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Spurs try to account for dismal season
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — It was
supposed to be a turnaround season
for the San Antonio Spurs. Opti
mism was high, what with a new
high-profile owner and a new high-
dollar coach who would be responsi
ble for transforming the team into
an NBA powerhouse.
But the old problems lingered.
Contract holdouts, inexperienced
and temperamental players and in
juries all contributed to the Spurs’
21-61 record, their worst season
ever.
Then team officials raised ticket
prices. And now, it’s “Wait ’Til Next
Year” again.
“We certainly expected a better
won-loss record and we’re surprised
we didn’t do better,” said Spurs
owner B.J. “Red” McCombs.
“I still expected toward the end of
the season that we would be winning
some games, but we didn’t win and
that was a big surprise,” McCombs
said.
McCombs, a San Antonio car
dealer, rancher, gun and art collec
tor, paid $47 million for majority in
terest in the Spurs last year.
A few weeks after he bought the
team, he fired the coach and hired
Larry Brown, who had coached the
Kansas Jayhawks to the NCAA
Championship in 1988.
McCombs called Brown the best
coach in basketball and offered him
a five-year pact worth $3.5 million.
But as much as Brown was being
paid, he could not control other fac
tors. Two veterans — Alvin Rob
ertson and Frank Brickowski — held
out for better contracts, and then in
juries began plaguing the Spurs.
There was conflict among some of
the players, between the players and
Brown, and between Brown and be
tween team management when the
coach criticized management moves.
Then there was talk that
McCombs wasn’t happy with Brown
and that Brown himself might be
booted out of the Spurs camp.
“There was never any question
about replacing Larry Brown. That
was never an issue,” McCombs said.
“I still think he’s the best coach in
basketball and Larry’s goal is to win
it all.”
And throughout the controversies
and injuries, the Spurs kept losing.
When it was over, Brown was at a
loss for words.
As the Spurs were playing their fi
nal games, team officials raised the
ticket prices, saying they needed to
compete with other NBA teams.
“No one likes to see ticket price
increase, but I think people recof
nize that is the nature of the sportw
are playing in,” McCombs said.
“They can stay here and watdi
teams like Cleveland and Detroii
play and they recognize they get;
better value for their dollar than if
they lived in a city like Houston oi
Dallas,” he said.
With the season over, the Spun
are focusing on next year. Ttif
Spurs now are contemplating trad
ing their lottery pick this summerio
return for a proven veteran.
That combination and the addi
tion of David Robinson, the teams
No. 1 draft pick two years ago, keeps
the Spurs thinking of better roads
ahead.
NBA Playoffs
continue to roll
without Celts
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Without Larry Bird, the Boston
Celtics were nothing.
“You take Michael Jordan away
from the Bulls, you take Magic John
son away from the Lakers, you see
where they are,” Boston center Joe
Kleine said after Detroit beat the
Celtics 100-85 to complete a three-
game sweep.
Boston was 42-40 during the reg
ular season, its worst record since
1978-79. Boston was knocked out in
the first round of the playoffs for
the first time in 33 years.
Three other of the best-of-5 series
ended with sweeps Tuesday night
when New York beat Philadelphia
116-115 in overtime, Phoenix beat
Denver 130-121 and Golden State
beat Utah 120-106.
Milwaukee beat Atlanta 117-113
in overtime Tuesday night and leads
two games to one.
The Bucs lost seven straight to the
Hawks, including the playoff
opener, the Bucks have won two
straight.
The Knicks will play either Chi
cago or Cleveland in the second
round.
Federal grand jury hears Rose case;
alleged tax evasion under question
CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal
grand jury Wednesday began hear
ing evidence in an investigation on
whether Cincinnati Reds manager
Pete Rose may have evaded income
taxes, the Cincinnati Post said.
A business partner of Rose, a for
mer friend and a racetrack official
were scheduled to testify Wednesday
before the grand jury in Cincinnati,
the Post said, quoting an unidenti
fied source close to the case.
The grand jury inquiry follows an
Internal Revenue Service investiga
tion last year of Rose. The IRS
probe, which began after federal of
ficials infiltrated a gambling and
drug trafficking ring involving ac
quaintances of Rose, reportedly fo
cused on the possibility that the Reds
manager evaded taxes involving al
leged gambling winnings. Rose has
said he did nothing illegal.
Federal marshals escorted Mi
chael Fry, serving an eight-year
prison sentence for drug trafficking
and tax evasion, into the grand jury
room today. He was the first person
to testify, the Post reported.
The newspaper identified others
scheduled to testify as Randy Thy-
berg, owner of Thyberg Sports Mar
keting Co., a Los Angeles firm that
specializes in baseball memorabilia
shows; Gerald Kramer, director of
parimutuel betting at Turfway Part
in Florence, Ky., and River Downs,
in Cincinnati and Michael Bertolini
Rose’s business partner from Ne*
York.
Two weeks ago, Bertolini refused
to talk to special investigators of
commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatii
who is investigating accusations tha!
Rose gambled on baseball.
Rose, ailing with the Hu, wasW ;
eling to Cincinnati from Montrei f
today to be examined by Reds team
doctor Warren Harding. Rose was f
not available for comment.
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