the '60s, but arrived
in time to ride with Dave Cowens and John Havlicek to glory in the
'70s, then be present at the creation of the Larry Bird era in the
'80s, when the Big Three (Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parrish)
became the greatest front line in basketball history.
Ten years ago, just as the Michael Jordan era was truly dawning in
Chicago, my old college roommate, a native Chicagoan and die-hard
Bulls fan, spoke the following fateful words: "Joe, never again in
your lifetime." He meant that given Bird's injuries, he and the
Celtics would never soar so high again, and that I should realign my
priorities accordingly.
At the time, I thought he was crazy. More wind from the Windy
City. The Celtics would surely rebuild quickly, as they always had
before, and I would soon resume my accustomed posture alongside them
on the upward curve of history.
Well, that was then. In the intervening decade, history has happened
to the Celtics. And since it is bound to happen to the Jacksonless and
sooner-or-later-to-be-Jordanless Bulls, let me offer my unsolicited
but hard-earned advice about how to endure, even enjoy, this looming
next chapter, after the fall.
First, embrace it. For me, the easiest way to do this was to strike up
regular conversations with Red Sox fans. These folks know all about
deferred gratification, never having won it all since the departure of
the Babe not long after the Treaty of Versailles. The heritage of
Puritanism, with its flair for perversity, gives New England a natural
advantage over the Midwest in this therapeutic exercise. But Chicago
also has the Cubs, who embody a level of futility even more impressive
than that of the Red Sox. So start talking to Cubs fans. They are the
wise philosophers of buoyant despondency, the master teachers of the
lessons you must learn.
Second, cultivate an affinity for paradox. To come back up in the NBA
these days, you need to go way down. This means you need to lose a lot
of games over the next few seasons. Hiring an inexperienced and upbeat
but incompetent coach is a high priority. We selected M.L. Carr, the
ideal choice. (You seem to recognize this as a priority already.)
Derive your satisfaction from losing close games. Think of it like
selling short in a down stock market. Realize, too, that the
competition to reach the basement of the league is every bit as stiff
as the competition for the championship. Perennial losers such as the
Los Angeles Clippers, the Sacramento Kings and the Denver Nuggets are
almost impossible to beat out. Your very tradition of extended
excellence will act like ballast to prevent the Bulls from sinking
into the Promised Land where all lottery picks live. Learn to cheer
hard-earned losses.
Third, live in the past. Technology will prove invaluable, because you
have tapes of Jordan doing his MVP thingraining treys on Portland,
making the last shot against Utah. We have to make do with faded
kinescopes of Havlicek stealing the ball against Philly and fading
tapes of McHale posting up against L.A. (I like to view these majestic
moments against the background of Barbra Streisand singing "The Way We
Were.") If you're entering some version of what we euphemistically
call "midlife," the cultivation of nostalgia will blend nicely with
your own biological urge to do a pick-and-roll on time itself. When
the NBA playoffs arrive on prime time each spring, watch the old tapes
instead of the new contenders for the crown. I'll bet you'll conclude,
as I do, that none of the new guys could beat your old guys.
Finally, remain true. Those Bulls fans who slither over to emerging
contenders such as Indiana or Phoenix should be treated like
adulterers chasing the young skirts in some basketball version of
"Lolita." Know that now is really the time of your time, when
commitment truly counts. When the sheep will be separated from the
goats. Hold onto your season tickets and cable subscriptions. Think
about John Wayne in "Back to Bataan," think about Douglas MacArthur's
promise ("I shall return") and the enormous satisfaction that accrues
to those precious few who prevail throughout the darkest hours. Learn
not just to live with pain, but to relish the principle that suffering
has its own integrity. Even if the post-Jordan era extends beyond your
lifetime (as it probably will), you will feel fulfilled by dancing
with the folks who brung ya. The higher history is the history of the
abiding.
Obviously, it will not be easy. In my more depressed moments, I have
found that reading Milton ("They also serve who only stand and wait")
or watching "Casablanca" ("Here's looking at you, kid") can propel me
past despair and evoke a more appropriately mellow mood. Let's be
candid. I do believe we are talking about nothing less than a
spiritual transformation. Huge hopes and great expectations are every
American's birthright. The Celtics' dynasty delivered on the promise
more dramatically than any team in American sports history. Now the
Bulls have produced a similar, if shorter-lived, dynasty of equivalent
ecstasy. Still, the agony phase stands ready to let the air out of
Chicago's euphoria.
