Page 6AFhe BattaliorVTuesday, June 23, 1987
No surprise with NBA draft’s 1st pick Aggies’ Crite picked
Spurs pick Robinson; draft shows changing of the guard Suns in 3rd round
NEW YORK (AP) — David Rob
inson and Tyrone Bogues, 22 inches
apart in height, were separated by
only 11 selections in the NBA draft
Monday.
The 7-foot-1 Robinson, as ex-
.pected, was the No. 1 pick by San
Antonio despite the liabilities of a
two-year Naval commitment and un
certainty about how long the Spurs
will retain the exclusive right to sign
him.
The Washington Bullets, with the
12th pick, also ignored an obvious
liability when they selected Bogues, a
5-3 guard from Wake Forest who
will become the smallest player in
the NBA. He will join a team that
also has the tallest player, 7-7 Man-
ute Bol.
“Having Manute at center to back
me up could take a lot of the pres
sure off me,” Bogues said. “It’s an
honor going in the first round. I
think I turned a few heads in the
(postseason) camps I played in. I
guess somebody believed in me.”
Bogues also was the sixth guard
taken in the first 12 picks, a radical
change from last year when only two
backcourt players were picked in the
first 12.
A total of nine guards were taken
in the first round, four more than
last year. Of the first 27 picks, 12
were guards and four were centers.
Rod Thorn, the NBA’s director of
operations and a former player per
sonnel director for Chicago, said the
emphasis on guards is probably a
one-year phenomenon.
“There were just more good
guards available this year and the
teams drafting high had more of a
need for them,” Thorn said.
Phoenix followed San Antonio’s
pick of Robinson with 6-9 Armon
Gilliam of Nevada-Las Vegas, fol
lowed by a run of four guards in the
next five picks.
Miller of UCLA and Bogues, were
taken 11th and 12th after 6-11 cen
ter Olden Polynice was drafted by
Chicago, 6-9 forward Derrick Mc-
Key of Alabama by Seattle and 6-10
forward Horace Grant of Clemson
by Chicago.
Seattle later traded the rights to
sign Pippen to Chicago for the rights
to sign Polynice, who played in Italy
last year after a college career at Vir
ginia. Seattl also acquired a second-
round pick in 1988 or 1989 and the
option to swap first-round picks in
1988 or 1989 as long as they don’t
involve one of the first three picks.
9 Dallas Comegys of DePaul by At
lanta, 6-7 Reggie Lewis of North
eastern by Boston and 6-10 Greg
Anderson of Houston by San Anto-
Hopson, the first guard picked,
said he saw New Jersey play against
Cleveland last season and noticed
the Nets were weak in the backcourt.
“There were five guys on the
court, yet they needed help with the
guard situation,” said Hopson, the
nation’s No. 2 collegiate scorer with
29.0 points per game.
New Jersey grabbed 6-5 Dennis
Hopson, the Los Angeles Clippers
took 6-7 Reggie Williams of George
town, Seattle selected 6-7 forward
Scottie Pippen of Central Arkansas,
Sacramento picked 6-3 Kenny Smith
of North Carolina and Cleveland
drafted 6-1 Kevin Johnson of Cali
fornia.
Two more guards, 6-7 Reggie
After the Bullets made Bogues
the 12th pick, the rest of the first-
round selections were 6-10 forward
Joe Wolf of North Carolina by the
Clippers, 6-10 forward Tellis Frank
of Western Kentucky by Golden
State, 6-10 Jose Ortiz of Oregon
State by Utah, 7-0 Chris Welp of
Washington by Philadelphia, 6-4
Ronnie Murphy of Jacksonville by
Portland, 6-3 Mark Jackson of St.
John’s by New York, 6-8 Ken Nor
man of Illinois by the Clippers, 6-4
Jim Farmer of Alabama by Dallas, 6-
Pippen would have been a sur
prise pick if the draft had been held
right after the college season, but he
impressed scouts during postseason
camps with his all-around ability.
“I need to polish myself,” said Pip
pen, who averaged 23.6 points and
10 rebounds in a senior during
which he was hardly noticed. “I
think I proved myself to people dur
ing camp. I showed that I’m a versa
tile player who could play one to
three positions. If someone told me
a year ago I’d be the No. 5 pick, I’d
have thought they were joking.”
From Staff and Wire Reports
Texas A&M standout forward
Winston Crite was taken in the third
round of Monday’s NBA draft by
the Phoenix Suns. Crite was A&M’s
third all-time leading scorer and sec
ond all-time leading rebounder.
Joining Crite from the SWC was
all-conference performer Greg An
derson of Houston, who was chosen
by the San Antonio Spurs. Anderson
finished his career with the Cougars
as the school’s No. 3 all time re
bounder behind Elvin Hayes and
Akeem Olajuwon.
