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Spurs select Arizona’s Elliott
with third pick in NBA draft
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The
San Antonio Spurs selected Ari
zona’s Sean Elliott in the First
round of the NBA draft Tuesday
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Elliott, a 6-8 forward who
holds the PAG-10 scoring record
with 2,555 career points, was se
lected third overall in the draft.
• Elliott wears a brace on his left
knee, but he said medical exami
nations before the draft showed
that it was Fine, and Spurs man
agement agreed.
“It’s more psychological. I’ve
been wearing it for seven years
and it’s like everything else once
you j2[et used to it it’s second na
ture, Elliott said about the brace.
“I have played without the
brace when I go out and play
around,” he said.
The Spurs, coming off their
worst season at 21-61, had
wanted to take Duke’s 6-10 for
ward Danny Ferry, but he was se
lected by the Los Angeles Clip
pers, who picked second overall.
Roars of “boos” resounded at
the San Antonio HemisFair
Arena, the site of the Spurs draft
party, when Ferry was selected by
the Clippers.
Still, Spurs Chairman B.J.
“Red” McCombs said that Elliott
was the team’s second choice.
“We got a great player. Every
one knows we would have pre
ferred Danny Ferry, but we got a
great player,” McCombs said.
“I talked to (Los Angeles
Lakers General Manager) Jerry
West as late as yesterday. I asked
Jerry’s evaluation and he said if
he had all the picks it would be
hard to pass Sean Elliott.
“I asked him why and he said,
‘Sean is the kind of player that
makes everybody on the team
better, a totally unselfish player.
He’s a winner. He can pass the
ball.’ He really liked him,”
McCombs said.
“I would not have picked him
if I thought it would be a prob
lem,” Brown said.
Dallas avoids Malone mistake,
takes White in the first round
DALLAS (AP) — Not wanting
to repeat a mistake made four
years ago, the Dallas Mavericks
used the eighth pick in Tuesday
night’s NBA draft to select Loui
siana Tech forward Randy White.
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from Shreveport, La., is built in
the mold of Utah’s Karl Malone,
another former Louisiana Tech
player who has become one of the
NBA’s premier forwards.
White was named the Ameri
can South player of the year last
season after averaging 21.2
points and 10.5 rebounds per
game. He was a consensus honor
able mention All-American and
named to the all-tournament
team at the Orlando all-star post
season tournament.
“For his enthusiasm and for
the fact he wants to be here, it’s
exciting,” Mavericks owner Don
Carter said. “He has a great body
and great ability. He’ll Fit right
in.”
Drafting eighth in 1985, the
Mavericks passed on Malone and
opted for Washington forward
Detlef Schrempf.
It was a drafting mistake the
Mavericks have yet to live down.
Schrempf never panned out and
was traded at mid-season to the
Indiana Pacers for forward Herb
Williams.
Malone, who slid to the 13th
pick, was named the most valu
able player in the NBA All-Star
Game last season and was an All-
NBA First-team pick.
The Mavericks weren’t expect
ing White to be available at the
eighth pick and were leaning to
ward taking Georgia Tech for
ward Tom Hammonds. But when
the Pacers took Florida State
guard George McCloud with the
seventh pick, the door opened for
the Mavericks to draft White.
“When I saw George McCloud
go to Indiana at number seven, I
knew I was going to be here,”
White said. “I couldn’t be more
pleased. I knew Chicago was
going to take (Stacey) King, and I
was afraid I was going to Indiana.
“But when I saw McCloud go
to Indiana, I relaxed.”
A crowd of 5,500 Mavericks
fans watching the proceedings at
Reunion Arena cheered wildly
when White was announced.
As a junior, he averaged 18.6
points and 11.6 rebounds and
shot 64 percent from the field.
Janszen claims Rose asked
him to set up cocaine ring
CINCINNATI (AP) — Pete Rose
tried to get involved in cocaine deals
by his associates to pocket tax-free
cash and offered to store cocaine in
his house, a former associate told
baseball investigators.
Paul G. Janszen, who claims he
ran bets for the Cincinnati Reds
manager, also told baseball investi
gators in February that Rose once
asked him to set up a cocaine ring
and include him.
Janszen also said Rose once said
he might consider throwing a game
if he had a large bet on it. He also
told investigators that Rose checked
by telephone with other major-
league managers about their players’
physical status before placing bets on
their teams.
