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Finals Open with Key Guard Matchup W o rld
o f A u tos
Young Tony
Parker to face
Nets star
Jason Kidd
(A P )— T o appreciate how much
o f an effect T ony Parker has had on
the Spurs, ju s t lo ok at the w ay he
eats his French fries - d ip p in g them
in a m ixtu re o f mayonnaise and
ketchup.
“ T im (D uncan) eats them that
w ay too n o w ," teammate M a lik
S an A n to n io S p u rs g u a rd Tony P a rk e r (above), o n e
Rose said.
Parkerhas indeed influenced the
o f th e NBA s y o u n g e s t p la ye rs, w ill m a tch -u p
tastes and talents o f the San A n to
a g a in s t N ew Je rs y N e ts v e te ra n Ja so n K id d (rig h t)
in th e NBA fin a ls s ta r tin g W edn esd ay in San
n io Spurs, w ho begin the ir quest for
I’ r iv t
A n to n io (AP p h o to )
The M ustang is the last pony standing since the com petitors are no
cham pionship against the N ew Jer
sey Nets.
Parker, w h o turned 21 less than
three weeks ago, w ill become the
in g subplot. The Spurs w ill have
more than $ 14 m illio n w o rth o f sal
special edition m odels fo r 2003. Ford has not lost it touch to bring one
fou rth -youn ge st p laye r in N B A
histo ry to com pete in the finals
behind Jonathan Bender (19, In d i-
and i t ’s possible they cou ld make
h im an offer.
a second N B A title on Wednesday
night in Game 1 ofthebest-of-seven
longer are m aking th e F ire b ird o rC a m a ro . Ford added M ach 1 to their
ary cap space over the sum m er
when K id d becomes a free agent,
W ill that a ffect Parker?
opening round.
K id d is not a natural scorer lik e
M a rb u ry , but he’ s a better passer,
m o re p o in ts fro m P arker, w h ose
fla s h y speed and a ccu ra te m id
ra n g e ju m p e r are h is stro n g e s t
w ith the M ustang fa m ily. The M ach 1 high perform ance tw in -cam 4.6-
rebounder and a ll-a ro u n d player.
K id d is averaging 20.3, 8.4 re
s k ills .
Parker, bom in B elgium and
o f the ig n itio n . The roar o f the engine took me back to m y high school
bounds and 8.3 assists in the
raised in France, is the son o f an
A m e ric a n fa th e r and a D u tc h
mother. H is father, T ony Sr., played
back to the 1960s m uscle car era. T hey continue to stay strong in sales
lite r V 8 engine lets you hear the po w e r under the hood from the turn
days ju s t w ish in g I cou ld take it to the high school drags fo r a run. 1
ana,2000),DarrylDawkins(20,1977,
P hiladelphia) and M a g ic Johnson
‘T v e been asked that question
postseason to Parker’ s 14.9 points,
2.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists.
500 tim es, and it ’ s not going to
“ T h e y were the best team in
fo r Loyola, 111., before m oving over
(20, Lakers, 1980).
bother me - the com parison and the
the N B A , so e v e ry b o d y ta lks
seas to play professionally in Eu
acceleration perform ance w ith lots o f torque. The M ach 1 d is tin
" I t ’ s a dream to p lay in the N B A
Finals. Three years ago 1 was w a k
in g up at 3 a m . to watch the finals,
and now I ’ m p la yin g in them ,”
Parker said.
H is m atchup against Nets point
m atchup w ith Jason K id d ,” Parker
said M onday.
rope.
Parker first saw his fathe r's old
Chester Highlands neighborhood
on C hicago’s South Side when he
was 6.
guishes its e lf by the black shaker hood w ith a lo w -gloss black strip
guard is m ore d iffic u lt to defend
about T im , and they should,” K id d
said. " B u t T o n y P arker is the key.
W hen he pla ys w e ll, they p la y
w e ll.”
