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From: stwombly@cs.ulowell.edu (Stephen P. Twombly)
Subject: FINAL POLL RESULTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 05:07:18 GMT

These are the FINAL results of the poll.....97 people submitted their opinions.

1ST Team Starters
-----------------
G-Michael Jordan
G-John Stockton
C-David Robinson
F-Charles Barkley
F-Karl Malone

2nd Team
-----------------
G-Clyde Drexler
G-Tim Hardaway
C-Patrick Ewing
F-Scottie Pippen
F-Larry Johnson


MVP
-----------------
Michael Jordan


Final Results:

Guards                     Forwards                  Centers
------                     --------                  -------

Michael Jordan 51 (1)      Charles Barkley   52 (1)  David Robinson   44 (1)
John Stockton  37 (1)      Karl Malone       41 (1)  Patrick Ewing    36 (2)
Clyde Drexler  36 (2)      Scottie Pippen    26 (2)  Hakeem Olajuwon  11
Tim Hardaway   28 (2)      Larry Johnson     24 (2)  Shaquile O'Neill 10
Mark Price     17          Chris Mullin      23      Brad Daugherty    2
Kevin Johnson   9          Dominique Wilkins 14      Robert Parish     2
Reggie Lewis    5          Shawn Kemp        12      Greg Kite
Magic Johnson   3          Danny Manning      5      Alonzo Mourning
Kendall Gill    4          Larry Nance        2      Dwayne Schnitzius
Chris Jackson   2          Kurt Rambis        2     
Glen Rice       2          Derrick Coleman    3
Terry Porter    2          Otis Thorpe        2
Isiah Thomas    2          Xavier McDaniel   
Mitch Ritchmond 2          Sean Elliott
Drazen Petrovic            Jimmy Jackson
LLoyd Daniels              Johnny Newman
Dale Ellis                 Detlef Schrempf
Dan Majerle                Larry Bird
Michael Williams           Mark Randall
Reggie Miller              Grant Long
Joe Dumars                 Dennis Rodman
Mark Macon                 Billy Owens
Pace Mannion               
Ricky Pierce
Lance Blanks
Mike Iuzzolino
REX Chapman
Derek Harper
Nate McMillan
Sedale Threatt
Jeff Malone

MVP
---
Michael Jordan    22
Charles Barkley    8
David Robinson     4
Cylde Drexler      3
Kurt Rambis        2
Akeem Olajuwon     2
Karl Malone        2
Larry Johnson
Mark Price 
Pace Mannion
Nate McMillan
Shaquile O'Neil
Patrick Ewing

Thanks to all who participated, hope you enjoyed it!

Stephen Twombly
stwombly@cs.ulowell.edu























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From: EIVERSO@cms.cc.wayne.edu
Subject: Re: Wolves Trade
Organization: Wayne State University, C&IT
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 04:03:06 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.123306.1@violet.ccit.arizona.edu>
f67700241@violet.ccit.arizona.edu (Greg Franklin) writes:
 
>P.S. I finally saw that "Hare Krishna" Nike ad.  It was cool.  Anything that
>bashes Detroit is cool.
 
Thanks for the info, jerk!
I saw the commercial and I thought it was funny. I don't think it bashed
Detroit at all.
 
>Am looking forward to having Phoenix cream the
>Pistons twice in the reg. season the way they did in the preseason....
 
They creamed them only once in the preseason, not twice.
As if preseason matters!
Every win does not constitute a "cream", jerk.
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Tuesday, 17 Nov 1992 12:18:41 EST
From: <IO20738@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: BOXSCORE: min04njn04.12nov92

Sam Bowie 12 rebounds
          11 blocks
          14 points
 -A triple double for Sam Bowie!!  Is he the next Magic? :)

Organization: Junior, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 10:30:30 -0500 
From: Peter Stephen Lee <pl16+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Billy Owens

Was Billy Owens hurt recently?
A buddy of mine told me he was, but I havent seen anything about it.

