HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: mbn@greyskul.hf.intel.com (Mike Northam)
Subject: Re: Minkoff Player Rankings-- correction
Reply-To: mbn@hfglobe.hf.intel.com (Mike Northam)
Organization: Shorter Software Solutions
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:16:49 GMT

>>>>> "tony" == Tony Minkoff <aminkoff@sdcc13.ucsd.edu> writes:

tony> (No doubt about it, there's a bug here.  But, just for yucks, I'm
tony> posting the list anyway.)

tony> 135.	ogg,alan

tony> 139.	reid,j.r.

tony> 141.	duckworth,kevin

tony> 143.	bowie,sam

OK, if you say so.  The OGGSTER is king!

There may be more than one bug. :-)
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From: jvessey@husc10.harvard.edu (Jonathan Vessey)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: How are the Wolves doing (besides poorly)?
Date: 26 Jan 93 06:54:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc.jvessey.728031282

I know the Timberwolves are horrible. As a Minnesotan going to school in Boston
and an avid hoops fan, I follow them only because they're my 'home' team and
because, to be honest, the Celts are so inconsistent and screwy (Douglas, Fox,
Alaa, etc. make me thing the C's need a team shrink) that it'd be hard to
really cheer for 'em. My question, then, is how are the Wolves playing? I know
they're not winning too many (latest update I saw had them losing to Denver.
Argh. Thought we had a chance there), but are they looking any better under
Lowe? Are the ego-clashs that had been going on over the holidays still there?

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Jon
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From: gattuso@ssd.comm.mot.com (Christopher Gattuso)
Subject: Re: Pacific division dominates
Organization: Motorola LMPS
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:39:45 GMT
Keywords: n


>Let's look at it another way, only in the Pacific could a team like the  
>Blazers have to play 10 games against teams with a better record from  
>within the division.  The Bulls play their whole schedule with only 6  
>games against teams with a better record (all in the Pacific).  I'm not  
>knocking the Bulls, though I am a Blazer fan, but there are weaker teams  
>in the East as well, not as many elite teams, and still they are 4th in  
>the league.
>

It doen't matter what you do in the regular season, it matters how
you do in the playoffs.  Even though the "weaker" Central Division
has worse records, they have won the last 4 World Championships. You
can keep your better record, I'll take the championships!!!!

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				call, an implied date on Saturday, and
gattuso@ssd.comm.mot.com	Tampax in your apartment.  Looks to me
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From: bcperry@eos.ncsu.edu (BRENT COLE PERRY)
Subject: '96 Olympic team
Originator: bcperry@c00504-119rd.eos.ncsu.edu
Keywords: '96 Olympic Team
Reply-To: bcperry@eos.ncsu.edu (BRENT COLE PERRY)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:31:18 GMT


Howdy folks,

The new head of the U.S. Olympic Committee, Dr. LeRoy Walker, is a true 
Olympian in the since is for amateurs (i.e. he really didn't care for the
pros on the Dream Team).  This fact, coupled with stuff I've read that some
of the superstars of the NBA might not want to be on the Olympic team, has 
me wondering (even though it is 3 1/2 years ahead of time) who will be on the
'96 team.

IMHO, I think it should be a 6/6 split of NBA/NCAA players, and this is who
I would want:

NBA:

Point guard:  Tim Hardaway--Golden State (I thought of Kevin Johnson, but
	      I'm leaning toward Hardaway.  Walt Williams would be good.)

Off guard:  Stacey Augmon--Atlanta (Solid defender and I couldn't think of 
	    anyone else.)

Center:  Shaquille O'Neal--Orlando (Who else?  I thought maybe the Admiral 
         would be good, but he already has two medals, and he might defer to
	 the Shaq.)

Power forward:  Shawn Kemp--Seattle (Thunder dunker.  Works.)

Small forward:  Glen Rice--Miami (Excellent range.)

Utility:  Larry Johnson--Charlotte (Super-versatile.)

NCAA:

PG:  Randy Livingston--LSU (If he hasn't gone pro, he'll be a junior.)

OG:  ?????

C:  Othella Harrington--Georgetown (Should be a senior.)

PF:  ?????

SF:  Jerry Stackhouse--UNC

UTIL: ?????

Suggestions?  Like'em?  Hate'em?

It's jes what I think.

