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From: wgr@rti.rti.org
Subject: Re: Bulls vs. Knicks!
Organization: Research Triangle Institute, RTP, NC
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 14:12:37 GMT

In article <1992Dec27.211805.11740@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> u_nique@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Jerray Wei) writes:
>Well, the on Christmas day, the Bulls and the Knicks were on center stage, and
>I think it told the world a lot about the possible Eastern Conference
>Championship we might see in the spring.
>
>I was rooting for the Knicks the entire way and was exasperated at every turn.
>Patrick Ewing is an overrated player!!  How come it is that against the Bulls,
>the other Knicks play half decently...now if Patrick would only ever make half
>of his shots, things would work out, but no.  I remember a couple of games last
>year when McDaniel and even Gerald Wilkins lit it up and Ewing kept tossing
>fallaway 20 foot brick after brick.  There's simply no excuse for not getting
>his head under the basket against the likes of Cartwright and Perdue.  He's
>got to work harder for position and take it inside and maybe do some fakes.
>I think there's only been one game in the past three years where he had a good
>game against the Bulls and it's frustrating.  He's not even shooting 50% this
>year, and on top of that, he's nowhere near the top ten in shot blocking.

I think you're being a little too hard on Ewing.  He did disappear in the
second half, but he had a very good first half.  Patrick's presence down
low made it possible for Blackman, Starks and Rivers to get open jump shots
when the Bulls went to double team him.  He also had a lot to do (along with
Oakley and Mason) with Chicago's reluctance to take the ball to the hoop.

In the second half the Bulls came out very aggressive on defense and made
it tough for the Knicks just to get the ball up the court, much less run
their offense.  They made it tougher for New York's guards to deliver the
ball to Ewing in the post.
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From: tamada@cheshire.oxy.edu (Michael K. Tamada)
Subject: Re: Clippers steal one at the Garden
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 05:35:17 GMT

In article <1993Jan3.042656.27550@reed.edu> terra@reed.edu (Terra Goodnight) writes:

>Clippers beat the Knicks in Overtime by one at the Gahden.  (oops, GARden, 
>wrong city).  A close game all the way, Knicks took a lead in the fourth and
>Clips managed to tie it, but couldn't put the game away in regulation with
>2.7 on the clock.  In OT Stanley Roberts fouled out (the fact that he _made

   [...stuff deleted]

     Yes, great win for the Clips, who had been in a mysterious mini-slump
after playing great in early December.  This against a team which I think
had lost only 1 home game so far.  
     On the other hand, Clips could've put it away in regulation, but
messed up some possessions needlessly.  It still took a last ditch three-
pointer by Blackmon to send the game into overtime.
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From: dorin@ksr.com (Bob Dorin)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: NBA Franchises in 1949-50
Date: 22 Dec 92 11:16:07 EST
Organization: Kendall Square Research Corp.

(I sent this to someone in response to some e-mail; thought the net
might be interested.)

In 1949-50, the NBA was at its height as a "barnstorming" league.
There were 17 franchises: in the East, Syr, NY, Wash, Phil, Balt,
and Boston; in the Central, Minneapolis, Ft. Wayne, Rochester, Chi,
and SL; in the West, Indianapolis, Anderson, Tri-Cities, Sheboygan,
Waterloo and Denver.

The Syracuse Nationals moved to Philly as the 76ers in 1963.  The
Washington Capitols (Auerbach coached them from 46-49) disbanded
in January 1951.  The Baltimore Bullets disbanded in November 1955.
They were the NBA champs in 1948.  (No relation to the current
Bullets who descended from the Chicago expansion team in 1960.)
Philly moved to SF in 1962 and are now the GS Warriors.

Minneapolis moved to LA in 1960 and are still a franchise in the
league, I believe. 8-)  The Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons moved to
Detroit in 1957.  The Rochester Royals moved to Cincy in 1957 and
have been in KC-Omaha and now Sacramento.  The Chicago Stags were
gone after the 1949-50 season.  Same for the St. Louis Bombers (no
relation to the Hawks).

The Indianapolis Jets were around that one season only.  Same for
the Anderson (Ind. ?) Packers.  The Tri-Cities (I think Moline
and 2 other Illinois cities - any takers out there?) Hawks are
the only surviving franchise from the 1949-50 Western Division.
They moved (fasten your seat belts) to Milwaukee in 1951, to SL in
1955 and to Atlanta in 1968.  The Sheboygan Redskins, Waterloo
Hawks (were there 2 Hawks at the same time?; maybe Tri-Cities
wasn't called the Hawks back then - help?) and Denver Nuggets (no
relation) were all one-year wonders.

