Portland Observer, January 21 ,1 9 6 3 Page 13
On the road w ith M oses M alone
by Uliyssts Tucktr, Jr.
Sitting in the corner of a happy
We INVITE
You to the ALL
NEW 1982
Houston Rocket locker room after
they beat the hapless Trailblazer«,
Moses Malone, the National Basket­
ball Association’s leading rebound
and th ird leading scorer relaxed
while singing the song, ’ ’ M a m a ,
don’t let your son grow up to be a
cowboy,” as he prepared to depart
for the airport.
“ I hate being out on the road
som etim es,” he said. ” 1 haven’ t
seen my wife and son in almost two
weeks but a victory lik e this one
makes it all w o rthw hile.” Malone
scored 34 points, including 16 in the
third quarter and grabbed a mar
ginal eight rebounds in the Rockets
111-109 w in. C u rre n tly , he is av­
eraging 27.3 points a game and 13.3
rebounds.
In the Blazer game, M alone be­
came the team’s all-time leading re-
bounder by moving out the retired
Rudy T o m ja n o v ic h who played
eleven seasons with the R ockett.
Moses brought the record in only
four and a half seasons.
” 1 enjoy re b o u n d in g ,” said
Moses who had four rebounds on
one series while scoring before the
Blazers grabbed on«. “ O ver the
years I ’ ve learned to get o f f the
floor quickly and get good position.
I never gave it much thought but
then everyone started calling me the
best rebounder in the history o f the
league. That's when I started to get
serious about working hard on the
boards but in the past it just came
natural."
A hardship case who signed right
out o f Petersburg (V irg in ia ) High
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(Photo: J im m y R obinson)
ary that begins around $1.7 million
games. Malone was also named the
annually.
M .V .P . o fth e N .B .A . in 1979.
“ All I want to do is play until I ’m
Del H a rris , head coach o f the
thirty and get out o f the game while
Rockets, had nothing but praise for
healthy. I don’, want to hang on like
the 26-year-oid Malone.
some guys. I have a wife and family.
“ H e is fro m the old school o f
I want and like to spend as much
hard w o rk ,” he said. “ 1 haven’ t
time as possible with them. I think
seen a harder all-around worker in
12 years in the league at age 30 will
the league outside o f Moses. H e ’ s
be more than enough.”
real tough around the boards and he
“ I ’ ve made some sound invest­
draws a lot o f fouls. I ’d much rather
ments in shopping centers, land,
coach him than coach against him
and other areas that w ill aid my
because M o is one helluva athlete.”
transition from basketball. I believe
Since his d ep arture fro m H ig h
in preparing myself and my fam ily
School, Malone has played with the
for the future."
U tah Stars, St. Louis Spirits, B u f­
D uring his b rillia n t career, M a ­
falo Braves, and ultimately to Hous­
lone has scored over 9 ,000 points
ton. He is happy in Texas and wants
and grabbed 4 ,0 0 0 or m ore re­
to finish his playing career there but
bounds. His career scoring average
he doesn’t want his son to grow up
stands at a sparkling 22.3 and he has
to be a Cowboy.
appeared in fou r N .B .A . A ll-S ta r
appointing eighth place finish in the
Beaver State Handicap on Novem­
ber 14, the H .M . N o n am aker-
trained son o f G ro w le r finished
second to Not Now in the $13,375
O .T .B .A . Sales Stakes on October
Ria Slam , one o f the few fillies
nom inated to the six furlong C o l­
um bia Speed, has started in fou r
stakes events during the current
Portland meet. She finished fifth in
both the Beaver State and the
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School in 1974, Malone has led the
league in rebounding tw ic e (1979
and 1981) and he leads comfortably
this season. He is perhaps having
one o f his best seasons in the
N B A. but there is something in the
back o f his mind. He will be a free
agent at the end o f the 1981-82 sea­
son.
" I ’ve been thinking about it a lot
but not to the point where it is a f­
fecting my game," he said. ” 1 think
it would be in the best interest o f the
club to sign me early becuase I ’ m
gonna be ro llin g by the A ll-S ta r
bi calf and my value will be up there.
I just want to hurry up and get it
over w ith."
M alone is reportedly in the last
year o f a five-year contract that
called for over $700,000 annually
and he will be asking for a new sal-
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