--Brent

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From: johneco@cns.nyu.edu (John Econopouly)
Subject: Re: Any news about "Good News" Levingston??
Reply-To: johneco@cns.nyu.edu
Organization: New York University
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:37:26 GMT

In article Lso@news.cso.uiuc.edu, sbulmahn@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Scott Bulmahn) writes:
> I heard Cliff Levingston is playing this year in Greece (or is it maybe
> Italy?).  I saw a list of NBA players over seas, but didnt see his name.
> Anyone know anything, how he is doing, etc?
> 
He is playing on the Greek team PAOK, which won the championship last
year, as well as winning the European cup-winners cup.  At first they
were a bit dissapointed with him (they expect any ex-NBA player to be
a flashy magical(compared to them) scorer type) and there was talk that
they would replace him.  However, PAOK is doing quite well so I guess the
talk has subsided.  I think they are in the final four of the European
championship cup, and tied for second place in the greek league, where
they'll probably finish third (ARIS is the favorite, led by Roy Tarpley,
the best player in Europe).  Even when there was talk of replacing Cliff,
it was clear that everyone was very impressed with his character, work
ethic, and personality.  The beef was that he was too used to being a role
player on a great team, and didn't have the skills to take over an inferior
team.
j 
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From: tomg@code3 (Tom Green)
Subject: Re: Michael Jordan scoring question
Organization: 3M HIS
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:39:09 GMT

In article <1993Jan24.071455.11654@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gjh2j@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Im a Joker Im a Smoker Im a Midnight Toker) writes:
>In article <1993Jan24.064526.27563@cbfsb.cb.att.com> sager@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (mike.r.sager) writes:
>>In article <2B623697.11745@ics.uci.edu>, clam@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Christopher Lam) writes:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I believe Jordan scored 64 pts 2 weeks ago in an overtime
>>> game against Orlando.  How many times has he scored over
>>> 60 pts?  What is his career high?  Any info would be
>>> appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>
>>I don't know how many times he's scored over 60, but I can tell you that
>>his career high is 69 against Cleveland a few years ago.  He also scored
>>63 against Boston in a playoff game.
>>
>>Mike Sager
>
>Yeah, that whole week pissed me off.....my personal favorite player...THE GOD
>OF BASKETBALL (tm) Tom Chambers scored 63. I think that same night or the 
>night after Karl "I travel everytime I get the ball" Malone scored 65 to make
>sure no newscaster told of the feat. Then a couple nights later Michael "You 
>too can score 30 ppg if you put up 50 shots a game" Jordan scored the 69
>to make sure no one would out do him for the year....
>

The thing is that Jordan took 2 overtimes to score that many points, in the
game that Malone had 65 points he sat out almost a full quarter.


-- 
Tom Green
- Life's a pain, then you die.                            _/_ __ ____ __
  "I shall be merciful and quick" - the Gorn              /  /_// / //_/
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From: bis@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Bis)
Subject: Re: NBA League Minumum Salary
Organization: Bis Information Services
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:56:33 GMT

In article <1jef2mINNjhp@transfer.stratus.com> halpin@sw.stratus.com (Jim Halpin) writes:
>In article <C11uME.GAo@world.std.com>, bis@world.std.com (Bis) writes:
>>
>> >What is the NBA's minimum player salary?
>> 
>> I've been wondering about this one.  I know that the minimum salary is
>> $500,000, ...
>
>	You 'know' wrong! The league minimum salary is $140,000.

That's strange.  The Boston Globe kept saying that Jon Barry was being
offered $500,000, the NBA minimum salary.  Is $500,000 the minimum for
a team's first round draft pick, then?

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From: jtinsley@brahms.udel.edu (Jeremy Tinsley)
Subject: Rookie Cards
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 02:12:16 GMT


I'm looking for some Rookie cards:
1) Kenny Anderson
2) Larry Johnson
3) Stacy Augmon
4) Harold Miner
5) The "Shaq"


						Jay
From: creasman@cheshire.oxy.edu (Scott Michael Creasman)
Subject: Re: Ben's Trivia
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 09:47:33 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.063156.24815@muddcs.claremont.edu> byau@jarthur.claremont.edu (Ben Yau) writes:
>>#2
>>Who is said to have blocked three Charles Barkley-ferocious-in-your-face
>>dunks in one game?
>
>Knowing Sir Charles and how he likes to intimidate, how easily would he admit
>that three of his dunks were blocked by someone?  Must be someone he truly 
>admires and respects.  Most everyone in the building believed Charles just 
>miffed the dunks as the balls shot away from the rim.  Charles tried to 
>convince people that the dunks weren't miffed.  Charles claimed that the dunks 
>shot out away from the rim beacuse of the contact from the mystery player.   
>It wasn't until the next day when a photographer developed some photos that 
>proof arised that at least one of the dunks was indeed blocked.
>

I don't know about the others, but how about Manute Bol for 
this one?

