From: heiser@fretz.enet.dec.com (Michael A. Heiser)
Subject: Re: Suns Camp?
Reply-To: heiser@fretz.enet.dec.com (Michael A. Heiser)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Phoenix, AZ
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 19:16:51 GMT



- Sir Charles has bought a home in Paradise Valley and it is nearing
  completion.  He said moving is a pain, but hasn't felt this much
  anticipation for the season to start since his rookie year.
    
- America West Arena is 1,000 seats short of being a season sellout. 
  That's over 19,000 season tickets, folks!

- "There ain't going to be no sneaking up on anyone.  We're going to have to 
  be for real.  I think this year the Suns are going to approach everything 
  differently because we're going to be one of the marked teams in the NBA 
  now.  We are going to be a team people are looking to beat." - Barkley
    
- Thunder Dan was on a radio show last week for an hour.  He hasn't done
  anything but lift weights since having his knee scoped in early August
  and is anxious to get started.  Majerle also said Oliver Miller has
  lost 25-30 lbs. and looks very impressive in workouts so far.  Chambers
  has worked out for the first summer in his career and he's playing like
  he did in his younger days.  
    
- Suns signed Oliver Miller to a 2 year deal.  That says a lot to me about
  his performance in workouts, especially when KJ volunteered to take a
  $300K pay cut (actually deferral) for the Suns to sign him.  Everyone has
  nothing but good things to say about his performances so far.

- KJ recently lost a bet to Sir Charles and as a result had to obtain a
  Barkley Do(tm).  Nobody is saying what the bet was that gives Phoenix 2
  chrome domes.
    
- Chambers has announced that this will be his last year.  Westphal was
  disappointed in the announcement and hopes he'll be back.  He has 2
  years left on his contract thanks to the deferral he took to sign
  Ainge.  Thanks to offseason workouts and reporting to camp before day 1
  (both firsts in his career), the press and players say he looks like
  the Tom Chambers that played back in '88-'90.  To refresh memories,
  that's  when he finished 9th and 4th in league scoring and fueled one
  of the biggest franchise turnarounds in league history (28 to 55 wins
  in 1988).  If this is all true, the Suns are gonna have one tough pair
  of forwards.
    
- Nobody is talking about Dumas so I assume he didn't report.  Call me
  disappointed.
    
- Barkley owns this town already and is being demanded by all the
  outsiders as well.  "SI" will here this week to photograph him for the
  upcoming NBA preview issue (can you say "JINX"?).  "Sport" was here last
  week.  He'll be on Arsenio soon, made a guest appearance on NBC's soap
  "Santa Barbara" and will make another on ABC's sitcom "Hangin with Mister
  Cooper".  I don't think the locals realized how BIG (literally or
  figuratively) this guy is.  Even every kid in town has a Charles shirt
  now.
    
- I just bought my tickets for Sunday's Celtics game here.  Look for the
  guy with huge lats at center court (half way up) accompanied by an 8 
  year old.  Will be my first time in the new arena.

Mike
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