DeYoung: Oregon needs
strong athletic recruits
• Continued from Peg* 9
name •chooU
When a high school ath
lete wal< hot leiirvuion.
Dudut highlight* am ha
room mm than thorn of 1st*
w honU tl it difficult to
Chou** a m hoot if you have
nawer wm them nlejr. Tha
coach** hava to Jo aonw
ntiartciv* recruiting to got
that top player from another
•late
Kv»n wh»n Oregon iIom
get tb* big meruit*. it duean't
mean the •port will ftmm
willy improve It taimt mom
than one *tat to make a |x»w
•rimuM Unfortunately,
recruiting i» a cycle if a
team donan t do wall unc
year, ita m uniting auffitm in
th* ofl-MMim, Without
•into* recruit*, a team can
not do wall If a team doesn't
do well. it means another
y»u of weak recruiting
Once a l**m gel* into (hit
cycle. tl I* hard to get mil.
Il l» difficult (car «H
school* that am not the atm
of IXXA or Norm Darn* to
attract the best athletes In
lha nation. Bu! bmausa of
Oregon's mount mctm in
mini sports, lha Ducks am
•lowly making a name for
themselves
Unfortunately. It may be a
long lime before Oregon
atiaina the (talus csf a sports
powerhouse
Even worm, that day may
never t ome
Andrea DeYoung, a /untar
majoring in foumaiwn l* the
nmttant apart* editor for the
Emerald H mod odey
oung&glodrtone uonrgan edu
NBA: Jordan a near-unanimous MVP pick
I CoNtMNi from Pigi •
Paying
"You grow up and **e It *» a
p*. eomething you'd play \fm
tree} ii the YMCA or Boy*
Club." he Mid "Bui now w«'v«
iwound (hi* ia • buiitWMM. with a
lot of money to bn mad* '*
And Iordan certainly abouid
maka a lot of moony. Phil Jack
mm mud
I don't know what worth l*
In IhU Kama." tbn Bulla' coach
Mid. "But I do know (hit If any
body get* paid moony in thin
league. Michael Iordan deaerve*
it. And with the kind of aalariaa
I'va heard bandied about.
Michael Jordan it the beet play*
er, and ha* been for the leaf
eight. 10 yeara.
If Sylmtar Stallone ia worth
$20 million for a movie. I can't
imagine why Michael won't pet
110 million for a awton "
|o*dan‘» latent MVfP award
comet |uat 14 m<>nth* after he
tame out of retirement He quit
on Oct ft, 1003. Having he no
longer felt the dealt* to prove be
W»» ih# best. night after night
H* played minor league haaa£aJI
for truxt of hit 1? month* away
before returning in March IWS
Asked to wnptn this award
with hi* other MVP* Jordan
said "I think IT• more meaning
ful becau** | learned a lesson
No matter how great you ware
before you left, you out*! )u«t
think you can take up where
you left off.
"The game taught me a leaaon
In that disappointing series I
experienced teat year, and it
pushed me and forced me to go
berk into the gym and learn it
all over again "
Iordan struggled in last year’s
playoff* against Orlando, and
the Bulls lost in six games He's
been on a mission ever since
In addition to averaging 30 4
points this season, Jordan had
6 ft rebounds. 4 3 assists and 2 2
steals per game in leading
Chicago to a 72-10 record The
Bulls then beat Miami and New
York in the first two playoff
rounds before routing Orlando
in Sunday * opoow of th* Emm
•to Conference final*
Jordan lain* Will Chamberlain
•* a foui lima MVP Kanawa
Abdul fahbar won the too*I
MVP* with six. and Bill R»***ll
won ftw
Th* other Bret place vote*
went to Hardaway {two). Hau*
Ion’* Hakeem Olajuwon (ona)
and Utah * Karl Malone (ana).
Olapiwnn finished fourth in the
balloting. followed by Chicago'*
Seattle Pippaa. Seattle's Gary
Payton. Malona. Seattle* Shawn
K«mp. Detroit's Grant Hill and
O Noal of Orlando
Each madia panelist puked
II** MVP candidate* in order of
;mdnran>«. point* were awarded
on a 10 7-5 3-1 boat* Before
1WH. player* voted for the
award
Other Bull* honored this poat
***a*on include larkson. roach of
the year. Toni Kukoc, top sixth
man Ionian. Pippen and Dennis
KcKiman. all-defensive team;
and general manager Jerry
Kntuae. executive of the year
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