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The Battalion
Monday, October 9,1985
Perkins still holding out
as Mavericks open camp;
rookie White may benefit
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DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mav
ericks, fighting the fallout of a disap
pointing 1988-89 season, opened
training camp Friday without for
ward Sam Perkins.
Perkins’ agent, Lee Fentress, told
the Mavericks Thursday night that
their best defensive player would
hold out for a new contract.
The two sides are in disagreement
over the contract length for Perkins,
a restricted free agent.
The Mavericks want to sign Per
kins to a three-year deal while Fen
tress has proposed a six-year
agreement.
“I’m hopeful Sam will be in soon,”
said Mavericks coach John Mac
Leod. “I don’t want to talk about dis
tractions right now.
“If he stays out a week, it might
the terms of his drug after-care pro
gram.
MacLeod announced two weeks
ago that Tarpley would move into
the starting lineup ahead of Perkins.
But there are doubts concerning
Tarpley’s future.
If Tarpley violates the league’s
substance-abuse rule one more time,
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“He’s our best
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ward Rolando Blackman.
“Here’s a guy who’s given a start
ing position two weeks before camp.
So there has to be a sense of respon
sibility to this organization and to his
teammates. If he’s on the floor, he’s
a powerhouse for us.”
During Tarpley’s drug suspension
absence, the Mavericks went 17-32.
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about distractions right now.”
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be. I’d like to have him right now.”
Perkins and Fentress were not im
mediately available for comment Fri
day.
The other nine veterans from last
year’s team reported on time to work
out at Moody Coliseum on the
Southern Methodist University cam
pus.
Among Dallas’ rookies, only sec
ond-round forward Pat Durham was
missing while his representatives
continue to negotiate a contract.
Perkins’ absence will present an
opportunity for first-round draft
pick Randy White.
White’s upbeat personality is ex
pected to inject some fire into a gen
erally unemotional team.
“We’re going to plug somebody
into that spot for now so it might be
a good opportunity for him
(White),” MacLeod said.
The Mavericks must confront a
number of questions after going 38-
44 last season and missing the play
offs for the first time in six years.
Near the top of the list is the men
tal state of forward Roy Tarpley,
who missed 63 games last season —
14 with a knee injury and 49 more
when he was suspended for violating
Tarpley returned for the final six
games of the season and led the
Mavericks to four victories with 22.7
points per game and 13.3 rebounds.
“If he can play the whole year, I
think we’ll see that we have a tre
mendous talent,” MacLeod said.
“With his talent, he deserves to be
on the floor as a starter.”
Also among the team’s most
pressing questions is the health of
James Donaldson.
The 7-2 center was playing the
best of his career before suffering a
serious knee injury on March 10. In
the six games prior to the injury,
Donaldson averaged 17.3 points and
18.5 rebounds.
Dallas was 9-21 after Donaldson
went down.
Donaldson’s off-season rehabilita
tion program has placed him far
aheaa of the schedule drawn up by
team physicians. “I’m close to my old
self,” Donaldson said.
When Donaldson reports, Perkins
will play the sixth-man role after
starting the past four seasons.
MacLeod also changed guard
Derek Harper’s role, making him a
truer point guard who takes fewer
shots.
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Spurs open camp without holdout Elliott
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio
Spurs opened training camp Friday with a roster
loaded with new faces, but among the missing
was the team’s No. 1 draft choice, Sean Elliott of
Arizona.
“I’m disappointed Sean is not here,” second-
year coach Larry Brown said. “He’s going to be a
big part of the team’s future and we’d like to have
him here. I know he wants to be here.”
Elliott has yet to sign a contract and negotia
tions appear to be at a standstill. Elliott’s agent,
Bob Woolf, is believed to be asking for $2 million
a year for the third player selected in the recent
NBA draft.
The opening of camp marked the long-
awaited arrival of center David Robinson, who
sat out the last two seasons while fulfilling an ob
ligation to the Navy.
Among the other new faces in camp were two
players acquired during off-season trades: Terry
Cummings from Milwaukee and Maurice Cheeks
from Philadelphia. As part of the house cleaning,
the Spurs dealt starters Alvin Robertson, Greg
Anderson and Johnny Dawkins.
The Spurs are hoping to improve on last year’s
franchise-worst 21-61 record. Willie Anderson,
Vernon Maxwell and Frank Brickowski are the
only holdovers from a team that produced the
worst record in franchise history.
Brickowski missed last year’s camp because of
a contract dispute.
“It was fun out there,” Brown said after the
four-hour workout at the University of Texas at
San Antonio. “What a difference a year makes.
We’re in a lot better situation this year. We have a
good mix of experienced players and young tal
ented players.
“It’s tough for some of the older, more expert
enced guys because they’ve gone through this be
fore. They’ve heard the same thing 8,000 times
Our goal is to just get everybody ready for Nov.'
(season opener against Los Angeles Lakers).”
Robinson said the first practice went bettet
than expected.
“Coach Brown eased us in,” Robinson said."It
was the first day and you’re going to expect mis
takes. As long as the guys come out and worll
hard and maintain that, we’re going to her"
right.”
Robinson, the college basketball player of tk
year at Navy in 1987, said the addition of Cum
mings and Cheeks will take some of the scoring
load off his shoulders.
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