Scott

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From: jscott@micom.com (James Scott)
Subject: Re: blatant bad reffing 
Organization: Micom Communications Corp.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:30:44 GMT

From: jcp29389@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (I Spike - Therefore I Am)

|> you know, i never thought a game could be as bad as the Illinois - Minnesota
|> game in 1989-90 in Minnesota in terms of the reffing.  ... whine ...
|> whine ... whine.

you're right.  i think the bulls should protest.

james
From: dickh@tribe.esd.sgi.com (Dick Harkness)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Lionel Simmons
Date: 21 Jan 93 20:51:40 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

In article <C14LtF.5FB@inews.Intel.COM>, gbennett@frx177.intel.com (gbennett) writes:
|> In article <1993Jan19.192615.9176@athena.mit.edu> repeat@athena.mit.edu (David A. Irvine) writes:
|> >
|> >
|> >Does anyone know why Simmons missed the the game yesterday?
|
|> He missed the game because of a bruised thigh.
|> 
|> -Jerry


...and the obvious follow up question...when will he return?

Dick H.
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From: allen@tessi.com (Allen Warren)
Subject: Re: BLAZER SEX SCANDAL
Organization: Test Systems Strategies, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:13:56 GMT

wyattw@tekig1.pen.tek.com (Wyatt A Webb;629-1592;92-835;tekig1.pen) writes:

>That may be between kids of the same age, but according to the paper
>here, sex with someone 16 to 18 is still a misdemeanor...

>I dunno...

>Anyone from Utah have the real lowdown on this law?  (Is this still
>r.s.b.p? ;-)




According to radio and newspaper reports, someone in Utah between the
ages of 16 and 18 can have consensual intercourse with another person
between the age of 16 and 18, but if (as in the Blazer's investigation)
one of the individuals is older than 18, then it is no longer
consensual but the older individual can be accused of rape.
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From: cs225b26@dcl-nxt34.cso.uiuc.edu (cs225 student)
Subject: Re: If draft were today .... ?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:16:31 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.233230.25863@vela.acs.oakland.edu>  
janand@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Zombie Dude) writes:
> 
> hi !,
> 	I was wondering if draft day were today who the top 5 picks would  
be ?
> 	Will be glad to hear from U folks out there.


Doug's top 5 picks for '93...

1. Webber - Vitale has convinced everyone he's the best around.
2. Mashburn - Versatlity, period.
3. Jim Jackson - Only if The High And Mighty J.J. deems that he's good  
enough for that team
4. Cheney - Stock has risen leaps and bounds since pre-season
5. Hurley - this spot is up for grabs, but I think somebody's going to be  
dumb enough to gamble on his leadership abilities alone.

I don't have a list in front of me, so don't flame me for forgetting  
someone.
**************************************************************************

From the desk of the University of Illinois' most knowledgable basketball  
fan and critic....... (drum roll) 

			DOUG ADONIS!

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From: grubin@rap.ucar.edu (Rick Grubin)
Subject: BOXSCORE  Denver 110  Dallas 94  21.Jan.93
Followup-To: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Keywords: Nuggs 2nd road win  Dallas stinks
Organization: Sasquatch, Inc.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:21:58 GMT




The MIGHTY NUGGETS picked up their 2nd road win of the season at the
expense of the hopeless Dallas Mavericks.  LaPhonso Ellis established
a career high in rebounds.  Bad news: Mark Macon injured his right
wrist and is out for at least a couple games.  Good news: Bryant Stith
resumes practice with the team on Tuesday Jan.26.


