Sports Talk
by Ron Sykes
Sports Editor
T h e B o s to n C e ltic s a n n o u n ce d
b oth w edding and d ivorce notices.
M a rrie d : L a rry B ird to the Boston
C eltics on June 8th at the Boston
Garden o ffic e . M r. B ird is the fo rm
er college player o f the year fro m In
diana State. The Boston Celtics are
the fo rm e r N B A C ham pions and it is
th e ir hope th a t th is m a rria g e w ill
restore them to that previous lo fty
perch.
B ird ’ s d o w ry is rum ored to be in
the v ic in ity o f $650,000 per year. The
celebrated bride, L a rry B ird , vowed
that he w ould rem ain loyal to the
Celtics and also prom ised not to seek
dissolution fro m this n u p tia l fo r at
least five years.
D ivorced: Bob M c A d o o , fo rm e r
N B A s c o rin g c h a m p , fr o m th e
Celtics. W ith the announcem ent o f
the B ird un io n it is w idely believed
that ‘ Big M a c' w ill get his w a lkin g
papers. “ I ju s t d o n 't kn o w where
M c A d o o w ill fit in w ith this c lu b ,”
said new coach B ill Fetch. M c A d o o ’ s
a lim o n y fro m the C eltics w ill be sub
stantial. It is believed by m any that
pA
B o b w ill re ce ive a p p ro x im a te ly
$550,000 per year. T his a lim o n y w ill
be paid by Boston u n til M c A d o o is
united w ith another mate. There are
at least five teams interested in M ac's
services.
" H o p e ” as defined means " a feel
ing that w hat is w anted w ill h a p
p e n ." The Boston Celtics have d ra ft
ed a " h o p e ” w h o happens to be
“ w h ite ” and that is w hat is needed,
by Boston. But w ill w h a t's wanted —
a cham pionship — happen? The a n
swer here is no. W hat is needed in
B oston is m ore than the B ird can
give. The C eltics s till m ust acquire a
legitim ate center. Dave Cowens, was
never that, and now w ith age ra p id ly
catching up on h im he appears now
to be o n ly a shadow o f h im se lf.
B ird , lik e C ow ens, stands o n ly
6 '8 ” and neither can give the team
w hat it really needs. I ’ m n o t sure i f
th e h ig h ly a c c la im e d G e n e ra l
M anager, Red A uerbach, is a ll that
c o m p e te n t. S u re , we k n o w th a t
“ Red” was a good coach b u t he has
yet to prove that a b ility in his jo b as
General M anager.
N ow the real college “ player o f the
y e a r" the 6 ’ 8 ” guard w h o led M ic h i
gan State to the 1979 N C A A C ro w n ,
and was d ra fte d and signed #1 by the
L a k e rs , “ M a g ic " J o h n s o n , w ill
m ake his presence k n o w n early in the
NBA.
Johnson, the superb super soph,
can do it a ll. A n d rem em bering w hat
Dennis Johnson's re b o unding and all
a ro u n d gam e has d o n e f o r th e
Sonics, then one ju s t has to w onder
what Johnson can do fo r L A — p la y
ing the same role as DJ. That is a guard
not o n ly p e rfo rm in g in the backcourt
but h ittin g the boards and b lo ckin g
shots as w ell.
T h e L a k e rs , e v e ry b o d y k n o w s ,
need re b o u n d in g h elp fo r Kareem
very b a d ly and E a rv in c o u ld very
w ell f ill th a t need fro m the g u a id
p osition. A n d ju s t th in k w hat Jabbar
w ill do w ith the “ M a g ic ” lo ftin g
those b e a u tifu l passes his way. N o rm
N ixo n , w ho has p ro b a b ly grow n in to
one o f the best N B A guards around
w ill also b e n e fit by the on c o u rt
presence o f “ M a g ic .” N ixo n , now
w o n ’ t have to be relied on solely to
bring the b a ll dow n co u rt. Now the
speedy, hot shooting, 6 ’ 2 ” product
o f the streets o f New Y o rk w ill be
allowed to m ove do w n co u rt and also
be ready to receive some “ m a g ic ".
Los Angeles should be helped im
mensely by the " m a g ic ” man. The
hardship phase o f the N B A d ra ft was
h eld W e d n e sd a y, b u t th e biggest
player has already been plucked . . .
" M a g ic .”
G eorge S c o tt, h a r d - h ittin g firs t
baseman fo r the Boston Redsox, and
benched in late M a y has rep o rte d ly
asked M a n a g e r D o n Z im m e r to
“ play me o r trade m e.” The 35-year-
o ld Scott was b a ttin g a weak .224 fo r
the season before h ittin g the splen
dors.
Scott should realize that o n ly 20-
year-olds arc a ffo rd e d the lu x u ry o f
h ittin g that lo w and rem aining in the
M a jo rs.
O r perhaps, B ig G eorge should
call the 40-year-old " B ig M a c " o f
the San Francisco G iants, w ho also
became glued to the G ia n t bench a f
ter a spectacular season last year.
W hen yo u ’ re aging you produce, or
else, it seems that no one wants to
listen and be rem inded o f a ll those
good years you gave to the club. O h,
w ell, such is life in the M a jo rs.
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