Boston and NY stood pat.

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From: mruanto@frx784.intel.com (Mark Ruanto - EPG  ~)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: The Wizard's minutes?
Date: 30 Dec 92 22:23:27 GMT
Organization: Intel Corporation

In article <7702@dove.nist.gov> hira@cme.nist.gov writes:
>Anyone out in King land know why the Wizard, Walt Williams, has been 
>getting such little PT? I thought that he started out real strong and
>got lotsa mins, but lately it seems like he gets under <20. Its not
>like the Kings are winning a whole heck of a lot or anything either.
>
>Thanks,
>Ron

He hit the rookie wall early, considering he missed most of training camp.
He did score 20 points against the Mavericks, in a tremendous blowout (sorry
Dallas fans).

-Mark
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From: paulg@microsoft.com (Paul Goode)
Subject: Re: Lakers are in Trouble
Date: 31 Dec 92 18:18:31 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.
Summary: So?

In article <42938@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, kompella@cs.ucsd.edu (Vachaspathi Kompella) writes:
> 
> In article <1992Dec30.211456.11296@microsoft.com>, paulg@microsoft.com (Paul Goode) writes:
> |> In article <1992Dec29.132844.42@pasadena-dc.bofa.com>, centeno@pasadena-dc.bofa.com (R. CENTENO) writes:
> |> > >Well, it may soon be time for Jerry West to act. The optimism
> |> > 
> |> > I'm thiking Vlade, Worthy, and Scott for Hakeem and draft pic(s).  Vlade 
> |> >
> |> 
> |> Gosh, I bet Houston can't wait to make this deal. I mean, how often
> |> do you get to pick Jerry West's pocket like this, anyway?
> |> 
> |> One absolutely correct strategic point that Larry Brown makes is
> |> that you make trades to improve your team; otherwise, you don't
> |> make them. 
k 
> There are other reasons why a team makes trades, like to lower their total
> salary, so that they can sign someone else.  E.g., next year's pick, or
> to get rid of a trouble-maker/malcontent. 
> 

In both cases, you would making a move to improve your team. But the 
above "deal" surely wouldn't open much salary room for Houston, and
anyway, who are they going to that would make this worthwhile? Re
the second point, Hakeem (a) asks for a raise and (b) stands up to
one of the worst front offices in basketball. This makes him a 
malcontent? Only to those who fall for the Rockets' party line...

Paul


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From: u_nique@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Jerray Wei)
Subject: Re: Shaq vs. Wilt
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:50:18 GMT

In article <20337@ksr.com> dorin@ksr.com (Bob Dorin) writes:
>
>I guess this is one of those cases where time has not caused an
>exaggeration - Wilt was in fact dominated by Russell in playoffs.

Wilt was in fact dominated by Russell?  Maybe you forget how many great players
were on those Celtic teams.  The last time I checked, basketball was a team
game, and you can't tell who did what by which team won.

Russell was just the best at defending Wilt and his teammates couldn't make up
the difference against Boston's all-star line-up.
From: root@skorpion.lt.su (Almantas Lauzadis)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: HELP: I need informations about NBA!
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 10:07:15 +0200
Distribution: world
Organization: SKORPIONAS Ltd, Panevezys, Lithuania
Reply-To: root@skorpion.lt.su

HELP! Who can send me Regular Championship Standing Table and
      Cup results of Seasons 89/0, 90/1 and 91/2?
      Also I need all (short) statistics about NBA and
      information about Sarunas Marciulionis (Golden State Warriors)
      and Arturas Karnysovas (Seton Hall University).

      Best regards,
      Almantas 'Almis' L.
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      Lithuania
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      Excuse me for my bad English... :-(


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From: davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks)
Subject: Re: Best NBA Players!
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 04:37:45 GMT
Organization: VMARK Software, Inc.

In article <147540001@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com> jberry@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (John Berry) writes:
>Who's spot is Stockton going to take??????????  Certainly not Hardaway.
>And don't even think about Jordan!
>

???  And why not Hardaway??  Stockton is only the best assist man the game
has seen.  He has what... 5 straight 1000+ assist seasons... Has any player
even gotten 2 total???  Oh yeah, he is leading the league again...
Let's not forget, he has been amongst the leagues leaders in steals as well.
And, he is also one of the leagues best 3pt shooters.  And, oh yeah, he is
also on many of the defensive lists.  Nah... why take him...