den 110, dal 94   21jan93

denver  2nd road win of the season
denver  laphonso ellis career high rebounds total

den (11-25)      min  fgm fga 3m 3a ftm fta or tr  as pf st to bk tc ej ff  pts
ellis,laphonso    38   5  18   0  0   1  3   7 16   4  0  4  2  2  0  0  0   11
williams,reggie   37   8  15   1  2   2  2   2  5   3  5  2  2  1  0  0  0   19
mutombo,dikembe   38   4   7   0  0   2  3   5 15   2  3  1  2  5  0  0  0   10
jackson,chris     34  11  19   0  2   2  2   0  6  10  4  1  1  0  0  0  0   24
macon,mark        20   5   7   0  0   0  0   1  3   5  1  2  1  0  0  0  0   10
pack,robert       19   5  10   0  1   4  4   1  2   7  2  0  3  1  0  0  0   14
lichti,todd       19   5   8   0  0   0  0   0  0   2  1  1  2  0  0  0  0   10
brooks,kevin      16   2   7   0  1   2  2   1  3   2  3  1  1  0  0  0  0    6
hastings,scott    10   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  3   0  1  0  2  0  0  0  0    0
plummer,gary       9   2   3   0  0   2  2   0  0   0  5  0  0  0  0  0  0    6
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
den totals       240  47  94   1  6  15 18  17 53  35 25 12 16  9  0  0  0  110
FG, 3P, FT averages:     .500   .167   .833       team rebs  7

dal ( 3-31)      min  fgm fga 3m 3a ftm fta or tr  as pf st to bk tc ej ff  pts
smith,doug        24   2  10   0  0   0  0   2  4   2  3  0  1  0  0  0  0    4
davis,terry       34   5  13   0  0   0  1   8 19   2  3  0  1  1  0  0  0   10
rooks,sean        29   5  15   0  0   0  1   5  7   1  4  0  3  3  0  0  0   10
harper,derek      36   3  13   0  4   6  8   1  3   5  1  2  3  1  0  0  0   12
bond,walter       19   4   8   0  1   4  4   2  2   0  1  0  2  0  0  0  0   12
hodge,donald      16   4  10   0  0   2  2   2  4   1  5  0  0  1  0  0  0   10
moore,tracy       22   5   7   2  2   4  4   0  0   0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0   16
white,randy       23   0   3   0  1   2  2   2  7   0  1  2  0  0  0  0  0    2
iuzzolino,mike    22   5   8   0  1   0  0   0  1   5  0  1  5  0  0  0  0   10
cambridge,dexter  15   4   6   0  0   0  1   0  1   0  0  1  2  0  0  0  0    8
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
dal totals       240  37  93   2  9  18 23  22 48  16 19  6 17  6  0  0  0   94
FG, 3P, FT averages:     .398   .222   .783       team rebs  3

den   24  28  26  32  -  110
dal   18  23  22  31  -   94

attendance 11133, time 2:00, officials: ETRush,GWillard,MWunderlich

-- 
Rick Grubin     grubin@ncar.ucar.edu
"I'm a thin mint man myself."  -Al Albert
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From: timlin@spot.Colorado.EDU (Michael Timlin)
Subject: Lefty's who play right handed <was Re: left handed teams>
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:19:33 GMT

tamada@cheshire.oxy.edu (Michael K. Tamada) writes:

>     This has gone on long enough.  The above are nice choices, but you
>guys are overlooking some not-so-unknown names:  Bill Russell and Larry
>Bird.  (Yeah Bird was a righty as a shooter, but he wrote left-handed
>and was pretty ambidextrous as a player anyway.)

So now we have:

 C:
PF:
SF: Bird
SG: Gill
PG:

I've always been fascinated by people like this (also Andre Dawson in 
baseball) because I am right handed, but only because my dad din't believe
in left handedness.

Add anyone you know about.

Mike Timlin
timlin@spot.colorado.edu
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From: tamada@cheshire.oxy.edu (Michael K. Tamada)
Subject: Re: Top 5 NBA Centers
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:13:52 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.164147.19093@rti.rti.org> wgr@rti.rti.org writes:

>Here's some week-old (1/19) assist and turnover stats for starting centers,
>or at least my best guesses at the starting centers for each team.  I

   [...]

>They use assist/turnover ratio a lot to measure passing skill for guards,
>but I don't know if it's a good metric for centers.  A higher percentage
>of centers' turnovers may be things other than passing errors, such as
>offensive fouls, traveling and 3 seconds (we all know how often that gets
>called).

