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From: jds@sequent.com (Jerry Simmering)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Blazers are team to beat in west - so far
Date: 16 Nov 92 21:43:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: sequent.1992Nov16.214325.3032
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Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Nov15.064937.14707@berlioz.nsc.com> werstln@berlioz.nsc.com (Michael Werstlein) writes:
>
>After watching tonight's blazer game against the warriors, it looks
>
>Duckworth has looked very good in the post in Portland's first 4 games.
>And Terry Porter was on fire tonight.  He scored 40 points, including
>25 in the fourth quarter.  He was also 7-7 on three pointers!
                                        ^^^^

  Lest we overlook the significance of this.......

  This broke a 5 or 6 year old? record of 6-6 3 pt shooting previously held by
Person now of the T-wolfs.  The 25 points in the fourth quarter i think was also
a Blazer record as well.
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From: kellejb2@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jeff Keller)
Subject: Re: NBA Expansion Candidates
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:03:51 GMT

In article <Bxr8FC.H3x@news.cso.uiuc.edu> pa56680@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (P. Ialamanna) writes:
>In article <1992Nov15.001011.28511@cheshire.oxy.edu> tamada@cheshire.oxy.edu (Michael K. Tamada) writes:
>>
>>     Toronto is certainly a major league city in size and economic
>>activity, but how much interest do Canadians have in basketball?
>>I can think of only two who have played in the NBA:  Bill Wennington
>>and Lars Hansen, not exactly all-star players (there've probably 
>>been other Canadians who've played.  Yes I know basketball was
>>invented by a Canadian, but he was in Massachusetts at the time.)
>>  | W			   Mike Tamada
>
>
>Don't forget about Canadian RICK FOX who plays for the Celtics.
>

Didn't Rick Fox play high school basketball in Indiana?  It doesn't matter 
where the hell you are from, if you end up in Indiana, you play basketball.

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 11:06:53 EST
From: <JLW154@psuvm.psu.edu>
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Subject: SHAQ!!!!

     Hey just heard that Shaq was named player of the week.  Thus making him th
e first player to be named this in his first week in the NBA.  Uninamous Rookie
 of the year(but he better watch for Alonzo when he gets rolling), well later.
JAY Wade.
(LONG LIVE G`TOWN)
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From: EC0AAEF <EC0AAEF@MUSIC.TCS.TULANE.EDU>
Subject: Basketball Study
Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-12794]: music.tcs.tulane.edu
Organization: Your MUSIC System
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:15:58 GMT

Would someone please send me the address or phone number of
the NBA for a study I am doing.

EC0AAEF@MUSIC.TCS.TULANE.EDU

THANKS
From: terry@ekofisk.Stanford.EDU (Terry Wong)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Warriors player moves
Date: 21 Nov 1992 09:53:43 GMT
Organization: Stanford Univ. Earth Sciences
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Summary: Sprewell hurt, Warriors fill roster
Keywords: Warriors, Rambis, Nealy, Tolbert, Sprewell

Lovers of big clumsy guys who can't jump -- rejoice! :) The lilliputian
Warriors plan to add either Kurt Rambis or Ed Nealy, both 
previously employed by the Phoenix Suns to their roster.   Shades of
Mike Smrek, Jim Petersen, et al!  Actually, the Warriors could use
some more physical presence inside, as displayed by the whipping
they received at the hands of Charlotte and Orlando.

Nealy or Rambis will fill the roster spot vacated by Latrell Sprewell
who suffered a sprained knee in Thursday's night loss to Orlando.
Sprewell injured the knee in a collision with a Magic player under the
hoop.  At first, the injury did not appear too serious as Sprewell stayed
in the game to complete the play on the other end of the floor.
He even returned for a few minutes at the end of the game.  
However, the following day, he was unable to place any weight on the knee.
Sprewell will be forced to miss at least 5 games.

The Warriors went into Friday night's Charlotte game with only 9 semi-
healthy players on the bench.  Of course, Marciulionis was sitting on
the bench looking spiffy in his civies.  Alexander, as was the case
for the previous two games, was in Detroit attending his brother's funeral.
Keith Jennings was also knocked out in the Orlando game with a
hyperextended knee.  His injury was not serious enough to place him on IR.
That left 9 bodies available for duty.  However, two of those were
also pretty banged up.  Jeff Grayer was nursing a strained quadricep muscle
picked up against Miami.  Near the end of tonight's Charlotte game 
he also sprained the ankle on the same leg.
Billy Owens was nursing a badly sprained ankle, also suffered in the
Orlando game that saw Sprewell and Jennings go down.
The injury bug picked a fine time to hit a team that was already
struggling.

