Page 6/The Battalion/Friday, June 26, 1987 F?a ’87 NBA draft doesn’t make the grade By Ed Bodde Assistant Sports Editor The 1987 NBA draft definitely won’t go down as the deepest or strongest of recent years. Only Navy center David Robinson could be la beled as a “can’t miss” prospect, and fans won’t see him on the hardwood for Analysis at least two years. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that of the three pro basket ball franchises in Texas, the San An tonio Spurs are the clear winner in the draft. They’re probably the only winner. The Houston Rockets didn’t even own a No. 1 pick, while the Maver icks, needing a center, chose guards in the first two rounds. Here’s a report card of each team’s draft: San Antonio — The Spurs, in desperate need of a center, couldn’t resist taking the highly-touted Rob inson. The best center prospect since Patrick Ewing must serve two years in the Navy before he’s eligible to play. If the Spurs can’t sign the seven-footer, they will undoubtedly be asking a high price for his rights — something like two established players and a top draft choice would be about right. Somehow, I think the Spurs would rather have Robinson to themselves. The trade of veteran Artis Gil more may open the way for second- round pick Greg Anderson of Hous ton. The 6’11” Anderson may see a lot of playing time if the Spurs don’t trade for another center. And al though he’s got some potential, most experts agree Anderson is probably a few years away from making any solid contributions. The Spurs, already owning a tal ented backcourt, may have found a sleeper in Temple guard Nate Blackwell. GRADE — A-. Houston — The Rockets, who seem destined to go throughout the rest of recorded time without a point guard, used their second-round pick on Purdue’s Doug Lee. Doug Who? Lee, a former Aggie, could fill the Rockets’ need at the off-guard posi tion if he can consistently bury his jump shot. Still, one has to wonder how the Rockets decided on the obscure Lee, when Oklahoma’s Tim McCalister and Alabama’s Terry Goner were available. McCalister averaged 20 points per game for the Sooners while Goner led the Southeastern Conference in assists for three consecutive years. Lee averaged just 10 points each game at Purdue. The remaining choices are less known than Lee, and all of them will be hard-pressed to make the team. It seems the only way the Rockets will come up with a quality point guard in the forseeable future is some kind of deal involving Ralph Sampson. Unfortunately for the Rockets, Sampson’s value may have slipped over the last two years. And the idea of a top-flight point guard dishing off assists to Akeem Olaju- won may just make some teams think twice. GRADE — D. Dallas — The Mavericks’ loss tc the Seattle Supersonics in the first round of the playoffs exposed twc weaknesses — a lack of speed, and the lack of a credible big man who can score. So what does Dallas do? The organization picked two incred ibly slow guards, Jim Farmer of Ala bama and Steve Alford from In diana. Both are dead-eye shooters, but the Mavericks already have Mark Aguirre, Derek Harper and Brad Davis. Could it be the Maver icks are ready to part with the tal ented, but volatile Aguirre? If so, the Mavericks will probably look to get an inside scorer. Both Farmer and Alford should make the team backing up Harper and Davis. Either one could even tually push Davis for the starting spot. The key for both players will be their ability to handle quicker and faster guards one-on-one. Alford will also have to prove he can get off his shot without the use of a screen. GRADE —C. Adams threatens to move Oilers unless Astrodome gets improved HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Oil ers owner Bud Adams is serious about moving his NFL team if im provements aren’t made on the As trodome, a judge and Astrodome of ficials said Thursday. Adams, who has owned the team since I960, confirmed he will inspect facilities at Jacksonville, Fla., includ ing the seldom-used 81,000-seat Ga tor Bowl, this weekend. The Oilers have played home games in the 50,000-seat Astrodome since 1968, but in recent years Ad ams has campaigned for more seat ing capacity and new artificial sur face. Harris County Judge John Lind say said officials hope to ask voters to decide in November if $40 million can be spent on adding 10,000 to 15,000 seats and another $6 million to concrete the Dome floor and re place the artificial turf. “If we don’t put the seats in, I think they are going to be gone at some point in time,” Lindsay said. The Astrodome is owned by Har ris County and operated by the Houston Sports Association. HSA President Robert Harter said he agrees with Adams’ contention that improvements are needed. “They (Oilers) are in a disadvanta geous situation in that they are play ing in the smallest stadium in the NFL,” Harter said. “I think the Oil ers are serious. “There are other cities with op- SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Carl Le wis began his quest for a “triple” in the USA-Mobil Outdoor Track and Field Championships