In d e e d , the S pu rs w e re 20-1
d u r in g the re g u la r season and
guard Jason K id d w ill be one o f the
keys, and it comes w ith an in trig u
than Stephon M arbury, whose Suns
defeated San A n to n io tw ice in the
4 -0 in th e f ir s t th re e ro u n d s o f
the p la y o ffs w h e n g e ttin g 20 o r
poor. It helped m e ap pre ciate the
g o od th in g s in lif e , " P arker said.
Parker does not even expect this
m atchup to be his toughest o f the
postseason. In his op in ion , no point
“ It was the ghetto, it was re a lly
enjoyed hearing the ru m b lin g o f the engine that made w ant stom p on
the gas pedal and take it to its fu ll potential. It delivers tremendous
run ning up the center o f the hood. The scoop is designed to channel
fresh a ir in to the intake fo r increased breathing and therefore increased
power. The M ustang offers superior g rip p in g when cornering hard’
The firs t glance o f the in te rio r le ft me w ith im pression o f race car seats
and pedals. The center console is standard how ever easily accessible.
The seats g rip the body g iv in g fu ll support. It is ro o m y enough m ay
be a little tig h t fo r any long legged rear passengers. The trunk space
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is sm all but adequate. The M ustang M ach 1 rem ains to supply great
perform ance and sound. I believe Ford w ill continue to stay strong in
Cheeks Caught in Coaching Merry Go Round
( A P ) — There are s till ple n ty o f
N B A c o a c h in g jo b s o u t there,
M o n d a y .” A lo t o f s t u f f is hap
pening. I f M o can get o u t o f his
and p le n ty o f un em p loye d fo rm e r
coaches to f i l l them . W ith L a rry
deal in P ortla nd , and ends up in
P h illy , he m ay end o f ke e p in g
B ro w n ta kin g over the D e tro it Pis
tons and Paul Silas g o in g to the
C le v e la n d C a va lie rs on M o n d a y,
the lis t o f co a ch in g vacancies
some o f ( B r o w n ’ s fo rm e r) sta ff.
T h e re ’ s so m an y d o m in o e ffe cts
g o in g o n .”
T he N e w O rle a n s H o rn e ts,
dro p p e d to fiv e .
P hila delph ia 76ers, T o ro n to Rap
A n o th e r fa c to r th a t c o u ld f u r
p ic tu r e is M a u ric e C h e e k s ' sta
tors, W ash in g to n W iza rd s and
H ouston R ockets s till have o p en
ings, and fo rm e r coaches M ik e
tus w ith the P o rtla n d T r a il B la z
ers.
V an G u n d y are am ong the c a n d i
th e r u n s e ttle th e le a g u e w id e
b e lie v e th e T r a il B la z e rs w o u ld
ra th e r have R ic k C a rlis le as th e ir
co a ch . C h e e ks has one y e a r re
m a in in g , p lu s a team o p tio n , on
B la ze r C oach M a u ric e C heeks.
C oach P au l S ila s h ire d a t
C leveland.
h is c o n tra c t w ith P o rtla n d .
C a rlis le cam e o n to the m arket
w a y fo r B ro w n .
u n e xp e cte d ly o v e r the weekend
a fte rth e Pistons fire d h im to make
so m e b o d y's bench ne xt ye a r,”
Pistons president Joe D um ars said
“ R ick w ill be a head coach on
by the end o f the ir 8lh grade year.
thers have q u a lifie d fo r and w ill be
Academ ics are also a m ain focus
m ent in Seattle.
The team is lo o k in g fo r co m
attending the H ig h F ive A m erican
w ith the team.
m u n ity support th ro u g h do na
T ou rn a m e n t, S um m e r N a tio n a l
C o m p e titio n in San D iego, C a lif.
The team fro m north and n o rth
east Portland has set goals to com
pete at an A A U national level w ith
national and state cham pionships
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C a rlis le said he p la n n e d to
speak to three teams th is w eek
w h ile atten din g the N B A pre dra ft
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id e n tify the teams.
Tiibman’s Panthers Bound for High Five Tourney
The Tubman M id dle School Pan
us it brings back m em ories and fo r others it w ill b u ilt m em ories.
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