Thanks,

Pete

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From: mack@isl.Stanford.EDU (mack)
Subject: PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS WILL GO 82-0 AND WIN THE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP
Organization: Stanford University
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 00:09:04 GMT



NUF SAID.

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From: u_nique@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Jerray Wei)
Subject: The Deal?
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:44:36 GMT

Some curious things that I've been noticing about all the box scores that
I've seen so far.  Robert Parish seems to have hit the retirement stage two
years earlier than Kareem did.  Patrick Ewing doesn't seem to block shots
anymore.  I keep seeing 0's beside his name often these days.

Portland and Phoenix are scary, given the fact that Drexler has been bricking
2/3 of his shots and KJ hasn't been around.  Can Dallas beat the CBA teams?
Christian Laettner is no Danny Ferry.  The Nuggets have been abusively
ignoring Dikembe Mutombo by giving him like five shots a game.  Dennis Rodman
is majorly depressed (divorce, loss of all his close teammates and Coach Daly)
and neither him or Kevin Willis are cleaning the boards like they used to.
Why do I see all of these extremely high scoring games for Milwaukee's Blue
Edwards?

Where is Johnny Dawkins?  Is Willie Anderson ever going to heal up?  Pat
Riley is spreading all the minutes for the Knicks around a lot (except for
Ewing).  Is that going to work (all these guys getting 20 minutes a game)?
What's Rolando Blackman's condition like?  When is Otis Thorpe coming back?
I was saddened by the fact that his consecutive straight games streak was
broken.  With Thorpe, Horry and Olajuwon...the Rockets may have the best
front line in the game.  Too bad they have nothing in the backcourt (just
like those days with Olajuwon, McCray and Sampson).  And...is it possible
that Byron Scott has regained some of his long vanished old form?  The
box scores seem to indicate just that.  Too little, too late.
From: bwest@cs.utexas.edu (Brian Neal West)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: A Basic Question
Date: 20 Nov 1992 09:00:51 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: peaches.cs.utexas.edu

>>I would like to know how they name the teams, like why Jazz for Utah,
>>Rockets for Houston, Lakers for LA and so on. 
>Utah is named the Jazz because the team began in New Orleans (which, I think,
>is also why they have the Mardi Gras colors -- green, purple, and gold).
>
>I'm not exactly sure, but I think Houston is named the Rockets because of 
>the NASA Johnson Space Center.

The Rockets keeps the same name when they moved from San Diego to Houston
(in about 1970.)  Why the San Diego Rockets? I don't know.

Similarly the Lakers kept the same when they moved from Minneapolis
(sp?)  to LA.  From grade school geography, I remember that Minnesota
is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes."

Brian West
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============================================================================
STANDARD DISCLAIMER: No one is responsible. 
My Astral-Projection did this, if you get my drift.
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From: august@hlpdsk.jsc.nasa.gov (Ray August)
Subject: Score Bulls vs. Lakers ?
Organization: LESC
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:48:09 GMT


Who won Fri. game between Bulls and Lakers?


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                        ** Go Braves
                        ** Bulls in 93

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From: parks@binah.cc.brandeis.edu (Camden `Snake-Oil' Parks)
Subject: BOXSCORE: orl06phi05.18nov92
Reply-To: parks@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:18:59 GMT