Why didn't the Warriors add old favorite -- Tom Tolbert -- to their
roster?  Because Orlando not only beat up on them, they signed Tolbert
the previous day to replace the injured Terry Catledge.  And this on
the same day when Nelson was complaining about how much he missed Tolbert.

					terry@garfield.Stanford.EDU



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From: jcp29389@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (3)
Subject: Re: Best Division in the NBA?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 23:21:54 GMT

farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Droopy) writes:

>as232@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Lerner) writes:


>>You forgot one stat...

>>Pacific (0-4)   NBA Championships in past four years!
>>Central (4-0)   NBA Championships in past four years!

>>You can KEEP your Pathetic Pacific exhibition season early records.  I think
>>these stats tell it all. ;-)

>Absolutely. I mean, while Detroit and Chicago have battled with playoff 
>powerhouses like Indiana and Miami.

>Portland and the Lakers have played weaklings like the Phoenix
>and Utah.

>The West Champ is so beaten up from playing the likes of Phoenix
>and Utah, that they are spent against the East Champ who has


AAWWWWWWWWWW.....    my heart bleeds for thee...  poor guy, we should know 

better.

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From: jdt29225@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jazzy J )
Subject: Re: Need Computer Game Recommendations
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:15:26 GMT

tannerg@carson.u.washington.edu (Glenn Tanner) writes:


>Well, I just bought an IBM clone to use on my dissertation, so naturally
>I need to buy some computer games now.  Any recommendations on football, 
>basketball, baseball, or hockey games would be appreciated.  Please reply
>via e-mail.

	There's only one game U'll ever need.  It's called Hoops.  Look
	for an ad for the game in some old Street & Smith's magazines.

	Jazzy J

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From: edrury@3cpu.rain.com (Ed Drury)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Blazer Week 2
Date: 23 Nov 92 23:52:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: 3cpu.4322
Reply-To: edrury@3cpu.UUCP (Ed Drury)
Organization: Garden Lane Software

In article <1992Nov23.153554.21897@leland.Stanford.EDU> terry@leland.Stanford.EDU (Terry Wong) writes:
>|>     Name       G  M/G     PPG    PPM   RPG  APG
>|>     Drexler    7  33     17.7   0.53   7.4  6.3
>|>     Williams   7  29      9.0   0.31   5.4  0.9
>
>I'm a little surprised by these stats.  I can understand why Drexler's
>scoring is down, but I'm surprised to see he leads the team in
>rebounding.  Why are Williams' rebounding stats down so much?

 I wouldn't be too surprised by Drexler's rebounding stats as his
career regular season average going into this year was 6.1 per game
plus he is averaging 4 more minutes a game than Williams. Plus it is
early in the season as well. Also remember that when Clyde is having
a hard time scoring he looks to rebound and pass more.

 To try an answer your second question, first let me disclaim the
stat :-). It is very possible that I slighted Buck some rebounds,
I run these on a spreadsheet myself and correct when the Blazers
release YTD statistics which I haven't yet seen this year. That's
why I call them unofficial. But assuming that I can't be THAT far
off, one of Adelman's goals going into this season was to reduce
Buck's minutes. He was shooting for around 30 minutes a game for
him. I think his reasons are sound ones. Buck is not getting any
younger and he is probably more effective as a starter than he would
be coming off the bench. The reasoning for this second observation
is that there are some players who can make the adjustment from starter
to reserve and add years to their career (eg - Danny Ainge) while
still being effective. I'm not sure if Buck is that kind of player.
Reguardless of that, the makeup of the Blazers second unit is to come
in and up tempo the game. Compounding that is the lack of a player
of Buck's quality and makeup to step up into that starting role
and go against the top forwards in the league.

 I realize that what I've done is primarily give you opinon with
little substantial facts to back it up. So I feel pretty good about
my answer, in light of the forum we're in. :-). Anyway, those are
my best guesses about the situation with Buck, Clyde and rebounds.

      
>
>					terry@garfield.Stanford.EDU

  Ed


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From: cs161feu@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Anthony Minkoff)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Wherefore fans
Date: 21 Nov 92 18:02:45 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego


     I thought some people on the net might find this amusing.
(Then again, maybe not.  But what the heck.)  From the LA Times,
11/18/92:


          "Fans are obsessive because they don't  have  much
     of a life of their own," said Mark Goulston,  assistant
     clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA  Neuropsy-
     chiatric Institute.  "The are drawn to  sports  figures
     who are larger than life in their minds, and they think
     they have a person contact-- some sort of magical  bond
     with these sports figures.  When a team wins  or  loses,
     it can make the obsessive fan feel that he is  a  winner
     or loser himself."
          Goulston said that obsessive fans  who  live  their
     lives through the actions of sports  figures  may  stunt
     emotional growth.
          "When a sports figure had feet of clay, or  a  team
     doesn't do well, the obsessive fan doesn't have anything
     to fall back on, so he is prone to depression, anger  or
     hatred directed at the object of his  obsession....   He
     is disappointed, feels devastated.
          "I guess the advice one should give to an obsessive
     fan is to, 'Come on.  Get a life.'"