-- 
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uvmark!davem@merk.com     ||  Through a curtains tear, shuffling its beams
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From: koehnema@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Harry Koehnemann)
Subject: Re: Phoenix is absolutely scary...
Followup-To: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Reply-To: koehnema@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Harry Koehnemann)
Organization: Arizona State University
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:18:32 GMT

In article <1992Dec28.234615.25972@berlioz.nsc.com> werstln@berlioz.nsc.com (Michael Werstlein) writes:
>Remember what happened to Portland in the 90-91 season?
>They started 19-1.  Enough said!

The best thing about the SUns this year is that everyone else looks weak.
Chicago has lost that edge it had, Portland as well - plus their getting
older.  SA and Houston are worse as well.  The Suns are playing awsome
and always finding new ways to win.  But, the reason I'm so confident is
that no other team is really stepping up this season.  There are a lot
of good teams and a lot of very good teams, but if you want to win a
Championship you only worry about the great teams and there seems to be
less of them this year than in the past.
--
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koehnema@enuxha.eas.asu.edu		Computer Science Department
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From: jjonsson@alexandria.lib.utah.edu
Subject: Re: Phoenix is absolutely scary...
Organization: Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 07:13:15 GMT

In article <C018pL.54w@chinet.chi.il.us> prb@chinet.chi.il.us (Paul Botts) writes:

>In article <1992Dec28.152510.231@seas.gwu.edu> kolli@seas.gwu.edu (Chakravarthy Kolli) writes:
>>In article <1992Dec28.045134.54375@uvmark.uucp> davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks) writes:
>>
>>>
>>>Go ahead, give 'em the ring and make things easy on the rest of the league.
>>>The Suns are going to roll this year.  
>>>
>>>Can anyone beat them??  The Bulls, no.  The Knicks... No.  The Blazers, yeah
>>>right..  The Jazz..  not this year...
>>>
>>>It should be obvious, the Suns just have the talent this year...
>>>
>>>-- 
>>
>>I agree. But, If the Bulls make it past the Knicks, it may not be
>>easy for the Suns. Remember, early in the season, Bulls beat Phoenix
>>in Phoenix and KJ played that game. Day in and day out, Phoenix
>>doesnot encounter the suffocating defense that I think is more
>>prominent in the Eastern conference.
>>

>I agree; I don't think there's anybody in the West who plays the kind of
>defense the Bulls and Knicks are capable of. I do think the Suns are
>going to the Finals barring injury, but assuming the Bulls get there and
>are healthy I look for a Bulls threepeat (though not an easy series).

Jeez, look at these guys spouting off about the NBA Finals with just over 
1/4 of the regular season finished. I frankly think it's way too early to be 
handing the trophy to either the Suns or Bulls. I remember the Cavs of a few 
years back who started really really hot, and then blew themselves apart to 
finish the season very mediocre. 
	As for the defenses in the West not being up to the defenses of the 
East, that's just plain B.S. Who has consistently been among the league 
leaders in team defense for the last few years? If you look, I think you'll 
find the Jerry Sloan coached Jazz right up there. Also the Lakers have 
always been very good at the defensive game. I expect that there are a few 
teams who will challenge the Suns, and may even beat them, Portland and Utah 
being first among them.


Jeff Jonsson
Marriott Library Data Control, University of Utah.
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From: khansen@staff.tc.umn.edu ()
Subject: BOX: Wolves vs Hawks 12/26/92
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 21:25:36 GMT

12/26/92
Atlanta 113 Minnesota 105

Atlanta (12-13)
Player		MIN	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	TR	PF	PTS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ferrell		43	11	18	5	8	3	4	27
Willis		37	10	17	10	11	10	5	30
Keefe		22	3	8	0	0	11	2	6
Blaylock	38	8	14	2	5	25	3	19
Graham		30	6	9	4	6	2	2	17
Koncak		34	2	3	0	0	6	5	4
Augmon		19	3	10	2	2	6	1	8
Wiley		6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	
Mays		5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Henson		4	1	3	0	0	0	1	2
Foster		2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0

Totals		240	44	85	23	32	44	25	113

Minnesota (5-17)