Anderson, who was the No. 2 re
bounder in the nation in 1986. be
came the third Cougar first;
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draft selection in the last four
Olajuwon, with the
Rockets, was the first pid
1984 draft and Michael Yount
Boston’s first pick in 1985.
Anderson was the only Soi
Conference or Texas o
sen in the first round.
Rockets take former Aggie
HOUSTON (AP) — Purdue
guard Doug Lee, who played two
seasons for the Texas Aggies, was
chosen by the Houston Rockets in
the second round of Monday’s NBA
draft.
Lee, 6-6, 215, was the 35th player
chosen in the draft and the first pick
for the Rockets, who did not have a
first-round selection
Spurs find cornerstone for future Mavs pick Farmer, Alford
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San
Antonio Spurs picked Navy center
David Robinson in the first round of
the NBA collegiate draft Monday,
saying Robinson would be the cor
nerstone of a new team.
Robinson, 7-foot-1-inch, 235
pounds, recently commissioned as
an ensign after graduation from the
U.S. Naval Academy, was at the
White House and playing in a golf
tournament with his father and did
not attend the draft in New York.
“He’s going to be the cornerstone
of the new Spurs,” Coach Bob Weiss
said.
Robinson, 21, will be spending the
next two years in the Navy and there
is debate as to how long the Spurs
have to sign him.
“We feel very comfortable we can
do it or we wouldn’t have drafted
him,” Spurs President Angelo Dros
ses said. “As far as signing him to a
contract, we will pay him whatever it
takes.”
Robinson, who is scheduled to re
port for duty as a naval civil engi
neer on July 1, broke 33 school re
cords at the academy and his 2,669
points make him 10th on the NCAA
scoring list.
Drossos said he would like to talk
to Robinson’s agent, Lee Fentress,
before July 1 and wants Robinson to
visit San Antonio before his military
service begins.
“We would have liked him on that
stage and holding up a Spurs shirt,
but I am not disappointed that he
was not on that stage,” Drossos said.
“We would like to have him here
before the first of July to see if he
likes San Antonio, if he wants to play
for San Antonio. We will not talk
money, necessarily,” Drossos said.
The NBA has said that under the
collective bargaining agreement with
the players association, the Spurs
would have a year to sign Robinson,
whether he plays or not.
The league also has a bylaw that
would make Robinson a free agent if
he hasn’t signed within two years
with the team that drafts him.
The Spurs contend they have two
years to sign Robinson, but the play
ers association says if San Antonio
can’t sign him within a year, Robin
son should become eligible for the
June 1988 draft.
A judge or arbitrator may even
tually have to settle the matter and
other teams already are hoping that
Robinson will forget about San An
tonio.
The Spurs finished last season at
24-58, the worst in the club’s history.
DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas
Mavericks, looking for back-up
guard help and improved outside
shooting, selected Alabama’s Jim
Farmer and Indiana’s Steve Al
ford in the first and second
rounds of Monday’s NBA draft.
The 6-foot-4 Farmer, a dea-
deye shooter who made almost 90
percent of his free throws, was
the Mavericks’ first-round pick
from the 20th position. He is pro
jected to play the off-guard posi
tion.
The 6-2 Alford, the leader of
the Hoosiers’ national
championship team, was taken as
the third choice in the second
round. The Mavericks hope to
make him a point guard.
“Both players can give us men
tal toughness because they are
very competitive,” said Rick
Sund, who heads the Mavericks’
player personnel department.
“They are excellent players at
crunch time down the stretch of a
game. They can help our club.”
Farmer averaged 16.5 points
and 4.8 rebounds per game. He
was a first-team All-Southeastern
Conference selection.
“I know I’ll have to play hard
because I’m not as quick as some
players,” Farmer said. “But 1
have a lot of confidence. You
can’t measure the size of a play
er’s heart.”
Farmer said it wouldn’t bother
him to come off the bench.
“I realize I will be a role
player,” Farmer said. “I’ve always
had to work my way to the top no
matter where I’ve been.”
“He was the last guard(
before we went to anotheru
but he’s a tough kid and I
to make training camp compe
for the guards we have,'I
Coach Bill Fitch said.
Fitch said he liked Lee'ss
as an outside shooter, a quali:|
Rockets lacked last season.
“A lot of people say i
make it in the second roundk
just have to be taken by thrj
club." Fitch said. “He’s
come to the right club beaisj
need help at guard."
done d.;
Lee averaged 10.4 points f«
Boilermakers last season.
The Rockets have
later round selections fromp
drafts.
Leavell, who inherited thest
point guard position last <
a fifth-round Houston
1979. Reid was a second-rotuj
in 1977.
Jim Petersen, whohasdevel
into an oustanding
Sampson and Olajuwon, wasp
in the third round in 1984.
The Rockets, like all otherS
teams, can’t sign the colleg
drafted Monday or four-fifths#
year’s starting lineup because J
signing moratorium.
The Rockets were
Seattle and now face a
program.
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