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From: robinr@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (ROBIN RYAN NEIL)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Who are Wingate (cha) and Young (det)?
Date: 14 Dec 92 10:24:19 GMT
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I need help figuring out who "Young" is off of Detroit and who "Wingate" is 
off of Charlotte. If anyone knows I'd appreciate it if you dropped me a line.
Thanks in advance.

Ryan N. Robin   (robinr@prism.cs.orst.edu)
From: heiser@fretz.enet.dec.com (Michael A. Heiser)
Subject: Re: Suns and the Salary Cap
Reply-To: heiser@fretz.enet.dec.com (Michael A. Heiser)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Phoenix, AZ
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:13:36 GMT


Suns also had a lower FG% against Charlotte last Wednesday and still won that
one too.
--

    Mike
    
    "in this day & age...music performed by humans...hum?!" 
       - wilde silas tomkyn
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From: khansen@staff.tc.umn.edu ()
Subject: BOX: Minnesota vs Houston (12/12)
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 02:42:09 GMT
From: azn30@RUTS.ccc.amdahl.com
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Chicago Bulls - Schedule
Date: 19 Dec 92 01:03:37 GMT
Reply-To: azn30@RUTS.ccc.amdahl.com ()
Distribution: usa
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA


Hi

  Can anyone send me the schedule of the remaining games for the Chicago Bulls.
  Also please indicate the ones being telecast on TV. Please email the 
  information to me. My address is azn30@ruts.ccc.amdahl.com.

  Thanks 

  Anand
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From: tdexte16@ursa.calvin.edu (Terrence Dexter)
Subject: Dominique injured
Organization: Calvin College
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 04:35:12 GMT

     Ouch!  Dominique fractured his fourth finger during
Detroit's win over the Atlanta Hawks tonight.  He will
be out for the traditional four to six week period.
     Detroit plays Atlanta tomorrow night.  Will Atlanta
muster up enough guts to play without their main man?  Well,
they've done it before.  That's all I have to say.


--
|  - Terry Dexter, Calvin College  ||G|     I teleported home one night
|  -  tdexte16@ursa.calvin.edu     ||E|     With Ron and Sid and Meg
+----------------------------------+|B|     Ron stole Meggie's heart away
 Quote from Douglas Adams (RATEOTU)  -      And I got Sidney's leg.
From: as232@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Lerner)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Bullets fans, what's wrong with Pervis?
Date: 21 Dec 1992 07:07:06 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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Ellison was regularly putting up 20+pt/10+reb games just a year ago.  Is
he running out of steam?  I look in the paper and see he has about 10pts a
night.

Mike
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From: dwarner@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (David J.)
Subject: Re: Karl Malone mumblings...
Organization: Blue Riddle Productions
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 20:04:43 GMT

In article <MR27092.92Dec10070339@macbeth.world> David Hayes writes:
>    From: dwarner@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (David J.) wrote that
>        
>        Malone is "a prick" because he (Malone) wouldn't talk 
>        to him (David J.) after a game.  Grow up !!  i think 
>        we'd all get tired of being mobbed by autograph hounds
>        and celebrity-basking-suck-around-losers pretty quick
>        if they attacked us every day after work and any time
>        we showed our faces in public.  i'd play NBA ball
>        for free (dream on) but you'd have to pay me the big
>        cash to put up with the lack of privacy.

You need to read posts on here a little more closely.  As I stated before,
I wasn't the only one he dissed in there.  He was generally rude to everybody
in the media as soon as I walked in the door.  

I'm not some "suck-around-loser" autograph hound, because for one, press 
personnel can't ask for autographs, and two, too many people want autographs 
just for the cash, and I refuse to stoop that low.  I was just doing my job, 
which was to ask Malone and other players about their jobs and write about it.

Maybe this is different in Utah, where Malone is nice to the home crowd, but
in the Naptown media, the consensus is that Malone is one of the rudest guys
in the NBA.  I can handle getting dissed in a locker room, but to watch it
happen to writers with a lot more experience than me is another thing.  I
don't know what beef Malone has with the press in Indy, but he acted like a
prick, and I didn't like how it came off.  Malik Sealy and Sam Mitchell didn't
have much to say to me, either, but they didn't get an attitude like Malone.

>    --dph.