The arrival of the Rick Pitino era here in Celticland has conjured up
fresh hopes for salvation somewhere out there in the middle distance,
presumably in my lifetime. But I have internalized the mellow mood so
thoroughly that I am nearly immune to the hype. (Our best player,
Antoine Walker, comes from Chicago, but he is to Bird and Jordan as a
lightning bug is to lightning. If you want him, you can have him,
though his arrival would only delay the inevitable for the Bulls.)
Like those intimations of mortality that eventually crowd out youthful
illusions, I see my new mood as a sign of maturity. When you finally
accommodate yourself to the same realistic mentality, know that there
are kindred spirits in the Boston area ready to welcome you to the far
side of paradise, where all of us must eventually live out the bulk of
our lives.
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 18:28:17 -0400
From: wayray@ix.netcom.com (Way Of The Ray)
Subject: Defending Chris Webber
http://www.sacbee.com/sports/columnists/voisin/980904voisin.new.html
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 18:32:59 -0400
From: Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Sprewell Headed To Miami? To Boston?
Posted at 5:27 p.m. EDT Saturday,
September 12, 1998
Latrell Sprewell rumors abound
regarding his next destination
By IRA WINDERMAN
Sun-Sentinel, South Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE -- Perhaps
Latrell Sprewell will be nothing
more than Derrick Coleman was
last year for the Heat: a player
unceasingly linked in trade
rumors but ultimately never to
arrive.
Perhaps.
Or perhaps the extenuating
circumstances make these rumors
too much to ignore.
Last summer, new 76ers coach
Larry Brown and Coleman sparred
through the media about a
perceived incompatibility. For
months the trade winds gusted due
south.
The difference this time is that
Sprewell and Warriors coach P.J.
Carlesimo already have gone well
beyond sparring. And for
Sprewell, there appears to be no
turning back.
The Heat-Sprewell link has grown
so out of control that:
- - A respected former NBA coach
still very much in the NBA loop
asked a South Florida reporter
this summer if he was ready to
cover Sprewell.
- - Another former NBA coach
already is predicting a drop-off
by Heat point guard Tim Hardaway
if Sprewell, Hardaway's Golden
State nemesis, lands in Miami.
- - ESPN, on its web site, is
listing the Heat's '98-99
starting backcourt as Sprewell
and Hardaway.
- - And in a truly incomprehensible
rumor, a Warriors report on The
Sporting News' web site reports
the Heat has ``a package on the
table that includes forwards P.J.
Brown, Jamal Mashburn and Keith
Askins, for Sprewell and another
player, possibly point guard
Bimbo Coles.'' (Considering
Askins is a free agent, you
shouldn't take that one to the
bank -- especially because the
Heat would be out of its mind to
offer that much.)
Still, Sprewell will continue to
loom large on the trade market
until the Warriors can unload
him, which cannot happen until
the end of the lockout.
While much of the Sprewell talk
is speculation, what is clear is
that the Warriors are tired of
Sprewell and Sprewell is tired of
being linked to Golden State and
his attack last December on
Carlesimo.
What is known about the Heat is
that coach Pat Riley still had
interest in Sprewell at the end
of last season.
But that was before Sprewell was
sentenced to house arrest after a
no-contest plea on an ugly
traffic arrest.
And it was before Sprewell
continued to press forward in the
legal system to exonerate himself
from his attack on Carlesimo.
Even before the opening bell of
Sprewell vs. Carlesimo, the
Golden State shooting guard had
an ugly history with Hardaway.
Now, the baggage would appear to
be overwhelming for the Heat to
maintain interest.
No matter where Sprewell lands
(and someone will lust after one
of the game's premier backcourt
scorers enough to make a bid),
the scrutiny will be exhaustive.
``People look at me now like I'm
the symbol for the bad boy of the
NBA,'' Sprewell said after
claiming the NBA destroyed
evidence in its arbitration case
against him last season. ``My
biggest concern is how the public
perceives me. I've been
vilified.''
Depending on when camps open,
Sprewell could have enough
problems just getting back on the
court, with three months home
detention due to his no-contest
plea in the auto incident. He
could wind up participating in
training camp wearing an ankle
bracelet, thus providing the
ultimate challenge for the
trainer charged to tape his
ankles.