by breezing to victory in a heat of the men’s 200- meter dash and qualifying for the longjump final Thursday. Lewis, who won it in 1983, is try ing to win the event again this year. The sprinters expected to give Le wis his toughest competition in the. 200, Kirk Baptiste, the Olympic sil ver medalist, and Floyd Heard, the NCAA champion from Texas A&M, finished 1-2, respectively, in their heat. Each was clocked in 20.18. Heats in the 100 were to be held later Thursday. The semifinals and final of the 200 will be contested Fri day, as will the longjump final. The semifinals and final of the 100 are portunities for them to take a look at, Jacksonville being one, and I per sonally don’t blame them for seeing what their options are,” he said. The original Astro Turf was re placed in 1978 and has worn thin in recent seasons. “Some say it’s too soft and some say it’s too hard, but everybody agrees it’s the worst in the NFL and “It’s no secret that the city of Jacksonville has been pursuing an NFL fran chise for some time. They made a very impressive presentation at the own er’s meeting in Maui this spring. ” — Bud Adams really needs to be replaced,” Harter said. The Oilers will be the fourth Na tional Football League team to visit Jacksonville this year. City officials have been actively seeking an NFL team, the Florida Times-Union re ported. Officials from St. Louis, Buffalo and Atlanta have visited recently. Falcon officials were the only ones to make a formal visit. Confirming a report in the Times- scheduled for Saturday. Four years ago, after completing the triple, Lewis won gold medals in the 100, longjump and 400-meter relay in the inaugural World Cham pionships at Helsinki, Finland. This year, provided he makes the U.S. team in all three events in which he is entered in this meet, he plans to compete in four events — including the relay — in the World Champion ships at Rome. That would be similar to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, in which he won four gold medals. In the longjump trials, Lewis, un beaten in 49 meets since 1981, took only one jump, leaping 26 feet, 11'A inches, an automatic qualifier for the final. Union, Adams said he would pay a courtesy visit to the city because he would be in the state on other busi ness. “It’s no secret that the city of Jack sonville has been pursuing an NFL franchise for some time,” Adams said. “They made a very impressive presentation at the owner’s meeting in Maui this spring. “Many of the NFL owners have had a standing invitation to visit Jacksonville for quite awhile. I have politely declined their past invita tions because my travels have not taken me to the Florida area.” Adams said he would be in Flor ida this weekend as chairman of the board of the National Sigma Chi Fraternity Foundation and planned to visit with city officials at that time. “Since I will be in the area, (Gen eral Manager) Ladd Herzeg and I will stop in Jacksonville to see their stadium and generally just give them the courtesy of saying what they have to say,” Adams said. The Oilers are in their last year of their lease agreement with the As trodome, operated by the HSA, which also operates the Houston As tros. Under their current agreement, the Oilers pay 11.2 percent of their gross ticket sales for each game as rent. They receive no revenue from 55 private suites at the stadium and no parking or concession revenue. In the 200 heat, Lewis stayed with the field until about 70 meters re mained, then burst in front and raced easily to the finish line, clock ing 20.22 seconds. Calvin Smith, the world record- holder in the 100 and the 1983 world champion in the 200, finished second to Lewis in 20.33, one-hun dredth of a second ahead of 1976 Olympian Dwayne Evans. In the women’s 200 heats, Flor ence Griffith, the 1984 Olympic sil ver medalist, recorded the fastest time, 22.35. Evelyn Ashford, the Olympic gold medalist, took her heat in 22.55, and Gwen Torrence, the NCAA cham pion from Georgia, captured the other heat in 22.79. Padres get 4-1 victory over Astros SAN DIEGO (AP) — A bloop single by Carmelo Martinez that Houston second baseman Bill Do ran lost in the sun led to two runs in a four-run sixth inning Thurs day as San Diego beat the Astros 4-1. Martinez’s popup would have been the third out in the inning, and would have sent the game into the seventh with the score 1- 1. All four runs were scored after Houston starter Mike Scott, 9-4, retired the first two batters. San Diego left-hander Dave Dravecky, 3-6, who pitched 6Vs innings, allowed one run on four hits. Dravecky was relieved with runners on first and second in the seventh by Lance McCullers, who itched the final 2% innings for is ninth save. Dravecky allowed only a fourth-inning, two-out homer by rookie Chuck Jackson, the first of his major-league career, which glanced off the right-field foul pole. Scott carried that lead and a two-hitter into the sixth when he walked Stanley Jefferson with two out. Jefferson stole second and scored on a single to center by Tim Flannery. Tony Gwynn reached first on an infield single that bounced high off home plate, putting run ners on first and second, setting the stage for Martinez’s game winning hit. Martinez hit what appeared to be a routine pop fly just beyond second base, but Doran lost the ball in the sun as Flannery scored. Gwynn continued around and was safe when catcher Ronn Rey nolds juggled the throw from rightfielder Kevin Bass. Scott walked John Kruk inten tionally and then Kevin Mitchell singled to left, scoring pinch-run ner Shane Mack with the final run. The victory was just the Padres’ fifth in 14 decisions against Scott in his career. He was 4-1 against San Diego in 1986. The Padres, who have the worst record in the major leagues at 24-49, have won nine of 12 games. 