          Michael Messner of  the  USC  sociology  department
     said that what  many  call  obsessive  fan  behavior  is
     actually male-bonding behavior.
          "Men use sports talk and sports viewing  in  a  way
     that keeps them from having to deal  with  any  intimate
     matters with each other,  to  keep  those  issues  at  a
     distance," he said.


Tony
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From: kennedy@asuvax.eas.asu.edu (Ralph Kennedy)
Subject: Re: Suns Report: Phoenix creams Kings, remains undefeated at home
Organization: Arizona State Univ, Tempe
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:00:11 GMT

jdt29225@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jazzy J ) writes:
> f67700241@violet.ccit.arizona.edu (Greg Franklin) writes:
> >Why does Barkley feel compelled to shoot three-pointers?  Why does 
> >Westphal let him?  He did this crap with the Sixers, as I recall.
> 
> 	Well, simply because if he's left open, he can make them if he's
> 	hot.  Remember, in the Olympics, he hit something like 7-8 for
> 	the whole tournament.

     Well, I hate to belabor the obvious, but...
the 3-point line was closer to the basket in the
Olympics, no?

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From: lg248399@hp9k.lag.itesm.mx (Luis Gutierrez Aladro)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Mexico and the NBA
Date: 16 Nov 92 15:31:48 GMT


  Hello all!!


   Here in Mexico we have a lot of interest in the NBA, however, we don't 
   receive lots of games in the tv.

   I would appreciate if someone of you can help me sending me a calendar 

    of the Bulls games. We *a group of students* are hoping they come
 
     near here (San Antonio) to go see them play.

 
    Well... send your answers to:   lg248399@hp9k.lag.itesm.mx

   Luis
From: gidi@Hilbert.Stanford.EDU (Gidi Avrahami)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: NBA Expansion Candidates
Date: 15 Nov 92 19:56:05 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Brotherhood Of Breath

tamada@cheshire.oxy.edu (Michael K. Tamada) writes:
>
>     Toronto is certainly a major league city in size and economic
>activity, but how much interest do Canadians have in basketball?
>I can think of only two who have played in the NBA:  

Mike, are you baiting for flames?

This is the lamest excuse for not giving Toronto an expansion team;
What's more, it has just been hashed beyond belief with regard to
baseball.

So tell me this:  Has the lack of canadian baseball players hurt the
Blue Jays?  And how many NBA players were born or grew up in Miami?

(Chris Corchiani).


--Gidi
From: rjs@citi.umich.edu (Robert J. Skrobola)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: rookie all-star game.
Date: 17 Nov 1992 18:32:27 GMT
Organization: Center for Information Technology Intergration, University of Michigan
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Keywords: all-star . rookies

In article <41015@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>, cs161feu@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Anthony Minkoff) writes:

|> it!  Another guy (the eventual winner) leapt over six crouching
|> Laker Girls to dunk.  Much better than the NBA's slam-dunk contest.
|> 

As cool as it must be to make this dunk, it must be even better to miss it...
		Rob

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From: xjam@cork.CS.Berkeley.EDU (The Crossjammer)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Why Golden State will be the next dynasty.
Date: 18 Nov 92 17:26:58
Organization: University of California, Berserkeley
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In-reply-to: kpho@acs.bu.edu's message of 19 Nov 92 00:09:43 GMT

>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Pho <kpho@acs.bu.edu> writes:
  Kevin> Reasons why Golden State will be THE basketball team of the 90's.
  Kevin>   
  Kevin> 1. Ability to Score at Will.
	[Stuff deleted]

	Too bad they can't *stop* anybody at will. This is Golden State's
biggest weakness. Mullin and Marciulionis are defensive liabilities.
Everybody else is only decent and except for Gatling there's no
intimidation in the middle. Sprewell may turn out to be a good defender and
Houston was a shot blocker in college, but this is the pro's baby. Let's
see how good they are in a few months. There's only so far a zone can take
you in the NBA.


  Kevin> 2. Youth
	[lots of stuff deleted]

	Youth without skill is meaningless. Currently, except for Billy O.
none of Golden State's young people is projected to be a future All-Star.
There are a lot of potential journeyman, but nobody looks to be a bust out
prime time star.