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From: bwest@cs.utexas.edu (Brian Neal West)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Fun With Shooting %s (was Team Standings and Stats)
Date: 16 Dec 1992 14:22:15 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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In article <1992Dec16.191334.22870@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> gidi@Hilbert.Stanford.EDU (Gidi Avrahami) writes:
>bwest@cs.utexas.edu (Brian Neal West) writes:
>>
>>Here's the league's 1s, 2s, and 3s ordered by shooting percentage.  
>> [...]
>> 3 owens,billy        34.9 126  231  .545   0   2  .000  47  78  .603 299  17.6
>> 1 edwards,blue       31.1 136  252  .540   2  10  .200  69  85  .812 343  17.1
>> 2 mcdaniel,xavier    30.1 128  238  .538   0   1  .000  30  38  .789 286  14.3
>> 3 payton,gary        31.2 112  210  .533   4  10  .400  45  53  .849 273  14.4
   ^ 
I pulled these lines from the previous post so 3 in this case means
the third highest scorer for his team.

>Do you mind explaining what you mean by "1s, 2s, and 3s"?

My fault for mixing terminology and being too lazy to edit the previos
post lines.

BTW, I'm sure I've included players that might not play 1, 2, or 3
(like tom gugliotta?)
-- 
bwest@cs.utexas.edu
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My Astral-Projection did this, if you get my drift.
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From: rpierce@oracle.com (Russell Pierce)
Subject: Re: Jordan and Drexler
Summary: Playing by the rules
Keywords: Slam dunk, Jordan, Lakers RIP Blazers
Organization: Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA  94065
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 22:58:28 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by an unauthenticated user
              at Oracle Corporation.  The opinions expressed are those
              of the user and not necessarily those of Oracle.

In article <bretwood.11@oregon.uoregon.edu> bretwood@oregon.uoregon.edu (Bret Wood) writes:
>In article <1992Dec8.000016.8588@u.washington.edu> tt300zx@milton.u.washington.edu (twin turbo 300zx) writes:
>
>>       couldn't agree more w/ u. rematch on fri: i thought that it was jordan
>>       who stole the lane to do that trademark slam dunk when pippen
>>       missed his 2nd free throw that got bulls all pumped up and
>>       blazed past the blazers.  with or without drexler, portland loses.
>
>I thought it was really unique that the refs would let Jordan enter the
>key for a full TWO STEPS before the ball actually hit the rim.  
>
>It's surprising the Bulls aren't undefeated when they get calls like that!
>
>-Bret Wood
>-A Rabid Blazer Fan!!!

	I believe the rule in the NBA is that players can leave their positions
	on a free throw after the ball leaves the shooters hand.  Thus, Jordan
	and the referees are not pulling anything off on anyone.  Jordan
	was not lined up along the key so he doesn't have to hold his position.
	He just cannot enter the paint until the shot has gone up.  I love
	when he does this-what a burn on the defensive team.  You have the 
	greatest player in the league on the court and no one keeps him
	off the glass.  Oh yeah, they were playing the blazers :^0  
	Typical blazer fan, whining about the refs instead of wondering why
	his own teams player failed to make the play.  

	By the way, did you catch the score of the latest Laker vs blazer
	game?  The Lakers whupped them again.  God I love it.

		Russ
	
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From: heiser@fretz.enet.dec.com (Michael A. Heiser)
Subject: Re: Suns Report: Phoenix bombs Bullets, Ainge breaks a team record
Reply-To: heiser@fretz.enet.dec.com (Michael A. Heiser)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Phoenix, AZ
Distribution: world,local
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 17:31:16 GMT


I didn't hear Ainge broke any records, but the Suns as a team set a franchise
record for 3-point FG% by shooting 10-13 from 3 point land.

Charles was 3-3
Thunder was 3-4
Long Range Ainge was 4-6

When Charles was told about those numbers in the post-game interview he said,
"They shouldn't be taking those shots if they can't do it without missing!"

Charles also said on Ainge, "That's the best million dollars I've ever
invested!"
--

    Mike
    
    "in this day & age...music performed by humans...hum?!" 
       - wilde silas tomkyn
From: robert@aero.org (R. S. Statsinger)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Question.L
Date: 11 Dec 1992 22:49:25 GMT
Organization: Your Guess Is As Good As Mine...
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In article <1992Dec11.222857.6000@cc.umontreal.ca> iacurtop@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Iacurto Paul) writes:
>
>Question:
>Geniticaly speaking, to negroes possess more spring in their legs
>than caucasians?

