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Friday, July 7,1989
owboys trade Brooks
o Broncos for future
onditional draft picks
Jackson replaces Pitino as Knicks coach
Former assistant becomes NBA’s youngest head coach at 33
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DENVER (AP) — The Denver
Ironcos on Monday acquired de
fensive tackle Kevin Brooks from
the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for
future conditional draft choices.
The Broncos were believed to
lave given the Cowboys third-and
fifth-round choices in the 1990
praft, but team officials declined
comment.
The 6-6, 284-pound Brooks was a
Oo. 1 draft choice of the Cowboys in
1985 and has been a starter since
1987.
He is a player of unquestionable
ihysical ability, but the Cowboys
lave questioned his effort through-
lut his career.
Brooks, 26, who recorded five
tacks in the 1988 season, asked to be
(traded in late June.
Coach Dan Reeves fiew to Dallas
last week to meet with Brooks and
Hiscuss the potential deal with for-
per Cowboys head coach Tom
Landry.
Sources said Denver outbid five
ither teams — Cleveland, Minne-
kota, Tampa Bay, Detroit and the
_os Angeles Raiders —for Brooks’
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The Cowboys originally sought a
first-round pick for Brooks.
A transaction between Denver
and Dallas was supposed to have
been completed last week, but com
plications arose when the Broncos
used their first-round pick in the
1990 spring draft to take Alabama
running back Bobby Humphrey in
the supplemental draft last Friday.
The Broncos then became reluc
tant to relinquish two more picks in
the same draft for Brooks, the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram reported.
The Broncos apparently were the
only team to offer multiple draft
choices for Brooks.
The addition of Brooks is the lat
est attempt to upgrade a defensive
line that has been among the least ef
fective in the NFL. Last season,
Denver ranked last in the NFL in
run defense.
Brooks, from Michigan, has
played right tackle throughout his
pro career. His acquisition could
.mean that new Bronco defensive
coordinator Wade Phillips plans
more extensive use of the 4-3 align
ment instead of Denver’s more tradi
tional 3-4.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stu Jackson
became the NBA’s youngest coach
on Monday when the New York
Knicks gave him the job vacated by
Rick Pitino, citing a smooth tran
sition as more important than expe
rience.
Jackson, 33, was a Knicks assistant
the last two years under Pitino, who
resigned in May to become coach at
the University of Kentucky.
However, Jackson has never been
a head coach at any level.
“I may lack years of experience,
but having spent the last two years
with this team, I feel I’m experi
enced enough with this team,” Jack-
son said.
“He has as much experience in
the pro game as Rick had when he
became head coach,” General Man
ager A1 Bianchi said. “It’s an easier
transition when you take a man who
is already here. No one was coming
in here that I didn’t know. There are
going to be no more surprises.”
To offset the inexperience factor,
Bianchi hired Paul Silas and Ernie
Grunfeld as Jackson’s assistants.
Silas and Grunfeld have a com
bined 25 years’ experience as NBA
players and Silas was head coach of
the San Diego Clippers for three
years.
Grunfeld played for the Knicks
for four seasons before becoming
their radio analyst two years ago.
“I will rely heavily on Paul’s expe
rience and Ernie is well liked,” Jack-
son said. “I think we will have one of
the most outstanding staffs in the
NBA.”
Jackson said his biggest adjust
ment as a head coach “will be my
relationships with the players. My
personality won’t change, but now
I’ll be making decisions instead of
suggestions. Sometimes those deci-
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Jackson played at the University
of Oregon for Dick Harter, now
coach at Charlotte, and was a grad
uate assistant under Harter for two
years beginning in 1981. He later
was an assistant at Washington State
and Providence.
“I’m certain he’ll do fine,” Harter
said. “He has a good knowledge of
the game.”
Jackson’s situation has been com
pared to Pat Riley, who had two
years’ experience as an NBA assis
tant before being named head coach
of the Los Angeles Lakers in No
vember 1981. Riley went on to win
four championships in eight seasons.
“The situation was a little differ
ent with me,” Riley said. “I was given
the job as an interim coach. They
weren’t sure what they wanted to do
or whether I could do the job. One
thing led to another, the team re
sponded well, and I’m still here.”
Riley predicted that Jackson will
do a good job with the Knicks be
cause he understands the difference
between the college and pro games.
by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds
Schmidt’s appearance
ceremonial for All-Star
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — A
locker was provided for Mike
Schmidt for Monday’s All-Star
workout. He didn’t need it,
though.
His Phillies uniform hung
neatly pressed on two hangers
and his maroon cap was on the
top shelf. In the locker to the left,
San Diego’s Tony Gwynn was
putting his uniform on.