orl 120, phi 110   18nov92

orl ( 4- 2)      min  fgm fga 3m 3a ftm fta or tr  as pf st to bk tc ej ff  pts
scott,dennis      40   9  15   0  2   0  2   1  1   4  3  1  2  0  0  0  0   18
turner,jeff       18   3   4   0  0   0  0   0  1   2  3  0  3  1  0  0  0    6
o'neal,shaquille  34  12  19   0  0   5 11   7 19   1  5  1  3  3  0  0  0   29
skiles,scott      43   6   9   0  0   7  7   0  6  11  0  3  4  0  0  0  0   19
anderson,nick     41  11  23   0  2   1  2   1  8   6  3  1  6  0  0  0  0   23
bowie,anthony     23   3   6   0  0   2  2   0  3   4  1  3  0  0  0  0  0    8
catledge,terry    21   4   7   0  0   4  4   3  8   2  1  0  2  0  0  0  0   12
kite,greg         14   0   1   0  0   2  2   0  6   0  2  0  1  1  0  0  0    2
corchiani,chris    6   1   1   0  0   1  1   0  0   0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    3
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
orl totals       240  49  85   0  4  22 31  12 52  30 19  9 21  5  0  0  0  120
FG, 3P, FT averages:     .576   .000   .710       team rebs  8

phi ( 1- 4)      min  fgm fga 3m 3a ftm fta or tr  as pf st to bk tc ej ff  pts
weatherspoon,clar 22   2   8   0  0   2  2   1  2   2  0  2  1  1  0  0  0    6
gilliam,armon     44  11  19   0  0   5  6   1 10   5  2  1  0  1  0  0  0   27
lang,andrew       20   1   4   0  0   0  0   0  4   0  5  2  0  2  0  0  0    2
hornacek,jeff     42  10  20   2  5   2  2   1  7   5  3  1  5  1  0  0  0   24
hawkins,hersey    44   9  18   2  6  12 14   1  5   3  4  5  3  0  0  0  0   32
perry,tim         20   3   6   0  0   1  1   0  1   0  2  0  1  2  0  0  0    7
grant,greg        32   4   9   0  1   0  0   0  0   9  3  2  3  0  0  0  0    8
payne,kenny       11   2   6   0  0   0  0   0  0   2  2  1  0  1  0  0  0    4
shackleford,charl  3   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  1   0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    0
wilkins,eddielee   2   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0    0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
phi totals       240  42  90   4 12  22 25   4 30  26 22 15 13  8  0  0  0  110
FG, 3P, FT averages:     .467   .333   .880       team rebs  6

orl   28  28  31  33  -  120
phi   22  24  28  36  -  110

attendance 13711, time 2:08, officials: ETRush,BDelaney,ROlesiak
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From: gidi@Hilbert.Stanford.EDU (Gidi Avrahami)
Subject: Best Division in the NBA?
Organization: Brotherhood Of Breath
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:54:01 GMT


As usual, it's the Pacific.  Here are the records in inter-divisional
games so far:
                     Pacific   Central   Midwest   Atlantic
Pacific (20-7)       ----      6-4       9-2       5-1
Central (20-17)      4-6       ----      8-7       8-4
Midwest (12-20)      2-9       7-8       ----      3-3
Atlantic (8-16)      1-5       4-8       3-3       ----


home games:
                     Pacific   Central   Midwest   Atlantic
Pacific (13-3)       ----      6-3       4-0       3-0
Central (11-5)       1-0       ----      4-1       6-4
Midwest (8-10)       2-5       6-4       ----      0-1
Atlantic (3-7)       1-2       0-2       2-3       ----


road games:
                     Pacific   Central   Atlantic  Midwest
Pacific (7-4)        ----      0-1       2-1       5-2
Central (9-12)       3-6       ----      2-0       4-6
Atlantic (5-9)       0-3       4-6       ----      1-0
Midwest (4-10)       0-4       1-4       3-2       ----



By the way, all four road wins by the Midwest division belong to Utah!