No, they're just larger, genitalicaly speaking.........

Actually, studies conducted at the Al Campanis Institute of Ignorant
Curmudgeons has demonstrated that they're simply more buoyant, and are
thus more easily able to float up to the hoop.

Sheesh.

			R.S.
From: rjs@citi.umich.edu (Robert J. Skrobola)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Doug (?) Overton
Date: 11 Dec 1992 21:58:32 GMT
Organization: Center for Information Technology Intergration, University of Michigan
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In article <1992Dec2.233214.5248@cheshire.oxy.edu>, tigger@cheshire.oxy.edu (Samuel Thomas III) writes:
|> Wasn't he drafted by the Pistons?
|> -iii'
|> t.t.f.n. 
Indeed. So were the following:

Ricky Pierce
Michael Williams
Spud Webb
Tony Campbell

None of them (Webb was released in training camp) played signifigantly 
for the Pistons. A couple of them are now what the Pistons are looking for..
Oh well, such are the problems with having one of the better guard tandems
in the league.
			Rob
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From: koehnema@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Harry Koehnemann)
Subject: Re: Suns and the Salary Cap
Followup-To: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Reply-To: koehnema@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Harry Koehnemann)
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:25:39 GMT

In article <Bz4MAx.J96@techbook.com> eriksa@techbook.com (Erik Anderson) writes:
>koehnema@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Harry Koehnemann) writes:
>
>>I'd hold on to it for next year - remember they own Philly's #1 and that's
>>likely to be a high lottery since they have the second worst record in the
>>league currently.  Who else thinks that Jason Williams was worth the second
>>pick in the next draft?  Philly has the worst front office in the league.
>
>I wish that was true, but it's inaccurate.  The Sixers will retain their
>'93 pick if it's a lottery pick.  If it's not a lottery pick, then the
>Suns will get it.  If the Suns don't get the pick this year, then they
>will get the Sixers' '94 first round choice no matter where it is in the
>draft.

Are you sure anbout this?  The Suns would have had Philly's pick *last*
season, except that it was a lottery.  The trade I remember was a #1 in
'92, unless it's a lottery - then it's a #1 in '93.  I don't remember
there being two "unless it's a lottery - then ..." conditionals.  I also
seem to remember at least 1 Phx report talking about that pick being
this year (but they could easily be wrong as well).  Anyone know *for
sure* who's right here?
--
Harry Koehnemann			Arizona State University
koehnema@enuxha.eas.asu.edu		Computer Science Department
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From: sikorski@oj.miami.edu (Richard Sikorski)
Subject: BOXSCORE mia Heat @ bos Celtics - 04dec
Followup-To: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Organization: University of Miami, RSMAS
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 06:06:38 GMT

In article <sikorski-051292234201@drdoom.rsmas.miami.edu>,
sikorski@oj.miami.edu (Richard Sikorski) wrote:
> 
> [ ... from a UPI-based summary ...]
> Miami     fga/m 3pa/m fta/m pts
> Miner      1  1 -  1  0  0   3


mia 104, bos 114   04dec92

I already posted a detailed game-description for this one. Here's the full
boxscore, but the Miami Herald listed (mia)Askins with 3pts, while the UPI
partial-box gave his stats to Miner! Oh, well. At least this one's not _my_
fault ;-)

MISSING - officials.

mia ( 4-10)    min fgm-a 3m 3a ftm-a or tr as pf st to bk tc ej ff pts
rice,glen       41  4 13  0  3  6  7  0  5  4  2  0  2  0  0  0  0  14
long,grant      42 10 14  0  1  0  0  2  9  1  4  0  0  1  0  0  0  20
seikaly,rony    24  3 11  0  0  1  2  0  5  0  2  0  2  0  1  0  0   7
coles,bimbo     42  8 14  1  1  2  2  1  3 12  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  19
edwards,kevin   41  6 12  0  0 10 11  0  3  6  3  4  4  0  0  0  0  22
salley,john     12  1  2  0  0  3  4  0  1  1  2  0  1  0  0  0  0   5
shaw,brian       6  1  3  1  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0   3
burton,willie   14  2  3  0  0  0  0  1  4  0  0  2  1  2  0  0  0   4
geiger,matt     16  2  4  0  0  3  7  2  3  1  6  0  1  0  0  0  0   7
askins,keith     2  1  1  1  1  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   3
----------------------------------------------------------------------
mia totals     240 38 77  3  7 25 33  7 35 25 19  7 12  3  2  0  0 104
FG, 3P, FT averages:     .494   .429   .758       team rebs  9