Player		MIN	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	TR	PF	PTS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Laettner	37	11	15	4	6	7	5	26
Person		40	7	14	0	0	7	5	17
Longley		23	5	6	1	2	7	5	11
West		43	6	13	5	7	2	4	17
Williams	38	2	11	6	6	5	4	11
McCann		21	4	7	1	3	5	3	9
Bailey		15	3	6	2	2	2	0	8
Sellers		8	1	2	2	2	3	1	4
Smith		11	0	0	2	2	0	1	2
Blanks		4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0

Totals		240	39	75	23	30	38	29	105

Assists - Minnesota 27 (Williams 8), Atlanta 28 (Blaylock 13) ; Steals -
Minnesota 6 (Laettner 3), Atlanta 11 (Blaylock 5); Turnovers - Minnesota 16
(Laettner 4), Atlanta 11 (Augmon and Willis 3); Blocks - Minnesota 4 (Bailey
2), Atlanta 8 (Koncak 3) ; 3 FG - Minnesota 4-9 (Person 3-5, Williams 1-2,
Laettner and McCann 0-1), Atlanta 2-5 (Blaylock 1-1, Graham 1-2, Wiley and
Henson 0-1)  ; FG% -  Minnesota .520, Atlanta .518; 3FG% - Minnesota .444
Atlanta .400 ; FT% - Minnesota .767, Atlanta.719 ; Technical Fouls - None;
A - 18,502


Atlanta 		26	32	26	29	113
Minnesota		33	27	25	20	105

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From: haghighi@handy.usc.edu (Manouchehr Haghighi)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Players under 6 feet in the NBA
Date: 21 Dec 1992 11:54:00 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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NNTP-Posting-Host: handy.usc.edu

Muggsy Bogues 5`3


Spud Webb 5`7


Michael Adams 5`10


Dana Barros 5`11


Terrel Brandon 5`11
From: dxy3@po.CWRU.Edu (Dapeng Yang)
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Subject: GO CAVS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 21 Dec 1992 21:55:29 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


have you guys seen what the mighty cavs done with healthy mark
price and big brad?

they sent utah to hell!

go cavs!
cavs rule!
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From: dmd39855@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Daniel DuBois)
Subject: Re: Culture comes to USENET (was Re: Jordan & Pippen: No Olympics)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 07:24:25 GMT

EIVERSO@cms.cc.wayne.edu writes:

>In article <OLIVER.92Dec30225918@ballard1.mit.edu>
>oliver@athena.mit.edu (James D. Oliver III) writes:
> 
>>
>>In article <C03K75.CrB@news.cso.uiuc.edu> dmd39855@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Daniel DuBois) wrote:
>>> An ignorant statement like that makes me just want to
>>> pimp-slap you.
> 
>BTW can someone explain why the Olympics hasn't had such an adverse affect
>on Barkely and his Suns? And what does rough play on the part of NY or
>Detroit in years past have to do with the Bulls now?
> 

The 'thesis' of my post was about how hard Jordan and Pippen work, and
grueling season they have to go through.  Very much of that 'gruel'
has to do with teams coming at them so hard because they're the
champs (especially physical teams like Detroit and NY).  And as for
comparing to Barkley, he was resting during the playoffs last season
whilst Pippen and Jordan were getting knocked around by the likes of
Anthony Mason.  AND there were two Bulls sent to the Olympics, two
VERY important Bulls, two Bulls that pretty much carry the team.
Double your trouble.

Cmon you had to see all these points coming!  A ten year old could
make this case.

-Dan
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Sunday, 27 Dec 1992 20:41:51 MST
From: <KHDLC@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Phoenix Suns
 <1992Dec22.170226.24986@asuvax.eas.asu.edu>


Ralph..

Thanks...for the insult...I do read the Phoenix paper (s) but being
new to the area I thought maybe someone nice out there could help me
out..it seems alot of other people follow the basketball teams more
closely than I did when  I lived elsewhere..By the way someone was
nice enough to help out. I do watch the games and I'm learning the
players but not all are mentioned every day in the newspapers.

Thanks for your 'help'.

Donna
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From: wgr@rti.rti.org
Subject: injuries (Re: A Call for Information)
Organization: Research Triangle Institute, RTP, NC
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 14:20:59 GMT

In article <1992Dec22.185121.1@cc.helsinki.fi> sarvilinna@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
>	I'd be very grateful for any information on the status of the 
>	following players:
>
>		Kendall Gill - Charlotte

re-sprained his ankle and has missed 3 games after returning for a game or
2 from the previous sprain.