Janszen’s claims were made in an
interview included in thousands of
pages of exhibits to investigator
John M. Dowd’s report, which was
released Monday.
It was the first time Rose has been
linked to the cocaine ring operated
by former associates who ran a gym
nasium in Cincinnati where the
manager worked out.
“This idea of Rose being involved
with drugs is so far off the wall that
it’s ridiculous,” Rose lawyer Robert
A. Pitcairn Jr. said. “(To) anyone
who knows Pete Rose and has known
Pete Rose over the years, there’s just
no question he wouldn’t get involved
with drugs.
“For Janszen to say this is slander
of the worst kind. It’s further evi
dence to us that this guy will do any
thing to follow through with his
blackmail attempts of Pete Rose.
Why Dowd’s investigators even went
into areas like this is beyond me,”
Pitcairn said.
According to a spokesman for
Dowd, the investigator said he left
the drug references out of his report
to the commissioner because it was
not relevant to the gambling inquiry.
In other developments, the for
mer girlfriend of a Rose associate
said she had corroborated the Dowd
report’s charge that Rose conspired
to hide racetrack winnings from a
$47,646 Pik-Six ticket in 1987 at
Turfway Park in Florence, Ky.
If the charges are true, Rose faces
possible indictment on charges of
conspiracy to defraud the U.S. gov
ernment. A federal grand jury is in
vestigating Rose’s income taxes.
Rose Fernbach Billiter, the for
mer girlfriend of Thomas P.
Gioiosa, told the Associated Press
that she had provided first- and sec
ond-hand information supporting
the charges to the FBI and the Inter
nal Revenue Service.
Also, a Jan. 20 letter from Janszen
to another attorney for Rose, Reu-
ven J. Katz, reveals Janszen’s feel
ings on why his relationship with
Rose deteriorated.
“Because I covered for him with
his wife, while he was sleeping his
way around town, she no longer
wanted me in their house,” Janszen
said of Rose’s wife. “Carol doesn’t
have the guts to leave him, so she has
to blame his friends for his disgust
ing behavior.”
Rose, who faces a possible lifetime
ban by baseball if he bet on his own
team, has a temporary restraining
order preventing Commissionei A.
Bartlett Giamatti from holdir r a
hearing on the charges. $
Baseball’s lawyers have asked ??,
three-judge panel of an Ohio
peals court to suspend the
straining order and Rose’s response
is due Wednesday.
Janszen, who recently completed
a four-month sentence for failure to
report income, didn’t say that Rose
used drugs, but said the manager
thought he could get cash from drug
deals conducted by a circle of asso
ciates.
Several of the associates were sen
tenced after federal authorities
cracked a ring that smuggled co
caine from Florida to Ohio.
Gioiosa faces trial in Cincinnati
next month on charges of tax eva
sion and conspiring to arrange co
caine deliveries from Florida to Cin
cinnati between 1985 and 1987.
A&M athletes receive
post-season recognition
FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS
Texas A&M third baseman John
Byington and Lady Aggie netter Je
nifer Jones were honored recently
for their achievements in A&M ath
letics, as Byington made The Sport
ing News’ 1989 All-America team at
third base while Jones earned a spot
on the women’s Division I Volvo
Tennis/Scholar Athlete Team, se
lected by the Intercollegiate Tennis
Coaches Association.
Byington, a 5-8, 165-pound junior
from Baytown, leads The Sporting
News’ squad with a .442 season bat
ting average, while also collecting 15
homeruns, 89 RBI and 12 stolen
bases for the Aggies in 1989. He
chose to bypass his senior season at
A&M to sign a professional contract
with the Milwaukee Brewers, and is
currently hitting .214 after 13 games
with Beloit, the Brewers’ Class A bal-
Iclub.
Byington is joined on the All-
America squad by fellow Southwest
Conference athletes Scott Bryant of
Texas and Troy Eklund of Arkan
sas, who occupy two of the outfield
positions.
Jones, a junior from Columbus,
Ohio, was one of 20 players named
to the national team. Selection crite
ria included being a varsity letter
winner, having a cumulative grade-
point ratio of at least 3.5 entering
the 1989 spring semester or ranking
in the top ten percent of one’s class.
Eligibility is extended to juniors and
seniors only.
