From: jjehlers@flapjack.dsd.es.com (Jennifer Ehlers)
Subject: Notes from Rocky Mountain Review
Organization: Evans & Sutherland
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 15:50:28 GMT


Yesterday the Rocky Mountain Review started.  The Rocky Mountain
Review is held in Salt Lake City, and this year runs from July 20-30.
The field was expanded this year to 10 teams.  The teams attending are:

Utah Jazz
Houston Rockets
Phoenix Suns
Portland Trailblazers
Golden State Warriors
Denver Nuggets
Sacramento Kings
Seatle Sonics
LA Clippers
Dallas Mavericks

The teams are mainly made up of Rookies and free agents trying to make
the team, but there are several players who have been with their team 
for a year or two.  There is also a rule that you can only have 3
rostered players on your team at a time.  That rule affected Dallas
this year because they have so many young guys on their team.  For
instance, last night Doug Smith did not play with Dallas.

Last nights games were:

Portland 84, Sacramento 82
Houston 85, Denver 75
Golden State 110, Phoenix 63
Dallas and Seattle (this game started at 9:00, we left about 10:45 and
	Dallas was leading Seattle by about 15 points, the score was
	something like 77 to 59 I think, the final score of this game
	was not in the paper today.)
Utah and the Clippers had a bye last night.

Some items of note, Golden State has both Victor Alexander and Tyrone Hill
here, and they really beat up on Phoenix.  

Also, Delaney Rudd, whos contract was not renewed by the Jazz in June, was
here with the Houston Rockets.

I guess the people in the bay area knew this, but it was news to me, Paul
Pressey, recently released by the Spurs, was here as a coach with the
Warriors.

The refs for the games are CBA refs, and Friday the NBA refs will show
up.  Its interesting to watch because the refs are the young ones who
are in training.  They have them wired with earphones, and there are
experienced refs in the bleachers who watch as they ref and tell them
what they did wrong.  So, believe it or not, the refs do get some training.
I guess that since some people believe we have Utah refs that they must
show them films after the games of Karl Malone and talk about how not to
call any fouls on him ;)

I was talking to a coach for a French team who said he just came from the
camp in New York.  He said he was really impressed with two players there,
a Petrich (?) who was with the Sixers (anybody know him), and Rick Fox
with the Celtics.  He also said the Knicks had a really good point guard
playing for them, but figured there was no way he would make the team 
because the Knicks have so many guards.  He also talked some about teams
in Europe (hes from New York, played 10 years in France, and now coaches).
He said, the Itailian teams have the most money, next some of the Greek
teams, then Spain, and that France doesn't pay very well.

I have the team rosters, schedule of games, and stats from the first
3 games last night.  I will also be working at the games all week.  If
there is an interest I will post stats ect, but if nobody cares, I
don't want to waste my time typing them in.

-- 
  Jennifer Ehlers                   
  jjehlers@dsd.es.com  		    
  Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. 
  Salt Lake City, Utah               
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