bos ( 7- 9)    min fgm-a 3m 3a ftm-a or tr as pf st to bk tc ej ff pts
mcdaniel,xavier 32  4  4  0  0  0  0  0  6  2  6  1  2  2  1  0  0   8
fox,rick        27  4 12  2  3  4  4  1  3  5  2  2  1  0  0  0  0  14
parish,robert   23  7 12  0  0  2  4  3 13  0  2  0  1  2  0  0  0  16
brown,dee       36  5 11  0  2  1  2  0  3 11  1  3  2  1  0  0  0  11
lewis,reggie    37 11 20  0  0  0  0  2  5  3  3  0  1  0  0  0  0  22
kleine,joe      16  1  2  0  0  0  0  2  4  0  1  0  1  1  0  0  0   2
douglas,sherman 22  3  7  0  0  0  0  2  2  9  2  0  1  0  1  0  0   6
mchale,kevin    24  6 11  0  0  2  2  2  2  0  1  0  2  1  0  0  0  14
gamble,kevin    20  6  9  4  4  2  2  0  3  1  4  0  1  0  0  0  0  18
abdelnaby,alaa   1  0  0  0  0  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   2
kofoed,bart      1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   0
webb,marcus      1  0  0  0  0  1  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   1
----------------------------------------------------------------------
bos totals     240 47 88  6  9 14 18 12 41 31 22  6 12  7  2  0  0 114
FG, 3P, FT averages:     .534   .667   .778       team rebs  7

mia   30  27  23  24  -  104
bos   37  23  23  31  -  114

attendance 14890, time 2:06, officials: ?,?,?

--
Richard Sikorski     sikorski@oj.miami.edu
                   r.sikorski@rsmas.miami.edu
From: rjs@citi.umich.edu (Robert J. Skrobola)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: NBA's worst defensive players
Date: 11 Dec 1992 21:32:26 GMT
Organization: Center for Information Technology Intergration, University of Michigan
Distribution: world
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In article <1fjabkINNn88@news.aero.org>, robert@aero.org (R. S. Statsinger) writes:
|> In article <1992Dec2.204852.20456@mcc.com> rudwick@rock.pkg.mcc.com (Tom Rudwick) writes:
|> |C Luc Longley
|> |F Kiki Van_eweghe
|> |F Reggie Williams
|> |G Chris Mullin
|> |G Avery Johnson
|> 
|> Is Reggie Theus still in the league somewhere? He belongs on
|> the list, as does Orlan_o Woolri_ge.
|> 
This is just plain not fair. I've watched the Pistons a number of
times this year, and THE BIG O has (and I've seen it!) several times 
cast an unpleasant glance at opposing players as they drive past, shoot over,
or dunk on him. His work ethic has improved considerably, as he and Mark
Aguirre have been getting together to work on their defense. However, their
efforts at advancement have been hampered by the absence of their mentor,
William Bedford, who is taking the rest of his life off to further the
study of defensive theory in basketball.

		Rob
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From: richarje@lars.acc-admin.stolaf.edu (JT)
Subject: Sprewell and the SEC
Keywords: SEC Draft
Organization: St. Olaf College; Northfield, MN
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 16:44:40 GMT


	I think that the SEC had the best (or worst, from a college standpoint)
draft this year.  Even ignoring Shaq (something that doesn't happen often), 
the Southeastern had several impact, potential (the P word *shudder*) 
All-Stars -- arguably more than the ACC and Big 10.  The past few years, the 
SEC has been of the leading coferences for good draft picks, comparable to any
 conference in the nation.  Comments?
JT
From: davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Team Standings and Stats
Date: 17 Dec 92 22:32:36 GMT
Organization: VMARK Software, Inc.

