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Dream Team II looking for victory
CHICAGO (AP) — Shaquille O'Neal. by turns rap
artist. fledgling movie star and All-Star tenter, !ms
proper deference for his Dream Team predecessors
"Dream Team I was excellent, they didn't lose
ever." he said Wednesday, sweat pouring off him
in n hot Chicago gym after the opening practice for
Dream Team 11. "Wo want to play our game and do
the sumo thing Dream Team I did."
As to how this aggregation of NBA stars fum
ing to w in next month’s world championships in
Toronto stacks up with the HMI2 Olympit team
of Mit haul (ortJan. Magic Johnson and 1-nrry Bird.
O'Neal said "We’ll heat them
Added Alonzo Mourning 'Magic's out and
Mit fund's in a whole another world now 1 think
we could give them a mn. think we could take them
out."
Dream Team I won eight straight games at tin*
Barcelona Games by an average of 4-i points
"It s rnuc h letter than being on an all-star team,"
Dominique Wilkins salt! "It's unfair however, to
try and compare the two teams Von have thl
farent players Honestly though. I’d have to go with
Dream II These are my guys '
Don Nelson, coach of the Golden State Warriors
and the world i hamplonship team, said the firs!
Dream Team yvas unique
"I don't know if there will ever I*1 another Dream
Team I because we had some of the biggest stars
lo oser plus in the Kilim* at the end of their i.errors/'
he said.
"It was a real S(xw ml loam fwuuisi* of that I don't
think you can look at Dream Team II other than to
say tbot it's full of great players and quite a few of
them art* young and haven't reached their stardom
or potential or have enough history tednnd them
like Magic, Bird."
Nelson is well aware that everyone is i star and
wants to make a contribution to what is ex pet ted
to lie an easy path to a world championship The
finals are Aug 14
"We i a n't play 12 guys and thev all know that."
Nelson said It's a sensitive area we all have to
work through
Nelson said he probahly would follow what
Chuck Daly did in 1442 use a different lineup
oar h gome
"We've asked everybody to leave their egos out
side the door and play for all the right reasons," he
said. And there is only one and that is to win."
O'Neal, who has another rap album in the works
for a November release, said he'll do whatever is
asked
i ll probably be a rebounder and a shot blocker,
play defense, whatever Coach Nelson asks, he
said
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Mariners’ games postponed
as Kingdome ceiling tiles fall
SEATTLE (AP) — Thu threat that more insulation filets could
fall from the Kingdome ceiling prompted officials to postpone
the Seattle Mariners' next six games, including this week’s dou
bleheader with the Baltimore Orioles.
Four games. Thursday through Sunday, against the Boston
Red Sox were also postponed, although officials were scram
bling to find another place to play those contests, Mariners
spokesman Dave Aust said.
On Tuesday, four tiles fell from the tattling of the Kingdome
nearly 1HO feet into the stands behind home plate, forcing post
ponement of that night's Orioles-Mariners game
No one was hurt in Tuesday's mishap, but no games will
he played in the roofed, concrete stadium until the ceiling's
safety can be guaranteed, officials said.
Mariners president Chuck Armstrong "was telling me he
heard mothers this morning saying. '1 don't want to put my kids
out there with tiles falling."' said Frank Abe. spokesman for
King County executive Cary Locke.
King County owns the Kingdome
It was the first time any sporting event was calltwl off in the
dome's 18-vear history, said Kingdome spokeswoman Carol
Keaton.
"This will Iw a chapter in the book, won't it?" mused Mariners
general manager Woody Woodward as he gazed upward from
in front of the Seattle dugout.
Mariners officials said they were on the phono this morn
ing with the American league trying to find another location
to play Ihe series against Boston. They would not discuss spe
cific locations, but Aust noted the National League's California
teams are playing on the East Coast this week.
The Mariners were also looking into the possibility of play
ing in Triple A stadiums in Tacoma and Vancouver. British
Columbia, according to Aust.
Aust said late Tuesday that workers had bolted in (he tiles
next to the onos that fell and had completed a visual inspec
tion of most of the Kingdome roof. No further problems were
spotted, but officials said they would call in forensic engineers
to pinpoint the exact cause of tho accident.
A 32-by-48-lnch tile weighing about 15 pounds tumbled
nearly 180 feet into the stands about 4:30 u.m. Tuesday, while
players were doing their warm-up stretching. Three more of
the wood-fiber tiles fell an hour later.
The gates had not been opened, and no fans were admitted
to the stadium About 15,000 to 17,000 had been expected to
attend the game. Aust said.
Refunds will l>e offered to people who bought tickets for the
Tuesday night game and to those who paid for parking on
Kingdome-operafod lots.
Keaton estimated $300,000 to $350,000 in revenue was lost
because of the postponement, including tickets, concessions,
souvenirs and parking.
Pacific Components Inc. was awarded a $4 million contract
in 1093 to strip the entire nine-acre Kingdome roof down to its
concrete structure and resurface it. The work won't be com
pleted until next year
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