--Gidi (a.k.a. StatMan SupReme [tm])
From: kkothman@weber.ucsd.edu (Keith Kothman)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: San antonio
Date: 18 Nov 1992 00:17:46 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
NNTP-Posting-Host: weber.ucsd.edu
Keywords: Warriors

In article <1992Nov16.182812.1268@cheshire.oxy.edu> tamada@cheshire.oxy.edu (Michael K. Tamada) writes:
>In article <1992Nov16.003458.9449@muddcs.claremont.edu> byau@jarthur.claremont.edu (Ben Yau) writes:
>
>>anyone want to share with us why san antonio is getting off to such an awful 
>>start?  Vinnie can't be that much of a team leader. 
>
>     Pretty simple.  Take away Willie Anderson and Terry Cummings, plus
>losing Rod Strickland, and you've got a pretty thin team, Admiral or
>no.  How many teams could lose their starting power forward, shooting
>guard, and point guard and remain competitive?  Especially when they were 
>merely a good team last year, not a powerhouse team. 

Add Antoine Carr to that list, although he's not out for the
year (anyone know when he'll be back).  And Del Negro had his nose
broken--also out.  Daniels has played well in his absence, although
he gets burned some on defense.








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From: khansen@staff.tc.umn.edu ()
Subject: BOX: Wolves vs Bulls (11/17)
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 04:32:43 GMT

11/17/92
Chicago 124 Minnesota 103

Chicago (6-1)
Player		MIN	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	TR	PF	PTS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grant		30	10	12	4	6	3	1	24
Pippen		31	5	12	2	2	5	0	12
Cartwright	17	1	3	3	3	5	1	5
Armstrong	28	7	12	1	1	3	1	16
Jordan		31	14	21	2	3	3	1	32
Perdue		15	1	3	0	0	2	3	2
McCray		23	2	5	0	0	5	2	4
Tucker		13	3	6	0	0	0	1	7
Paxson		12	1	3	0	0	0	0	2
S. Williams	20	2	7	0	0	6	3	4
C. Williams	11	2	3	1	2	0	2	5

Totals		240	52	92	16	21	36	15	124

Minnesota (2-4)

Player		MIN	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	TR	PF	PTS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Person		37	11	19	2	3	12	0	26
Laettner	27	7	13	3	3	4	4	17
Spencer		16	2	5	0	0	3	3	4
West		38	5	14	1	2	3	5	11
M. Williams	34	5	11	3	3	6	2	13
Longley		27	6	11	2	3	5	4	14
Sellers		12	1	4	2	2	2	0	4
Bailey		24	5	6	0	0	1	1	10
Smith		14	0	1	0	0	3	1	0
Blanks		7	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
Vetra		2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
McCants		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Totals		240	44	87	13	16	39	21	103

Assists - Minnesota 32 (M. Williams 11), Chicago 37 (Pippen 12); Steals -
Minnesota 11 (M. Williams and Longley 4), Chicago 15 (Grant and Jordan 4);
Turnovers - Minnesota 23 (Person and Longley 5), Chicago 15 (Jordan 3), Blocks
- Minnesota 8 (Laettner and Longley 2), Chicago 4 (Cartwright, Jordan, Perdue,
adn S. Williams 1); 3 FG - Minnesota 2-7 (Person 2-5, M. Williams and Blanks
0-1), Chicago 4-7 (Jordan 2-2, Tucker 1-1, Armstrong 1-3, and Paxson 0-1); FG%
- Minnesota .506, Chicago .565; 3FG% - Minnesota .286, Chicago .571; FT% -
Minnesota .813, Chicago .762; Technical Fouls - None;
A - 19,006


Chicago			37	30	32	25	124
Minnesota		27	17	28	31	103


==============

What can one say about playing the Bulls?  As Tom Doerr, Bulls play-by-play
announcer, said "Michael and the boys turn it on and off whenever they want
to".  That's exactly what the Bulls did to Minnesota.

1)  Jordan had an "average" night, 32 points in 31 minutes, some fantastic
steals, slams, and no-look passes.

2)  Horace Grant missed his first shot and then made his next 10.  He finished
with 24 points.

3)  Chuck Person had 26 points and 12 rebounds, although he did take a few
questionable shots.

4)  Christian Laettner had 17 points despite spraining the middle finger on 
his right hand and getting poked in the eye.  Welcome to the 'big time', rook!

