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28.  THAT'S A RAP: NBA PLAYERS SEVERING TIES WITH MASTER P
          Hornets G RICKY DAVIS said that he "has decided to
     join" a group of NBA players, including Nuggets G RON MERCER
     and Clippers G DEREK ANDERSON, who are "dumping" PERCY
     "MASTER P" MILLER as their agent, according to John Delong
     of the WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL.   Davis, who has not chosen a
     new agent, added that he was "affected by the controversial
     contract" Miller negotiated for Saints RB RICKY WILLIAMS. 
     Davis, on Williams' incentive-laden deal: "That was in the
     back of my mind, too.  That's probably one of the reasons I
     did leave" (WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 1/10).  In NC, Richard
     Walker writes that Miller's NO LIMIT SPORTS "appears out of
     the NBA game."  Davis' father, Tyree, on his son dropping No
     Limit Sports: "We just don't need an agent at the time."  
     Ricky Davis, on why he left: "It was going good until
     [Miller] played basketball.  It all goes back on him, as far
     as who he left in charge when he was doing that.  It
     reflects on him" (Gaston GAZETTE, 1/10).  In N.Y., Mike
     Freeman called Williams' Saints contract handled by No Limit
     "one of the worst contracts a rookie has signed" in years,
     as much of the money is tied up in "practically unreachable
     clauses."  Williams: "To me, it's sad what happened with my
     contract" (N.Y. TIMES, 1/9).
          HE LIKES IKE? In Detroit, Chris McCosky wrote that
     Wizards C ISAAC AUSTIN has dropped agent PACO BELLASEN and
     hired DWIGHT MANLEY (DETROIT NEWS, 1/9).