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L í R ^ 'T H E locker room
Champ Offers
Car Care Tips
NBA Failing To
Sign Top Picks
JOHN LUCAS
BY: ULLYSSES TUCKER, JR.
he National Basketball Associa
tion opened camp last week with
most of the top picks threatening
to eat pasta in Itlay next year or sit out for
more money. Top pick Derrick Cole­
man, out of Syracuse, has cut off talks
with the New Jersey Mets and second
pick Gary Payton is demanding about
$2.75 million annually from the Seattle
Supersonics, who are offering around
$1.3 million per season. Chris Jackson,
the third pick in the draft out of LSU, is
also at a standstill with the Denver Nug­
gets. Payton wants to enter the NBA as
one of the highest paid point guards in
the league without scoring a point or
dishing out an assist. Magic Johnson, a
three time NBA most valuable player,
will earn about $3.1 million for this
upcoming season. Other instant winners
in the NBA million dollar derby include
Dennis Scott, Orlando; Lionel Simmons,
Sacramento; Bo Kimble, LA Clippers;
Loy Vaught, LA Clippers; Willie Burton,
Minnesota; and Dee Brown, Boston. Stay
tuned...
ohn Lucas, traded recently by the
Houston Rockets to the Atlanta
Hawks, retired after fourteen years
and six teams. In 928 regular season
games, Lucas averaged 10.7 points per
game and dished out, 454 assists. An All-
American in basketball and tennis at the
University of Mary land, Lucas had prob­
lems early on in his career with drug and
alcohol abuse. He overcame his addic­
tion and now runs two successful drug
treatment programs in the Houston area.
Lucas still holds the NBA record for the
most assists in one quarter.
alph Sampson, center for the
Sacramento Kings is at the cross
roads in his basketball career.
Plagued by knee injuries since he was
traded by the Houston Rockets to the
Golden State Warriors two years ago,
Sampson needs to retire or have a pro-
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Cooling system failure is a lead­
ing cause of car trouble, especially
during hot weather when more
people take to the road. Rusty
Wallace, the nation’s top stock car
racer, believes most such break­
downs are preventable. The follow­
ing are three simple precautions
suggested by the NASCAR Win­
ston Cup champion:
RALPH SAMPSON
ductive season, that’s if his knees are
healed. Don Nelson shipped Sampson to
Sacramento last season after he grew
impatient with his altitude and work hab­
its. He played in only 26 games with the
Kings last year, who are in their rebuild­
ing years and had four first round picks
in the draft last June. Sampson has three
years and $8 million left on his contract
and the Kings must decide whether to
wait on Sampson or eat the contract. The
Kings have a promising young team
coached by Dick Motta. Sampson barely
survived a opening day two-mile run last
week and he looked terrible in last place.
He finished the run in 18:22 and was
lapped by several teammates.
ormer Portland Trailblazer Jim
Paxson is a man without a home
these days. He was given permis­
sion by the Celtics to work out any deal
he can with another team or retire. Paxson
also has coaching opportunities with other
NBA teams. He is a two-time NBA All-
Star and a veteran of eleven seasons.
Paxson played little with the Celtics last
season and with the addition of rookie
Dee Brown (Jacksonville) and the return
of Brian Shaw from Itlay sealed his fate.
Speaking of the Trail Blazers, they
promised pay raises to Clyde Drexler
and Jerome Kersey this year. They can
help their cause by trading Drazen Pet-
rovic and his million dollar salary to get
some extra cash or perhaps a draft pick.
The B lazers are loaded with
guards...Maurice Cheeks, steady point
guard for the New York Knicks wants a
pay raise and the Knicks are still trying
to trade Mark Jackson. No takers. Cheeks
earns a million dollars annually...Has
anybody seen Jerome Kersey lately? He
looks like a Baby Karl Malone. It’s evi­
dent that Kersey worked out in the weight
room this summer and plans to pick up
this fall where he ended last year. Kersey
proved that he is one of the best small
forwards in the NBA. Actually, he is a
power-forward in a small forward body.
Rusty Wallace
•Inspect the hoses and belts
under the hood and replace them if
they seem dry or brittle. It’s wise to
change these components every three
years anyway, Wallace believes.
•Every time you fill up with
gasoline, check the plastic reser­
voir next to the radiator to make
sure the antifreeze coolant hasn’t
run low. If the coolant seems dirty
or if more than a year has passed
since you last changed it, drain,
flush and refill the cooling system.
Wallace suggests using Zerex® anti­
freeze coolant because of the pro­
tection it provides against freeze-
ups, overheating and corrosion even
under extreme conditions.
•Finally, have the battery
checked if it’s more than two years
old, especially if you frequently use
the air conditioner.
“Auto racing makes you particu­
larly aware of the more vulnerable
parts of a car." Wallace said. “You
learn that the best way to avoid
trouble is to anticipate it.”
PSU takes steps to get back on track
Bv AARON FENTRESS
Since losing two of their
last three, and two straight Western
Football Conference games, the
Portland State Vikings prove that
nothing in sports is sacred. They've
benched
their
all-American
quarterback Darren Dcl'Andrae.
Heading into the 1990
season the PSU Vikings seemed to
be headed straight for their fourth
consecutive playoff season.
The
regular season simply seemed to be a
formality. But after a quick 3-0 start
the Vikings have fallen on hard
times, and it has come at the worst
time. The Vikings are currently in
the middle of their conference
schedule. Losing conference games
of course makes it hard to win the
conference championship, which
plays heavy in the minds of NCAA
officials when it comes time to pick
the 16 team field for the Division II
football playoffs.
remains to be seen but for the
Vikings any action taken could prove
to be valuable. The team has the
talent to be as good as they want to
be, and right now that talent simply
needs a shot in the arm. Enter back
up quarterback turned starter Don
Bailey.
What
the
Vikings
quarterback change should show to
all sports fans is that nothing is
etched in stone. It's not what you've
done or who you are, it's what you
have done for me lately.
For
Dcl'Andrae it hasn't been much.
Del'Andrae is 0-2 in his last two
starts with six interceptions and two
touchdown passes.
Consequently
Bailey gets the call.
Ironically, for Del’Andrae
his benching comes two weeks after
he was forced to sit out the
Sacramento State game due to
illness. This gave Bailey a chance
to show his stuff, which he did with
a 16 of 24 performance for 296 yards,
three TDs and two interceptions.
The Vikings won 41-24 and Bailey
won some confidence from the
coaches which undoubtedly played a
part in their decision to start him this
Like any good captain who
sees his ship sinking head coach
Pokey Allen has gone to red alert,
and he's taking action. Weather or
not it's the right action to take
week against Santa Clara.
For the Vikings this weeks
game is a do or die situation.
Another conference loss and the
Vikings playoff hopes are also lost.
With such a disaster goes the band
wagon jumping fans who will jump
off as quickly as they jumped on. '
This of course hurts revenue, which
is sparse anyway, and in the end
hurts Pokey and his staff. It's more ‘
than football for the coaches, it's-
their livlihood. The success of PSU
football pays their rent.
If Bailey does fail to provide
the spark for the Vikings that the
coaches are looking for then you can
bet that Del'Andrae will replace
Bailey in a light second. Remember
Del'Andrae is still an all-American.
In 1989 he passed for 3,586 yards and
22 touchdowns. He's proven he can
get it done. But that was last year,
and this is this year, 1989 is history
and doesn't really matter.
When -
asked if the quarterback change could. -
be permanent offensive coordinator,
A1 Borges said; "If Don moves the - .
team, you bet."
To Borges and .’
Pokey that's all that really matters.
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Photo by AARON FENTRESS
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