Jones, a scientific nutrition major,
had a 3.6 grade-point ratio and also
helped the Lady Aggies get invited
to the NCAA Team Championship.
Once again this year, the NBA draft has been unpredictible
The NBA collegiate draft always
provides suspense and surprises, and this
year was no exception. The 1989 NBA
draft had more twists and turns than the
never-ending saga of Pete Rose.
The draft left a few teams smiling while a
few need to go back to the drawing board.
The biggest surprise came from the
Sacramento Kings, who made Pervis Ellison
the first pick in the draft. Many thought the
first pick would be either Danny Ferry or
Shawn Elliott. Sacramento may be
regretting this pick and find themselves in
next year’s lottery as well.
Ellison is good, but the Kings need a
player who can lead this club on the court.
The wisest choice would have been Ferry,
who ended up with the Clippers. The
Clippers got a steal, and made the right
choice to take Ferry over Elliott. The
Clippers need a leader as well, and don’t be
surprised to see them do well if Manning
comes back from his injury.
San Antonio improved their stock
selecting Elliott with the third pick. The
Spurs have the talent they need to become a
threat. Elliott was needed in their backcourt
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Scichili
Sports Writer
with the loss of Alvin Robertson in the trade
for Terry Cummings.
Miami helped out their front line by
selecting Glenn Rice from Michigan. Rice
will provide the Heat with scoring and a
good work ethic. A good pick for their
ballclub.
Charlotte decided to go with J.R. Reid
and keep the home fans happy. Charlotte
should have taken Stacy King. Reid is too
inconsistent and doesn’t have the heart to
be a force in the league. You could say he’s
the second coming of Mark Aguirre.
The Chicago Bulls now have the players
to take the pressure off Michael Jordan and
perhaps take them to elite status. The Bulls
added Stacy King with the sixth pick in the
draft. King is a steal and should have gone
earlier. The Bulls also added B.J.
Armstrong and Jeff Sanders with the 18th
and 20th pick, respectively. Armsrtong is a
playmaker who will allow Jordan to not
have the ball handling responsibility.
Sanders will provide an offensive spark and
a winning attitude.
Dallas just couldn’t pass on the second
coming of the mailmaij. The Mavs chose
Randy White, who has been compared to
Karl Malone, with the eighth pick in the
draft. Dallas will be great next year if they
have the services of Donaldson and Tarpley
with White as a quality back-up. They made
the right pick.
Minnesota selected “Pooh” Richardson as
their first ever collegiate draft pick.
Richardson will make a quality point guard
for an expansion team. Minnesota picked
for the future, and “Pooh” could help make
that future a bright one.
Orlando followed Minnesota’s example
with their long term future in mind and
chose Nick Anderson. Anderson’s size
makes him a question mark. At 6’6”,
Anderson will be forced to play more on
the outside. He should be able to contribute
his share, but the future of Orlando may
suffer in the long run.
Seattle had the luxury of back-to-back
picks at 16 and 17. They took a couple of
gambles and took Danna Barros from
Boston College and Shawn Kemp from
Trinity Valley Community College.
Barros is a guard who will be a good
backup to Nate McMillan, but may have
some difficulty in the transition from
college to the NBA. Kemp was declared
ineligible at Kentucky and at Trinity Valley.
In fact, he has never played in a college
basketball game.
Kemp is a definate gamble, but could
prove to be a good one when it’s all over.
Seattle also added Brad Sellers in a trade
with Chicago. Seattle seems to want to build
a team with power and rebounding. They
will soon learn that it takes more than that
to build an elite team.
Out of all the teams in the NBA, Chicago
had the best draft. King wasn’t expected to
be there at number six, so that in itself is a
good draft. But added to King are two
quality players in Armstrong and Sanders.
Look for the Bulls to no longer be called the
Michael Jordan show. How about Jordan,
B.J., King and Cartwright? Has a nice ring
to it, doesn’t it?
Miami is headed in the right direction as
well. Rice is a fine young forward who will
be a cornerstone of their organization.
Overall, this draft was a good one. The
only problem was that there were no
players that can turn a franchise around
overnight. The number one pick was a
mystery up to the time the commissioner
read his name.
It did provide the draft with an added
twist. A good number of teams helped
themselves out quite a bit. A few managed
to make a few “business deals” that will have
them in the lottery next year. Always expect
the unexpected. That’s life in the NBA.
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