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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