Page 6, Portland Observer, May 15,1906
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by Roy Lee Jermgan
Sports Editor
• SPORTTALK• SPORTTALK•
This may seem improper io some,
but ih a l’ s not my problem. Thank
you, Ron Herndon. Thai was for me
and mine, surely you owe him yours.
N ew York receives
No. 1 draft pick
The Pal Ewing lottery has been
won by the N Y. Knickerbockers. Pat
Ewing, the obvious No. I pick in the
upcoming N BA draft w ill take his
game to the Big Apple next year,
unless New York runs out o f money
again. The first 7 picks are as follows:
1. N .Y. Knicks
2. Indiana
3. I.. A . Clippers
4. Seattle
5. Atlanta
6. Sacramento
7. Golden State
The order o f the first 7 picks was
determined by lottery but once again,
the rich got richer. Seemingly, the
purpose o f the lottery would eliminate
the end o f the season race for the
league’s worst record. Golden Slate,
the team with the worst record in the
league, gets the No. 7 pick. T h a i’s
buzzard’s luck.
John Thompson
remains at G eorgetow n
There had been rumors flying
around speculating as to whether
John Thompson would enter the pro
fessional coaching ranks. Three NBA
learns made offers and Thompson
responded at Pal Ewing's press con
ference. Coach said, " I 'm evaluating
and making an assessment. But at this
point in time I ’ m not ready to leave
Georgetown."
Offering Big John some big bucks
to leave the collegiate arena is in keep
ing with attempts to diminish the
number o f positive role models for
minorities. Gel him out o f college
ball with a weak pro team and after
a few years o f building, fire him.
For some reason, when a Black coach
is fired in the N BA he can't find work
as readily as his white counterparts.
Paul Silas got one shot. Elgin Baylor
only had one chance. K.C. had to
work as an assistant coach on the
Boston bench for years before he
received his second chance. K.C.
was fired alter playing in the Cham
pionship final by the Bullets.
The commitments that Coach
Thompson has made to his under
classmen arc too sacred to be vio
lated for money. When the rest are
continually going for the gold, it’ s re
freshing to see a man with principle
stand alone.
JOHN THOMPSON
Boston leads 2-0
The homecourt advantage has pre
vailed all year in the meetings between
these tw o teams. Boston and Philly
won three games apiece on their own
floor during the regular season, and
thus far nothing has changed. The
Celts have taken the first two playoff
games at their place and are now
heading to Philly for the second set o f
two.
Dennis Johnson is turning on to
give the Celtics what they wanted
when Red traded lo r him. . . . to kill
the 76ers. Danny Aingc has upgraded
his offensive potential enough to
counteract Philadelphia’s advantage
in the backcourt.
Robert Parish has gotten serious
about his board play and defense If
"T he C h ie f' continues to play inside
things could gel difficu lt for the 76ers.
Philadelphia has not played that
poorly; it's just that Boston has played
so well. Great coaching from both
benches, and the excellent bench play
from both teams arc the ingredients
that make this matchup loo unpre
dictable to assume that Boston will
leave Philadelphia with anything but
a 2-2 tie.
the clock read 136-114, Moe laughed
An excellent passing offense that
forced L A . to play defense was the
difference. Dan Issel played like the
wily old pro that he is and forced
Kareem outside the lane. Alex English
went inside with his smoothness and
canned 4I points. Alex's 2I fourth-
quarter points put the icing on the
cake for Denver.
Doug Moe’ s strategy to pass more
and to be more patient in shot selec
tion forced the Lakers to work so
hard on the defensive end that they
couldn’ t get the famed Laker break
out o f first gear
Kareem lost it in the fourth period
and was ejected for wrestling Denver
was up by 16 points »nth 6:18 re
maining when the big man left the
arena Not only have the lakers lost
one game, they have lost the home-
court advantage at this point, and
must now head to Denver to regain
that coveted advantage, the other
Blazers are alive and well in Denver.
A No. 1 draft choice
for Jack Ramsey
Prior to reading Dr. Jack Ram
sey's column last Sunday in the Ore
gonian. I enjoyed and thought that
Jack should retire from coaching and
become a writer. Now I think he
should just retire. This past season
is another perfect example o f Ram
sey’ s inability to adjust to his players.
That alone should be enough to deal
with, but to be insulted with his per
sonal statistics is loo cold.
The NBA season is H2 games long,
and to break the season up before
and alter the All-Star break to find
something positive is truly creative
writing Jack penned. “ From the
A ll Star Game, when the Blazers
were a dismal 20-28, the team won
22 and lost 12. That jsace was third
best in the league during that time
span A fu ll o f that level o f play
Lakers and Nuggets
split at the Forum
JACK RAMSEY
would result in more than 50 wins.
That is indicative o f good basket
ball." That is indicative of a poor
attempt at brainwashing fans
Jack has been hailed as being one
o f the finer teachers in the league,
but he can't teach Bowie that his
strengths are inside the paint, not at
the top o f the circle shooting jumpers
to draw the opposing big man out
side. When is Jack going to teach
Kiki and Mychal to play some de
fense? I f you don't have it at this
level, you seldom get the time to get
it.
At the start o f the season, Ramsey
had a won-lost record o f 703-609.
That's .536 percentage No mailer
how you look at it, that’s a .500
coach. The expanded playoff format
permits more teams to participate,
although many, as in the case o f the
Trail Blazers, Cleveland, Milwaukee
and New Jersey, have no real chance
o f winning it all.
As long as Jack remains here in
Portland, we w ill hear excuse alter
excuse as to why the team is faltering
and that they deserve our full support
without criticism. Give us a break.
Jack, and move on. We’ ve tried the
dralt and the trade route with no
success. Let's trade the Coach.
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Fair exchange ain't no robbery!
Tlic l akers ran up HO points at half
time against Denver in Game No. I
and blew the Nuggets o ff the Forum
floor. Game No. 2 found the l akers
being run out o f the Forum by 22
points. Fair exchange.
Prior Io the start o f game No. 2,
Doug Moe predicted that his team
would win by 2$, and Rick Barry
laughed When the horn blew and
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