M a y 2 3 , 2001
P ag e B 3
Michael Jordan, Wizards Win Top Draft Pick
(A P)— Michael Jordan finally won
something with the W ashington W iz
ards — the NBA Draft Lottery.
The questions now are will the
W izards keep using the top pick in next
m onth’s draft, and if they do, will No.
1 choice get a chance to play with his
boss. Jordan refused to shed light on
either question Sunday evening in a
static-filled telephone conference call
from the 12 th fairway o f an undis
closed g o lf course after the W izards
posted their biggest win in years.
“Right now I’ve been focusing on
m yjob,” Jordan said w hen asked if the
thought o f playing w ith the top pick
might influence his decision on a re
turn to the NBA.
Jordan, the W izards president o f
basketball operations, was thrilled see-
ing the W izards beat the odds in jum p
ing from the No. 3 spot to No. 1 in the
ping pong ball lottery.
“W hen you ’re trying to build a team,
you need some wild cards,” said Jor
dan, who led the Chicago Bulls to six
NBA titles before retiring after the 1997-
98 season. He joined the W izards as a
part-owner in January 2000.
“H aving the No. 1 pick is a wild
card,” Jordan added. “Y ou’re going to
have some options thrown at you. We
have an opportunity to rebuild this
franchise a lot quicker.”
Having Jordan in the lineup would
help, too. He has been working out
with fellow retiree Charles Barkley in
recent months. Barkley has hinted an
announcem ent on their possible re
turn will be m ade this summer.
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Washington assistantgeneral manager (right) Rod Higgins
represents the Wizards at the NBA lottery.
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Hall of Fame Coach Ralph Miller dies at 82
(A P )— Form er O regon State bas
ketball coach R alph M iller, w ho led
the B eavers to four P a c ific -10 C o n
feren ce c h a m p io n sh ip s and eight
N C A A T o u rn a m e n t ap p e aran c es,
h as died. H e w as 82.
M iller retired in 1989 as the sixth
all-tim e w inningest D ivision I coach
w ith 674 v icto ries. H is team s had
ju s t three losing seasons in 38 years
as a m a jo r co lleg e h ead coach.
“ O reg o n S tate U n iv ersity has
lost a true g ia n t,” said a th le tic s
d ire c to r M itch B arnhart.
M iller d ied T u esd a y at his hom e
at B la c k B u tte R a n ch n ea r S isters,
u n iv e rsity o ffic ia ls said.
T he H all o fF a m e coach com piled
a re c o rd o f 3 5 9 -1 8 6 d u rin g his 19
se aso n s at O re g o n S tate, b e g in
n ing in 1971.
M ille r led th e 1981 team to the
N o. 1 ra n k in g in th e n atio n for nine
w ee k s, an d fiv e o f his team s w ere
ran k e d in th e to p 10. In ad d itio n to
c o n fe re n c e title s an d N C A A a p
p e a ra n c e s, his team s m ad e th ree
trip s to th e N a tio n a l In v ita tio n
T o u rn a m e n t a n d w on se v en Far
W e st C la ssic titles.
H e also w as a tw o -tim e P ac-1 0
C o ach o f th e Y ea r an d co a ch e d tw o
c o n sen su s A ll-A m eric an s — S tev e
Jo h n so n an d G ary P ay to n .
“ I looked to R alp h as m y m entor,
b u t m o st o f all as a g o o d frie n d ,”
sa id h is lo n g tim e a s s is ta n t an d
form er O SU h ead coach Jim A n d er
son. “ E v ery h ead co a ch in th e p ro
g ram sin c e R alp h has attem p ted to
e m u la te th e h ig h lev el o f a c h ie v e
m en t h is team s e x p e rie n c e d .”
M iller was b o m M arch 9 ,1 9 1 9 , in
C h a n u te , K an ., w h ere he e a rn e d
fo u r le tte rs in fo o tb all an d track ,
three in b ask etb a ll, and one in g o lf
and te n n is at C h an u te H igh School.
H e also e a rn ed all-state h onors
in b ask etb a ll th ree tim es b efo re he
en tered the U n iv ersity o f K an sas
in 1 93 7 and becam e a tw o-sport star
for th e Jayhaw ks.
H e ea rn ed th ree letters as a fo o t
ball q u arte rb a ck an d three in b as
k etb all p lay in g fo r the P hog A llen.
H e w as in d u cted into the H all o f
Fam e in 1988, an d receiv ed the N a
tio n al A sso c iatio n o f B asketball
C o ach es H illy ard G olden A n n iv er
sary A w ard in 1997.
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clubs in a fish in g tournam ent.
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Injuries commonly seen by and
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