5)  Another strong performance from Luc Longley.  I am still not 100% convinced,
but this guy may have a chance to be a decent NBA center.

Wolves next games are Friday vs Washington and Saturday at Denver.
From: rodmur@ecst.csuchico.edu (Dale Harris)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Who is Tom Gugliotta (Bullets)
Date: 17 Nov 92 23:41:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: charnel.1ebvuiINN75u
Distribution: usa
Organization: California State University, Chico
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In article <jgould-171192143140@macd316.mv.us.adobe.com> jgould@adobe.com (Jim Gould) writes:
>>gugliotta,tom     42   9  12   1  1   1  2   4 15   3  4  2  6  2  0  0  0   20
>
>Howdy,
>
> Where did this guy come from? How many years in the league? What position?
>

Less than one, he's a rookie picked up in the draft.


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From: sepeczi_joe@macn15.rtsg.mot.com
Subject: Re: Pippen Overrated? (was Suns Report: Phoenix dominates Jazz)
Organization: CSG Group
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 23:34:56 GMT

In article <1992Nov21.162159.60117@uvmark.uucp> davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks)
writes:
>In article <1992Nov19.224150.19351@alw.nih.gov> jwnagle@loglady.ninds.nih.gov
(Jim Nagle) writes:
>>in a recent post (Jerray Wei) writes:
>>
>>> As for premier SF in the East, ever hear
>>>of Dominique Wilkins?  Last I heard, 'Nique was averaging over 30 ppg and
>>>shooting better than 50%.  Not as well rounded as Pippen, but a good notch
>>>or two ahead of him in scoring and a slightly better rebounder.
>>
>>Wilkins is a 1 dimensional player who takes way too many bad shots
>>even if he is the only scoring threat on his team. He has nowhere near
>>the all around game Pippen has especially defensively. Nique's FG% may
>>be >50% now but check it at the end of the season.
>>-jim
>
>Not been watching much basketball lately, have you.  Dominique is NOT a 
>one-dimensional player.  He is one of the top offensive threats in the game,
>comparable to Mr. Jordan.  He can score at will with a good, but not great 
>outside game (better than Pippen's) and a great driving/slashing/posting/open
>court game, even better (IMHO) than Pippen's.  He is a better rebounder than
>Pippen as well, and a decent passer, though Pippen is better.  He is an ok
>defender, but not as good as Pippen.  He is the #1, and in many years the only
>scoring threat on the Hawks.  Pippen gets a lot of his numbers living in the
>shadows of Jordan, which help him considerably.  Dominique,like Jordan, can
>score in either the running attack or half-court set.  Pippen looks lost in
>the half-court set.  You are right he doesn't have the all-around game Pippen
>does, but remember that he is a much, much better scorer, better rebounder,
and
>a better passer than he is given credit for..
>
		There is no comparison between Jordan and Wilkens as far as offense or any
other part of the game goes.
		As for Pippen, whoever thinks that he wouldn't be what he is
(scoring,assists,etc.) without Jordan, obviously doesn't watch many Bulls
games.  Throughout his career, Pippen has been the guy to lead the second
stringers on the floor when the starters have been getting a rest.  If you take
these type of situations and compare his stats with when Pippen is playing with
the other starters, they are improved in every catagory.
		For all the Pippen critics if you only spent as much time watching this
wonderfully gifted athlete as you did judging him, I'm sure your opinion would
change.
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From: gattuso@ssd.comm.mot.com (Christopher Gattuso)
Subject: Will the real Pervis...
Organization: Motorola
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:40:54 GMT

Anyone got any news on Pervis Ellison????  Is he hurt, is Googs taking
his shots or what not???  I have Pervis on my Fantasy League team and
if he isn't going to get the numbers he got last year, I may put someone
else in....

Email me responses (opinions encouraged!!!)
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From: langford@ohsu.edu (Chris Langford)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Blazers are team to beat in west - so far
Date: 18 Nov 92 17:17:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: ohsu.1992Nov18.171702.14709
Distribution: usa
Organization: Fuji Garbage Collectors, Ltd.