     I think asst/TO is a pretty good stat, because the players who rank
best in this stat are also the ones who I think are the better passers.
You raise a good point about the offensive fouls, travelling, and 3
second violations -- I would also add getting the ball swiped from 
your hands by a pesky double-teaming defender.  
     So, as with all stats, Asst/TO for centers has to be taken with
a grain of salt.  In particular, I think low post centers who get
the ball a lot are just plain going to have a lot of turnovers, due
to the stuff mentioned above.
     High post centers, conversely, will end up looking artificially
good in the Asst/TO department.  Standing 20-25 feet from the basket,
with little defensive pressure, they're not going to lose as many TOs.
     But Asst/TO I think still gives us more signal than noise.  Two of
the centers on the list with the best Asst/TO ratios are Bill Laimbeer
and Jon Koncak.  One might be tempted to say that their Asst/TO stats
are inflated by playing away from the basket a lot.  But Laimbeer
has been one of the better passing centers in the NBA for years.  Koncak
had not -- so at first I thought his Asst/TO stat was misleading.  But
I checked, and last year and this year Koncak significantly improved
his assist numbers.  So his stats may actually reflect the truth --
he's become one of the better passing centers in the NBA.  (Or perhaps
it would be more accurate to say that he's been placed into a role
in which he can produce better assist and TO stats.)
    So I think the stats that were posted do provide guidance on 
who the better passing centers are.

   [...stats deleted]

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From: robert@aero.org (R. S. Statsinger)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Re: Barkley's big mouth
Date: 21 Jan 1993 16:17:09 GMT
Organization: Your Guess Is As Good As Mine...
NNTP-Posting-Host: itro7s.aero.org

>koehnema@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Harry Koehnemann) writes:
|
|>Remember when Parish
|>punched Lambeir (or did he shove him into Rodman) - no T, no ejection,
|>and no suspension.  AND...  it was all on film.  Explain that!?

Hey, it's simply that the refs didnt have the guts to do it
themselves.

			R.S.
From: byau@jarthur.claremont.edu (Ben Yau)
Subject: Re: Ben's Trivia
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:47:57 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.094814.27656@cheshire.oxy.edu> creasman@cheshire.oxy.edu (Scott Michael Creasman) writes:
>>#1:
>>What were the circumstances surrounding this quote (parts left out so as not
>>to make it too obvious):
>>
>>Terry Kofler: "I'll have to say that ....team, they showed remarkable unity...
>>To a man, they stood there naked from the waist down and scratched in unison."
>>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>On UNLV after losing to Duke in the NCAA championship game?

:)  nice guess.  The quote involved an NBA event, I think two years before
UNLV lost to Duke. 

It has to do with the team that Kofler works for (he is a trainer).

>>#2
>>Who is said to have blocked three Charles Barkley-ferocious-in-your-face
>>dunks in one game?
>>---------------------------------------------------------------------

>Chris Webber.

I don't know about this.  I do not know much else that went on during the 
"training camp" for the Dream Team besides Hurley running circles around
Stockton...
Anyway, the blocks were in an NBA game.  I put "Who is said" because Barkeley
is the one who claims that this person caused the dunks to fly away.  


>>#3:
>>Who was the first ABA player to jump to the NBA?
>>What memorable event did he cause in 1968, about 8 years ahead of its time?
>>
>>------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>How about Connie Hawkins?  Maybe, the advent of the finger roll?

Not Connie.  The event itself happened in a college game.  Here's a little
more of a hint:  the event that happened 8 years later (1976) was in the 
ABA, and it involved the Doctor.   


  
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From: mittman1@athena.mit.edu (Christopher T Chiu)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Celtics lose to the Pistons (Was Re: Suns 121, Pistons 119)
Date: 29 Jan 1993 01:03:07 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: world
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Celtics 94, Pistons 103

NEWSFLASH--Detroit plays without Dennis Rodman and WINS!!

How could this happen, you may ask?
Well, if your starting center goes out with an injury(strained back
for Robert Parish), and the rest of your team doesn't rebound,
you will probably lose.  This is exactly what happened when the 
Celtics went into the Palace.  Terry Mills had a terrific game, 
scoring over twenty points and grabbing about a dozen rebounds.

As for the Celtics, only part of the blame can be placed on the
nearly week-long layoff from play.  They didn't dominate on the
offensive glass, and they made too many turnovers, many of them
off of poor passes.  It remains to be seen whether they can put
together their game in time to defeat Orlando on Friday night.

From a curious student of basketball,
Genghis
mittman1@athena.mit.edu