  Kevin> 3. Coaching
  Kevin> Don Nelson is a genious.  He could adapt to any situation, any time.  I was
  Kevin> impressed in how he single-handedly dismantled San Antonio two years ago.
  Kevin> Golden State, without a real centre, made David Robinson look real bad. And
  Kevin> this year, still without a real centre, they are able to take down the real
  Kevin> power teams like Utah.  Nelson, coach of the year last year, can confuse any
  Kevin> coach in the NBA with his unorthadox lineup, (man, having Hardaway and
  Kevin> Jennings in the back-court is a scorer's dream).

Nellie can confuse people for one game. NBA playoff series are 3 games min.
Most good coaches can make adjustments after 1 or 2 games. Also, if
Nellie's such a genius how come the Warriors are mediocre at home where
they have *increased* practice time, rest, and preparation?

Nelson is a good coach, but he's highly overrated. I think his talent
development skills are poor and talent evaluation mediocre. Unless Golden
State gets lucky and steals away an upper echelon inside player, someone
who at least has the potential to be an All-Star, they're going nowhere.
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From: rodmur@ecst.csuchico.edu (Dale Harris)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Who are the worst players in nba?
Date: 19 Nov 92 23:52:19 GMT
Organization: California State University, Chico
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In article <BxzAMG.M5F@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jdt29225@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jazzy J ) writes:
>	I still don't understand why Sampson gets no respect at all.  He
>	was a very good player in his early years, but because of injuries
>	and other circumstance, he just isn't able to do the job anymore
>	effectively.  While he never lived up to the lofty expectations,
>	he was solid early in his career.  He can't help it if the Kings
>	gave him a guaranteed contract.  I mean, give the guy a break.

Sampson never performed up to the expectations that people set of him, he
was a very overrated player while he was in the NBA, even when he was part
of the Twin Towers of the Rockets.  Sure he was a great player in college but
it didn't seem to follow him into the pros.  And I don't blame him for the
Kings giving him a guaranteed contract, I blame the idiot management that the
Kings had at that time, the 2 million is counts as 2 million less the Kings
could be using to pay some other viable player, mabey if they had had the
2 million last year Billy Owens would be in a Kings uniform this year 
(course if that had been the case then the Kings wouldn't have Mitch 
Ritchmond), and the 2 million is not outside the salary cap, which is the real 
biter.
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From: rpierce@oracle.com (Russell Pierce)
Subject: Re: A.J. English
Organization: Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA  94065
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:35:38 GMT
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              at Oracle Corporation.  The opinions expressed are those
              of the user and not necessarily those of Oracle.

In article <1992Nov16.192128.19577@coe.montana.edu> icsu0182@cs.montana.edu (Sean) writes:
>In article <1992Nov16.152901.1474@ncsu.edu> bcperry@eos.ncsu.edu (BRENT COLE PERRY) writes:
>>
>>A.J. English is one of my favorite players, but I haven't heard much about him
>>this year.  Is he hurt?  Did the Bullets let him go?  Is he in Europe?
>>Thanks for any info,
>>--Brent
>A.J. English, upon retiring, got kicked upstairs to the management end of the 
>Denver Nuggets.  He is working in the front office, and has been since the 
>beginning of the season...
>Anyone else!!!?
>Sean

	I think you are confusing Alex English with AJ,  they are entirely 
	different players.  Alex was inthe league about 15 years with 
        various different teams.  AJ is relatively young and played with
	the Bullets last year, but I don't know where he is now. 

		Russ  

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From: jdt29225@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jazzy J )
Subject: Lots of minutes
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:59:28 GMT


	Something I've noticed in the early season is that the starters
	are getting a lot of minutes.  In fact, I noticed in the paper
	the other day that players like Mullin, Jordan, Pippen, etc. were
	all averaging way over 40 minutes a game.  Is there a reason for
	this?  It seems that coaches are playing basically their top 7-8
	players and basically nobody else.  Just wondering, because if
	this continues, the basketball we're going to be watching in
	March is going to be very tired basketball...

	Jazzy J
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From: radkel@canctr.mc.duke.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: A Basic Question
Date: 20 Nov 92 13:50:04 GMT
Reply-To: radkel@canctr.mc.duke.edu
Organization: Duke U. Med. Ctr., Durham, NC

In article <1992Nov20.084456.4291@leland.Stanford.EDU>, vjrao@leland.Stanford.EDU (Venodhar Julapalli Rao) writes:
>>I would like to know how they name the teams, like why Jazz for Utah,
>>Rockets for Houston, Lakers for LA and so on. 

Hmmmm...I kind of like this thread.  The Lakers were originally in Minneapolis,
Mn, and Minnesota is "The Land of 10,000 Lakes".  The Miami Heat were named
so because the Miami Humidity or the Miami Six-Inch Long Cockroaches wouldn't
sound as good! I imagine the Orlando Magic were named after the Magic Kingdom,
Dizneeworld.

--Rob Clough
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