In article <zc#@byu.edu> jhak@sofya.math.byu.edu (Justin Hakanson) writes:
<>Person now of the T-wolfs.  The 25 points in the fourth quarter i think was 
<>also a Blazer record as well.
<
<I think you mean the _48_ points in the fourth quarter.  And yeah, it was...
<
<Justin.

No, he means the 25 points scored by Terry Porter in the 4th period.
In fact, it was with 8:39 remaining in the 4th that he started 
running off those points....  Talk about a hot streak!

Chris
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From: MLINDROOS@FINABO.ABO.FI (Marcus Lindroos INF)
Subject: Shaq should have been on the Olympic Team...
Organization: Abo Akademi University, Finland
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 11:01:42 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

I guess Shaquille O'Neal has every reason to be pissed off by USA Basketball's
decision to give Christian Laettner the 12th spot on the Olympic Team. He's
by far been the most impressive rookie this season.
---
Even Charles Barkley would be excused for thinking that there was racism
involved. Guess it was "cute" to put "one of the world's 50 most beautiful
people" [Laettner according to PEOPLE(?) Magazine] on the team. Someone
ordinary Americans could relate to among all the multimillionaires and
super egos. Shaq was the first player chosen in the draft and thus deserved to
go to the Olympics.

MARCU$
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From: tamada@cheshire.oxy.edu (Michael K. Tamada)
Subject: Re: A.J. English
Keywords: English  ALEX
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:41:03 GMT

In article <BxtyMr.Cx3@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jdt29225@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jazzy J ) writes:

>	Here's a trivia question for U:
>
>	True or False:
>
>	Alex English once played for the Boston Celtics.

    Hmm, if this is a reference to his role in the film "Amazing Grace
and Chuck" then this question is an uncontested lay-up for any NBA    
fan who lived in Boston in the mid-80s.   
     (In that film, A. English played a Boston Celtic, to get some
realistic game scenes he donned a Celtic uniform in an exhibition
game and played some minutes while the cameras rolled.  When I say
A. English, I mean Alex, not AJ.)
     This film was actually shown on LA TV about a month ago.  I
actually taped it.  Haven't been able to actually bring myself to watch it 
however.
     More film trivia:  how about Sidney Wicks as a Phoenix Sun?  I
saw a bit of a film from the 70s with Joe Bologna starring as the
coach of the Suns.  He takes a little black kid, an orphan I guess,
into his home.  Somewhere in the film, Sidney Wicks is playing a wise
old veteran giving rebounding tips to the rest of the Suns ("after
you grab the ball with both hands, bring it to your chest with your
elbows out as you land").  Never did find out what the title of
that film was.
      And who's idea was it to cast Sidney Wicks as a wise old
veteran?
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From: dvasilef@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (David Vasileff)
Subject: Rookie Impressions
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:00:56 GMT

  My All-Rookie teams so far...

1st Team		2nd Team

ORL O'Neal		DAL Rooks
MIN Laettner		GOL Jennings
WAS Gugliotta		MIL Avent
SAC Williams		HOU Horry
DEN Ellis		GOL Sprewell

I believe that Keith "Mister" Jennings doesn't have any prior NBA experience,
but he may have sneaked in a few games last year.  I recall that he was on
the Pacer's pre-season roster last year, but didn't make the team.  If you
wonder why he's there, it's because all the other rookies haven't done much
of anything yet.  The 1st teamers have played very strong so far, but the
2nd teamers have played only marginally better than the rest of the rookie
crop.

  But, there are about 5 months left in the season.  Speaking of which, put
Mourning on the 1st team by next week.  It's a real shame he wasn't in
training camp.  I really thought Charlotte had a chance at the playoffs,
but now that they lost Johnny Newman for a month+, who knows.

David
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