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The two actually played 41 min utes, but there was a 3 Vs-hour delay after the fifth game of the first set as rain continued to disrupt the grass- court championships. Only one other match was started under the cloudy skies. On Centre Court, Italy’s Paolo Cane led second- seeded Ivan Lendl of Czechoslova kia, the world’s top-ranked player, 6- 3, 5-5. Alan Mills, the tournament ref eree, said that if the inclement weather continues, there was the possibility some events could be :hanged or canceled. But he em phasized that the tournament, which >aw all of Monday’s play rained out and a curtailed schedule on Tues day, is “not that desperate ... at this point in time.” “I am so lucky to have been able to finish my match," said Navratilova, who is seeking a record-equaling eighth Wimbledon singles crown and her first title of 1! worst thing is to be stop] middle.” She took nine minutest feat Inoue than she needed:| pose of her first-round West Germany’s Claudia Porn Wednesday. But Inoue the 30-year-old American! hander with more problem!; did the German teen-ager, “At the beginning Etsubj serving hard first and serves, Navratilova said.'Tkjj started serving some double) which I figured she would! able to break her after shej little off the serve.” When the two returned11 Court following the raint ratilova began right wheresil left off, breaking Inoue'ssentJ to go up 5-1. She then li close out the first set after ij utes of play. Two more service breaks I lii st and tlm (1 games, gavels] leva a 3-0 lead in the secot which she built tol-Obvhok love, including her third acctt match. Then Inoue finally heldj But it was too late as Nan served out the match. In the Lendl-Canematch,d ian, ranked 40th in the world, in the fourth gametoiakea in the first set, andhedindi 29-minute set by crushing d lob. 1 he two were on senecl second set. Cane saving tin points at 4-5, when rainhaittdjl im Gooden glad about resil ita of spring training drug fesf Mo, the Iberty o NEW YORK (AP) — Dwight Gooden, speaking publicly about his use of cocaine for the first time, said he was grateful when he tested posi tively for drugs during spring train ing. “In a way, I’m glad I got caught,” the New York Met pitcher said. “I might have ended up like Len Bias." Bias, the Maryland basketball All American, died a year ago after us ing cocaine at a party to celebrate his selection by the Boston Celtics in the NBA draft. In interviews with the New York Post and New York Newsday, which appeared Thursday, Gooden said he began using cocaine in 1984 but that he had never used it during the baseball season. “I was never hooked,” he said. “I was never a junkie. I always used it in the off-season . . . never during the season.” He admitted, however, that his use of the drug had in creased from once a month to once a week last winter. “I know some people think I was a junkie, but I never had a problem with it. I did coke the way someone might have a drink with dinner. Go to a party or a club and it’d be there. But once it was gone, I never craved more. I let it go.” Gooden was National League rookie of the year in 1984 when he won 17 games, and won the Gy Young award when he went 24-4 in 1985. His production fell to 17-6 last year as the Mets won the world championship. During last season, rumors of drug use reached the club from Commissioner Peter Ueberroth’s of fice and Mets Manager Davey John son confronted the pitcher with them. Gooden denied the allegations and agreed to testing this year after signing a 51.5 million contract Gooden said he was not cerned about submitting tote cause he thought the coaint system would not showup,Htj he had used cocaine two aavs being arrested by Tampa pel traffic dispute last Decemh drug tests at that timewerencf "I thought I'd be OK in training, too,” he said. “1 thought I would get caught. Gooden said he used coos] days before the Mets tested he was shocked when the came back positive. As a tel test, Gooden was ordered to^ drug rehabilition program, spent 28 days in a New Yot and alcohol treatment center “The hardest part was tell parents. I went nome that(h 1 sa id, ‘Pull up a chair, I halt bad news.’ My mom was good it. She said, ‘Maybe this is! best.’ But my dad,... hecoulil lieve it. “Why did I do it? Becaustj stupid. 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