Rick Mahorn Would Like To Play For The Celtics

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                                PRO BASKETBALL NOTES
                                Pippen wears out another welcome

                                By Peter May, Globe Staff, 10/03/99

   
                                Free agent Rick Mahorn, meanwhile, is
                                waiting for the phone to ring. ''I'm not
                                too stressed about it,'' he said. ''I'd
                                love to play one more year. I'd love to
                                play up in Boston, to prove to those young
                                guys that you can be old and
                                competitive.'' Mahorn played for the
                                Sixers last season, and Larry Brown loved
                                his locker-room presence. The Sixers have
                                no room for him this year, it seems.
                                Mahorn said if he does not get a job, he'd
                                like to get into coaching, although a
                                player/assistant position might be the
                                best of both worlds. ''That's basically
                                what I was last year in Philly, anyway,''
                                he said ... The Celtics will christen
                                Conseco Fieldhouse, the retro/avant garde
                                home of the Indiana Pacers. Indy's home
                                opener against Boston is Nov. 6. Of the
                                five arenas opening this year - Philips
                                Arena in Atlanta, American Airlines Arena
                                in Miami, Staples Center in Los Angeles,
                                and the Pepsi Center in Denver - the
                                Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis is the
                                only one opening with a basketball game.
                                However, of those five arenas, only
                                Indiana's is not shared with a National
                                Hockey League team. Still, you've got to
                                love Indy to open the building with a
                                basketball game. The only thing better
                                would have been the Kingston Trio.

                        
                                This story ran on page D15 of the Boston
                                Globe on 10/03/99.
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