In article <1992Dec16.212715.24895@brtph560.bnr.ca> markham@brtph597.bnr.ca (Andrew Markham P205) writes:
>Harry Koehnemann writes:
>>Doug Steele writes:
>>>         Team Rebounding Difference 
>>>      Team               Reb Diff  
>>> 1 NwJersey Nets          5.9     
>>> 2 NwYork Knicks          4.4    
>>> 3 Chicago Bulls          3.4   
>>> 4 Portland TrailBlazers  3.4  
>>> 5 Phoenix Suns           3.2 
>>
>>This is amazing to me.  The Suns last season were way way way in the
>>bottom half of the league in rebounding.  They trade their two best
>>rebounders for Barkley and look what happens.  You just can't say
>>enough about the guy.  But, with the good also comes the bad...
>
>Could you refresh my memory on the bad.  I could have sworn that Phoenix
>had the best record in the league, WITHOUT a full-speed KJ.  If there
>is something bad that has resulted with the addition of Barkley, please
>fill us in...
>

Well, as far as Barkley goes, I think Danny Ainge put it best when he told
reporters (concerning Barkley) ..." that's the best $1 million dollars I've 
ever spent" ... or something to that effect...
>-- 
>Andrew W. Markham (markham@bnr.ca)
>Bell Northern Research, Inc.


-- 
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From: byau@jarthur.claremont.edu (Ben Yau)
Subject: Re: Who are the tallest point guards?
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 00:40:32 GMT


Well, Walt Williams and Billy Owens are not really point gurads, but
broacasters keep making a huff about how these guys can play point guard.
In fact, the bigger bugabooo about Walt is that Sacramento keeps playing him
at "all five positions". granted, Walt is a talented athlete, but when I
watched him play, it looked like he lacked the speed and dribbling skills of
a point guard.

Billy Owens, i haven't seen much... just heard


HOWEVER, someone who i think is overlooked is Seattle's point guard, not 
Payton, but NATE MCMILLAN!!!!  this guy is awesome!  he is improving so much
every year.. in fact, Magic Johnson was quoted as saying
"The guy who gives me the most trouble night in and night out is Nate
McMillan." .. 

and he is, i believe 6'9".

He has been used at the point for as far as I can remember.

-ben
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From: lpc4@po.CWRU.Edu (Lawrence P. Colucci)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Dominique injured
Date: 16 Dec 92 06:36:39 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc12.ins.cwru.edu


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
I can't believe that the D has been injured again!  After last year's
disappointment, I was expecting him to turn up the heat and show what
he can do, and consequently move up the career scoring list.  Now...
Oh well, he'll be back...soon, I hope.
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From: koehnema@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Harry Koehnemann)
Subject: Re: Team Standings and Stats
Followup-To: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Reply-To: koehnema@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Harry Koehnemann)
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:20:43 GMT

In article <1992Dec17.223236.45509@uvmark.uucp> davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks) writes:
>In article <1992Dec16.212715.24895@brtph560.bnr.ca> markham@brtph597.bnr.ca (Andrew Markham P205) writes:
>>Harry Koehnemann writes:
>>>Doug Steele writes:
>>>> 5 Phoenix Suns           3.2 
>>>
>>>This is amazing to me.  The Suns last season were way way way in the
>>>bottom half of the league in rebounding.  They trade their two best
>>>rebounders for Barkley and look what happens.  You just can't say
>>>enough about the guy.  But, with the good also comes the bad...
>>
>>Could you refresh my memory on the bad.  I could have sworn that Phoenix
>>had the best record in the league, WITHOUT a full-speed KJ.  If there
>>is something bad that has resulted with the addition of Barkley, please
>>fill us in...

I was refering to the fact that the Suns now lead the league in
technicals (most of the Barkley's).  Maybe it's not "bad", but it's
something the wimpy Suns of old would never have done.

>Well, as far as Barkley goes, I think Danny Ainge put it best when he told
>reporters (concerning Barkley) ..." that's the best $1 million dollars I've 
>ever spent" ... or something to that effect...

Write story, wrong guys.  Barkley deferred 1mil so the Suns could make
Ainge an offer.  After a close game where Ainge scored 23 (most in the
4th quarter - gotta love him, as long as he's on your side) Barkley
made that comment.  Ainge had a pretty funny comeback, but I forget
what he said.
--
Harry Koehnemann
enuxha.eas.asu.edu