Sprewell's home in the Hayward
Hills area of the East Bay
already is up for sale. His home
detention likely will be served
in his Milwaukee home.
But when he gets back on the
court, he wants it to be with a
winner.
``I would love to be on a team
that's winning,'' he said. ``As
long as we're winning ... it
doesn't matter where I am.''
Even beyond the excess baggage
Sprewell would carry from ankle
on up, there also could be salary
concerns, with the shooting guard
under contract for only two more
seasons.
Should the NBA adopt a hard
salary cap in its labor
negotiations, as it is seeking,
it could leave a high-salary team
such as the Heat in a difficult
position to re-sign Sprewell
during the 2000 offseason.
An option lost
With Christian Laettner facing up
to nine months rehabilitation for
a ruptured Achilles, teams in
search of a free-agent power
forward have lost a fall-back
position. The Pistons, for
example, are expected to make a
run at Minnesota free agent Tom
Gugliotta, but also had been
considering Laettner. Teams with
an eye on Philadelphia's Coleman
also had considered Laettner as
part of a Plan B. For the Hawks,
the news of the injury sustained
in a pickup game at Duke hardly
was devastating -- as long as
they can re-sign Alan Henderson,
a free agent who usurped
Laettner's starting role in
Atlanta for the final 33 games of
last season. ...
As for the Timberwolves retaining
Gugliotta, the fiscal insanity in
Minnesota might make it
impossible. Not only were the
'Wolves cornered into giving
Kevin Garnett a $126 million
extension last summer, but word
now is that Minnesota guard
Stephon Marbury will ask for a
$128 million package when the
lockout ends. With that type of
outlay, it is difficult to
imagine Gugliotta cashing in with
the 'Wolves, as well. ...
Al Harrington, the forward who
went directly from high school to
the Pacers' first-round pick in
the June draft, is biding his
time during the lockout by living
in the Indiana home of Pacers
forward Antonio Davis. Of having
yet to cash in as a pro, the
former New Jersey prep star said,
``If I knew this lockout was
going to happen, I'd have gone to
school.'' Low-profile approach
Denver appears poised to put its
search for a high-profile coach
on hold, with Mike D'Antoni
likely to hold the job for a year
as the Nuggets concentrate on
wooing Phil Jackson for
1999-2000.
Denver's only remaining assistant
coach from the otherwise exiled
staff of Bill Hanzlik, D'Antoni
has six years of coaching
experience in the Italian League,
where he went 144-68.
D'Antoni chuckled about possibly
being allowed to return from a
staff that guided Denver to an
11-71 record.
``If you don't make the same
mistake twice, we shouldn't make
any mistakes this year,'' he
said.
Obviously, a sense of humor has
helped the former NBA and ABA
point guard.
``Anytime a prospective coach
calls in and I intercept the
phone call, I don't pass them
on,'' he told the Rocky Mountain
News. ``That's why I'm in the
office all the time. Nothing gets
by me.''
There had been thought that Dan
Issel, the Nuggets' new general
manager, would return to Denver's
sidelines.
``Phil Jackson called three times
last week, but Dan doesn't know
about it,'' D'Antoni joked. ``One
ring, and I'm on it.'' A Lucas
return?
Former Spurs and 76ers coach John
Lucas will interview this week
for an assistant's position on a
potential D'Antoni staff.
D'Antoni also has looked at
former Kings coach Eddie Jordan
and 76ers assistant Gar Heard as
a lead assistant. Lucas has
worked out Nuggets guard Nick Van
Exel this summer in Houston and
their relationship works in
Lucas' favor. ...
It hardly comes as a shock that
the only thing that came between
Kurt Rambis and the Clippers'
coaching job was a low-ball offer
by Clippers' management. Rambis,
who will remain a Lakers
assistant, had received an offer
from the Clippers that would have
put him near the bottom of the
coaching salary list, not far
above what some leading
assistants make. ...
While Rambis also had been linked
to the Kings' coaching vacancy,
Hornets assistant Paul Silas
appears to have the edge there,
having already been called back
for a second interview. Rick
Adelman, the leading candidate
for the coaching vacancy at
Portland State, also remains a
Kings possibility.