Mike Schmidt took his off for
ever in May.
Schmidt, who retired on May
29, was the leading vote-getter at
third base by the fans for the Na
tional League All-Star team.
He finished his career with 548
homers, three MVKjAwards, and
10 Gobi Gloves.
On Tuesday night, he will be
introduced to give the fans one
more chance to say goodbye.
Why not play one more game?
“I’m not really part of this any
more,” Schmidt said. “This was a
great honor and I’m thankful to
the fans, but it wouldn’t be fair to
the other players.”
Schmidt made a tearful fare
well to baseball on the day of his
retirement in San Diego and said
his farewell again a couple of days
later in Philadelphia.
“It was a lot harder than I
thought it would be,” Schmidt
said. “But every day it gets a little
easier. There are other things I’m
working on now.
“I think playing in this game
would have been taking a step
backwards. If I made an out it
wouldn’t have been fair to the
others. If I get a hit, people
would say I left too soon.
“I had lots of great honors in
baseball and I won a World Se
ries,” Schmidt said. “There was
really nothing left for me to
prove ... it was just time to go.”
Knowing that time — and act
ing on it — is one of the most dif
ficult decisions a professional ath
lete must make.
“If you think you can still do
the job, fine. But I didn’t think I
could anymore,” Schmidt said.
Lee, Bynoe pay $65 million for Nuggets
Denver becomes first minority-owned major sports franchise
DENVER (AP) — Bertram Lee
and Peter Bynoe became the first
black owners of a major professional
sports franchise Monday by buying
the Denver Nuggets for $65 million,
but sought to make their race a sec
ondary issue.
“We’re mindful of what this event
means,” said Lee, who owns busi
nesses in several cities. “But color is
not an issue we’re trying to down
play or play up. We carry a heavy re
sponsibility. We’ll probably be
looked at more closely, but it’s a chal
lenge we accept.”
Previous owner Sidney Shlenker
called the agreerfient, which is sub
ject to approval by NBA owners, a
historic occasion. ’
He said Lee and Bynoe were “mi
norities in more than the color of
their skin. They are minorities in
their code of ethics and their code of
integrity. They’ll make Denver a bet
ter place for having been here.”
Lee, 50, previously tried to pur
chase the San Antonio Spurs, New
England Patriots and Baltimore
Orioles. He owns television and ra
dio stations in Washington, D.C.,
Utah and Nebraska and also is chair
man of BML Associates Inc., an in
vestment holding company in Bos
ton.
Bynoe, 38, is executive director of
the Illinois Sports Facilities Author
ity, which is responsible for building
the new home of the Chicago White
Sox.
Lee said he disagreed with Dr.
Harry Edwards, the black sociologist
who is a consultant to major league
baseball and the NFL’s San Fran
cisco 49ers.
Edwards has warned that blacks
should seek ownership of franchises
in conjunction with whites to avoid
facing the situation of receiving no
credit for success and all the blame
for failure.
“I don’t think the color of our skin
will be the standard against which we
will be principally measured,” Lee
said. “I think this is a positive. The
diversity in this country is something
we should celebrate. It’s something
that has made this country great.”
Bynoe said it is “clear to us when
we look in the mirror each morning
who we are. But we’ve never used it
as an excuse or carried a chip on our
shoulder. If we become role models
— if we manage to set a standard for
performance — we’ll be very satis
fied.”
Lee said he wants an efficiently
run and profitable club and Bynoe
said the surest way to make money is
to win a championship. Both ac
knowledged that changes would be
made,, although Coach Dcmg Moe’s
job appeals safe for t,he time being,
They announced one change at
Monday’s news conference, instal
ling former Utah Jazz executive
Dave Checketts as the club presi
dent. Pete Babcock, who had been
president and general manager, re
mains as general manager with juris
diction over basketball operations.
The new owners promised the
team will remain in Denver and
hinted that Moe would be retained.
Checketts will become a minority
owner but the bulk of the franchise
belongs to Lee and Bynoe.
Lee called Checketts and Babcock
“probably the strongest NBA man
agement team that I know of,” and
promised they would be given free
rein to run the franchise.
“We look on this as a business
proposition, but we’re also sports
fans,” Lee said. “We see this as a
challenge. We have the opportunity
to build a franchise which has seen
both gopd and bad times but which
has a solid foundation.”
Bynoe said he and Lee have three
goals in any venture.
“First, we want to make money,”
he said. “Second, we want to have
fun doing it. Third, we want to have
a positive impact on the community.
Both new owners planned to
maintain at least parttime residences
in Colorado.
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