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SPREWELL ARBITRATION HEARING BEGINS IN PORTLAND
C arlesim o's former players with the
Portland Trail Blazers could testify.
Sprewell initially was suspended a
m inim um o f lO gam es without pay for
tw ice attacking Carlesim o at a prac
tice December 1 st. Tw o days later, the
W arriors term inated Sprewell s con
tract, which had two-plus years and
nearly $25 million remaining. The
NBA then banned Sprewell for one
year and Players Association execu
tive director Billy Hunter filed an ap
peal.
In a teleconference Sunday. the sides
exchanged witness lists and Feerick
opted not to impose a gag order, which
the NBA and the Warriors wanted
Following each d ay, it will be revealed
who testified and for how long, but no
other details will be made available.
Executives, attorneys and witnesses
for both sides will gather at the PacWest
Center in Portland today through Fri
day. Additional days already have been
scheduled for February 3rd-4th in New
York. Feerick has 3 0 days to make his
ruling and it is believed he will not rule
P J. Carlesimo Head Coach for the Golden State Warriors
I atrell Sprew ell’s immediate N BA
future begins w ith an arduous
arbitration bearing in Portland that
will determ ine if his one year league
suspension lot assaulting lorm ereoaeh
P J. Carlesim o was properpum shm ent
or too harsh.
In d e p e n d e n t a r b itr a to r Jo h n
Feerick. dean of Fordham University
I .aw School, will hear argum ents both
from attorneys for the NBA and the
NBA Players Association. In addi
tion. Feerick will hear testim ony and
d e p o s itio n s from a h a n d fu l o f
Sprewell s former team m ates on the
G olden State W arriors
Som e of
quickly.
W hile the N BA merely w ants
Feerick to uphold its ban of Sprewell
— the longest non-drug suspension in
league history — the NBPA wants
Sprewell reinstated with his contrac
tual rights. That is considered a long
shot, w ith a more likely outcome al
lowing the former All-Star to return at
the beginning of next season
A rbitrators of ten use precedent in
their rulings in these cases. Although
there never has been a situation in
which an NBA player lias attacked a
coach, there have been incidents in
which players have attacked other team
em ployees, including an incident early
this season in which former Phoenix
Suns forw ard l oin Chambers attac ked
the trainer.
Prior to Sprewell s ban. the longest
suspensions for violence in league his
lory were 26 games given to Kermit
Washingtiin ft >rpunching i >pp< ment Rudy
Tomjanovichduring a game in 1977; 11
games given to Dennis Ri xlman lor kick
ing acourtside cameraman last year. and
lOgames to Vernon Maxwell forgoing
into the stands in Portland and attacking
a heckler in 1995. Sprewell already has
missed 26 games.
'Hie union also believes there is
c o n flic tin g te stim o n y reg a rd in g
whether Sprew ell punched Carlesimo
when he returned to practice alter the
initial attack 20 minutes earlier lluntei
said that six Warriors have stated that
Sprewell did not throw a punch at
Carlesimo. although Warriors man
agem ent and numerous accounts of
the incident have said otherwise.
The hearing is being held in Port
land because the W arriors visit the
Broncos’ offensive line dominant in Super Bowl XXXII
B y J ohn P i zzi i i . o
S pu r is I n kh < NFL E ditor
Action alw ays speaks louder than
words
W hen Super Bowl week began,
ihe offensive line of the D envcrB ron-
cos becam e a story because of their
ref usal to speak to the media. But in
the end. they made the loudest noise
.is the Broncos stunned the G reen
Bay Packers. 31-24. in Super Bowl
XXXII Sunday.
"That was pretty good lor the light
est line in the N FL ," said Broncos
quarterback John Elway. "They co n
trolled the line o f scrim m age and
out-physicalled G reen Bay ”
All week, the Broncos had to hear
how their offensive line was too small
to handle the Packers. How can a
line with an average size o f ju st u n
der 6-5 and 290 pounds deal with a
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w ill not sit in on the hearings.
Sprewell has been playing unorga
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of the USBL that called for him loearn
the median U S . household income of
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"It kind of ticked u s o ffa little bit."
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I'lie tact is. the line consistently
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are not expected to be directly in
volved in the proceedings.
For the most part. Sprewell has kept a
low profile since the incident. He apolo
gized but did not answer questions dur
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December 9th that was attended by
Hunter, agent AmTellem. several of his
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W hat is the d iffe re n c e ? ’ But that is
Trail Blazers tonight. Sprewell and
Carlesim o both will give testimony, as
will W arriors players and executives.
Ihe union may request Blazers who
played under Carlesim o to testify to
the coach's style, which some have
called abrasive.
R epresenting Sprew ell will be
Hunter. NBPA chief counsel Bob
I anza. w ho w ill try the case; associate
counsel Ron Klempner; deputy coun
sel Hal Biagas; and Jeffrey Kessler,
who headed the f ailed union decertifi
cation m ovem ent in 1995.
i’he NBA will counter with execu
tive vice president and chief legal of
ficer Jeffrey Mishkin and private at
torneys H ow ard G anz and Frank
Rothman, both former colleagues of
NBA commissioner David Stem. Stem
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