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<ÜÍfe ^Iortlanò (Observer
May 14. 2003
S ports
Blazer Great
Considers GM Post
Nets Make a Clean
Sweep in Boston
(A P )— Jason K idd sw ished a 3-
pointer w ith a second left and the
sw eep assured - a little highlight for
the Boston Celtics to rem ember what
a great p layer he is.
As if they needed to be reminded.
The shot finished o ff the N ew
Jersey N ets' 110-101, double-over-
tim e w in as they elim inated the
C eltics in four gam es in the Eastern
C o n fe re n c e se m ifin a l M o n d ay
night.
“T o com e and sw eep the B oston
C eltics isj ust history in itsel f," K idd
said. “T h e y 'v e had so m any tal
ented team s."
B ut they hav en ’t w on an NBA
title since 1986, when they got their
16th, and they w ere knocked out
one round earlier than last year,
w hen they lost to the N ets in a six-
gam e conference final.
K idd finished with 29 points, 10
rebounds, eight assists and w ords
o f praise from the opposition.
“Jason K idd is a great player,”
B oston coach Jim O ’Brien said.
“ H e 's the best passer I’ve ever
seen in m y life.”
Added Eric Williams: "H e'sprob-
ably the best player going on right
now. He takes all 12 o f those guys
and m akes them like superstars.”
Kidd w as able to block out the
taunts o f fans w ho, for the second
straight gam e, yelled "w ife beater,"
ju s t as they did during last y e a r’s
p lay o ff gam es in Boston.
That w as a reference to charges
he struck his w ife in 2001; the
charges w ere dropped w hen Kidd
underw ent anger counseling and
paid a fine. B ecause o f the atm o
sphere at the FleetC enter, Joum ana
K idd and th eir 4-year-old son, T. J.,
have not attended the gam es in
B oston.
“ At the end o f the nig h t,” Kidd
said, " it’s about basketball."
The N ets next play D etroit or
Philadelphia; that series, tied 2-2,
resum es W ednesday night.
(AP) — Former Portland Trail
Blazers great Clyde Drexler says
he’s interested in becoming presi
dent or general manager of the team.
Drexler, the most accomplished
player in Blazers' history Joins other
former and current Blazers who
say they want the jobs vacated by
Bob Whitsitt.
Dave Twardzik, whose Number
13 is retired and hanging in the Rose
Garden rafters alongside Drexler’s Number 22, is known to be
interested in the general manager job.
And in a surprise declaration, current coach Maurice Cheeks
says he would take the general manager duties if offered — as
long as he could retain his coaching duties as well.
Those men — along with former Blazers Kiki Vandeweghe,
Jim Paxson and Wayne Cooper — are thought to be the former
Blazer players in the running for the general manager opening.
Milwaukee Buck’s general manager Ernie Grunfeld and the
Boston Celtics general manager Chris Wallace are also be-»
lieved to be on a short list of candidates for the vacant job.
New Jersey
Nets' Kenyon
Martin hangs on
the rim after
slamming a
dunk during the
deciding game to
sweep the
Boston Celtics
from the playoffs
Monday. (AP
photo)
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■ a M M M K H M W M IB M H
Oregon House Passes Baseball Bill
(A P )— The Oregon House passed
a proposal to build a m ajor league
baseball stadium in Portland last
week by a voteof33 to25. House Bill
3606 now goes to the Senate, where
its future is far from clear.
S upporters o f the plan say it
could bring jo b s and tourists to
O regon, possibly along w ith the
M ontreal Expos.
But opponents say the state needs
to focus on schools, public safety
and social services, not baseball.
A dvocates o f the baseball sta
dium say th e y ’re not looking to
take any m oney from state services.
T hey say the proposed $150
m illion dollar construction bond
w ould be paid back exclusively with
incom e taxes generated by base
ball players and m anagers.
The bill also requires an outside
authority to m anage the financing
o f the stadium .
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