>		Antoine Carr - San Antonio

had his shoulder dislocated by Shaq (it looked like it really hurt, too)
and is expected to be out another week.

>		Moses Malone - Milwaukee

had surgery to repair a herniated disk and has not played yet this season.
He's expected to be out until at least late February.

>		Oliver Miller - Phoenix

is on the injured list with a stress fracture in his foot and is expected
to be out until early January.

>		Shawn Kemp - Seattle

sprained his right knee against the Clippers, but should return in the
next couple of games.

>		Sarunas Marciulionis - Golden State

broke his leg and dislocated his ankle while running in the woods in
Lithuania before the season.  He's expected to be out until early
January.

>		Kevin Johnson - Phoenix

has a bad hamstring muscle, has been out since November 30, and will be
out about another week.

>	To my knowledge none of them has been playing lately, some not
>	since season's start. If anyone knows anything of any one (or
>	more) of the above, please post or email.

For folks in the US, complete injury reports and stats for each NBA team
are printed in each Tuesday's USA Today newspaper.
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From: khansen@staff.tc.umn.edu ()
Subject: Re: What is the scoop on Laetner?
Organization: University of Minnesota
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:09:09 GMT

In article <1992Dec29.192620.18249@cbfsb.cb.att.com> wine@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (edward.j.winemiller) writes:
>
>	I have recently been reading in the local rag (The Columbus Dispatch)
>that there is alot of ill feelings surfacing on the Minnesota Timberwolves
>team regarding Christian Laetner. What gives? 
>

Christian has been doing some really stupid things since he got here.  First, there was a problem with his posing for the Becket Basketball Price Guide.  
This was something that he didn't want to do, but as I see on my local hobby
store's shelves, he finally did pose.

Second, he hasn't shown Coach Rodgers any respect while on the floor.  Laettner
doesn't listen and has gone as far as shouting expletives in his direction
when being pulled out of a game.  Laettner later said that he was just shouting in general and not at anyone.

Third, there has been alot of complaining about Laettner not passing the ball
to open guys.  During last Satuday's game Laettner brought the ball up court
and did not pass (or did not see?) to a wide open Doug West. Guard Michael
Williams returned the favor later in the game.

Fourth, Laettner stood up about 1,000 people at a Target promotion that he was
the star of.

Finally, he was the only Timberwolve to not show up at the team's Christmas
party.

To sum it up, Christian needs to wise up quick before he burns so many 
bridges that can't move.

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From: jntlp@acad3.alaska.edu
Subject: Re: Scott's foot injury
Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:21:47 GMT

> |> home.  Oh yea, last night they said that Scott would not be back until 
> |> Jan '93.  Can anyone tell me why it takes 2 months to recover from a foot
> |> sprain????
> |> 
> 
> Maybe they're waiting for the after New Year's sale on the '93 model feet :)
> 
> |> 
> |> -Rob
> 
> -Vach
I severely sprained my right ankle in early September.  I can't tell you how
bad this baby was; this was like nothing I've ever experienced or seen.
The emergency room Dr. said it would be 2 years before I could play again at
full speed.                             -------

Two follow-up visits later, they told me maybe a year.  I have
been sitting out the season (coaching high school age boys), but I've ventured
out to play pickup games once in awhile.  Even with wrap and an air cast, my
foot still hurts a good deal just running up and down the court.  Of course my
jumping stinks (so I'm having to learn REAL moves now).  Worst of all, I can't
shake the phychological stuff of having hurt myself so badly.  When I take to
the air, if it looks like I'll land anywhere near someone, my concentration is
totally gone (subconscience worries about the ankle) and I OFTEN miss what
before was a no-thought basket.

Now that I've been there, I'd give Scott and the L.A. trainers a little slack. 
Coming back too early may not only be bad for the ankle, but devastating to his
confidence.  

Although it has now been 4 months and the swelling is down, there are still
blue marks on my skin and the whole foot is red -- from the skin being
stretched so much by the swelling.  I'm just now able to get high enough to
grab the rim again (I'm only 5'10") and my ability to defend is depressing.  
Believe me, there are sprains that take 4 months PLUS to recover from.

Tom L. Pittman
CCTHITA

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