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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 18:39:41 -0400
From: wayray@ix.netcom.com (Way Of The Ray)
Subject: Damon Stoudamire To The Lakers????
http://www.canoe.ca/Basketballtoronto/aug22_mig.html
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 12:22:00 -0500
From: Sherry & Hart <hartleyo@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: your mail -MJ & Malone
Shawn Roth wrote:
>
> This lockout has little, if anything to do with MJs salary. MJ is MJ. Karl
> Malone is not average superstar (not sure how you could be an average
> superstar). I'm sure the league will survive without MJ, becuase the NBA has a
> huge marketing department that will push some new star (Garnett, Walker,
> Duncan), but without MJ it does suffer in overall appeal. I'm pretty sure the
> NBA picked up viewers last year when it might have been MJs last. Oh and by the
> way, Karl has already said he wants twenty mill, regardless of Jordans choice.
>
> Shawn
>
I disagree completely. Reinsdorf and the other owners want out of this
situation. Reinsdorf has his championships and wants to go forward and
the bar has been set so high because of MJ's salary the league as a
whole cannot afford to give out salaries approximating 20-30 mill any
more. The small town teams cannot compete. Do you really think Minnesota
can afford to sign a Marbury for 120 mill plus contract and Gugliotta
also. I think not. What a shame that the Minnesota team which could have
been one of the next real good teams cannot akeep this team together and
much of this dilemma started with that outrageous MJ contract. Minnesota
was stuck in a situation that if they did not sign Garnett, he bolts out
of there as a a free agent to sign most likely with Chicago. Do you
really want to see BB games where there is no competitiveness other than
a few good games on your home schedule year in year out?
I ask you or any on this list the following:
Who other than Chicago can give Jordan 35-40 Mill a year?
Who in their right mind will give Malone(35 years old)the contract he
is looking for a 20 mill per season multiple(3)year contract?
If Jordan plays for Chicago this year it puts Utah under the gun to sign
Malone at his price. If MJ retires(I hope)and Malone will have no chance
to get 20 mill from Utah and attempts to go elsewhere, he will not get
anywhere near that kind of money because of cap restrictions.
Regarding your Superstar query, I have the following opinion.
Superstars carry and lead their teams to the dance that win
Championships!
Average Superstars are just good enough to carry and lead their teams
to the dance to play and hope!
This is not a knock on the Malones, Ewings, Shaq and Robinson's of the
league, it is just that they are not in the same class of MJ, Bird,
Magic, and Isaah's, who all lead their teams to multiple ring
ceremonies.
Regards,
Hart
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 19:25:56 -0400
From: wayray@ix.netcom.com (Way Of The Ray)
Subject: I Believe...
That the Lockout Groundhog has seen its shadow so we have six more weeks to go
before basketball spring dawns.
Ray
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 21:51:40 EDT
From: MH348@aol.com
Subject: antoine walker interview
Has anyone read the interview with Antoine Walker in XXL BASKETBALL? I like it
alot. It is a great article.
James
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 19:20:01 -0700
From: "Michael J. King Sr." <kingpin@primenet.com>
Subject: Re: antoine walker interview
At 18:51 9/14/98 , MH348@aol.com wrote:
>Has anyone read the interview with Antoine Walker in XXL BASKETBALL? I
like it
>alot. It is a great article.
>
>James
>
How about posting the URL for XXL Basketball so we can enjoy the article?
Thanks.
Later.Mike
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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 06:18:06 PDT
From: "Jim Meninno" <jim_meninno@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: antoine walker interview
Yeah, what gives, you tease! I found www.xxl.co.uk, but none of the
articles are posted in full. Also, I didn't see any mention of Antoine.
Is this a British magazine? If so, could one of our UK members either
post the article or, if it is too long, at least give us a flavour.
Cheers,
Jim
>Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 19:20:01 -0700
>To: MH348@aol.com
>From: "Michael J. King Sr." <kingpin@primenet.com>
>Subject: Re: antoine walker interview
>Cc: celtics@igtc.com
>
>At 18:51 9/14/98 , MH348@aol.com wrote:
>>Has anyone read the interview with Antoine Walker in XXL BASKETBALL? I
>like it
>>alot. It is a great article.
>>
>>James
>>
>How about posting the URL for XXL Basketball so we can enjoy the
article?
>Thanks.
>Later.Mike
>
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