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(AP) Shaquille O’Neal can listen to
the Lakers, Reggie Miller can telephone
the Knicks, Dennis Rodman can assess
his post-title value and even Michael
Jordan can go shopping.
As of noon EDT Tuesday, the largest
and gaudiest free agent market in NBA
history will open for business as soon as
the collective bargaining agreement be
tween the league and players is ratified.
Nearly unanimous approval is expected.
About 150 players whose contracts
have expired will be available. Money
and location will be the prime consid
erations. The teams with the most
room under the salary cap will have
the most options, but any team can ex
ceed the $24.3 million limit to retain
one of its players.
“The market will be dictated by the
superstars and the time frame is imme
diate. Teams that have salary cap room
won’t take chances with waiting to
spend the money,” said David Falk, the
agent for Jordan, Alonzo Mourning,
Juwan Howard, Kenny Anderson and
several other free agents.
Jordan, who wants a minimum of
$18 million to stay with the Chicago
Bulls, has threatened to play elsewhere
if Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf tries to
lowball him. But almost no one around
the league expects such a scenario.
Jordan’s deal could be done by July
18, when Falk is taking his family to
Europe for vacation. Falk also expects
the rest of his flock to have new deals
by then, too.
“Other players may want to get on air
planes and fly around the country on re
cruiting trips, but not our clients. This is
n’t college, this is the professionals.”
The Miami Heat, New York Knicks,
Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana
Pacers and Vancouver Grizzlies have
the most salary cap room, and the Los
Angeles Lakers will join that group if
the anticipated trade of Vlade Divac
for Kobe Bryant goes through Tuesday
after the league’s eight-day moratori
um on signings, trades and negotia
tions expires.
The Lakers would then make a hard
push for O’Neal, hoping the movie lots
and recording studios of Hollywood can
lure him from the Disneyesque motif of
central Florida.
“Orlando is still my first choice. I don’t
even have a Plan B,” O’Neal reiterated
Monday, refusing to comment about the
possibility of playing for Los Angeles.
“It’s going to be a difficult time, one
of the most difficult decisions of my life.
It’s like deciding whether to get mar
ried, where to go to college, whether to
leave college early.”
O’Neal was not predicting an early
resolution, and Dream Team teammate
Miller said the bidding war for O’Neal
could drag on two weeks.
Miller, who nearly led the Indiana
Pacers to the NBA Finals in 1994 and
1995, expected to hear from the Knicks
and Heat.
“It’s going to be interesting, probably
the biggest free agent market the league
will ever see,” he said. “It’ll be something
to see teams maneuver and shift.”
If Falk’s prediction comes true, the
biggest stars will sign first, setting the
market ceiling. After that, signings of low
er-level players should come in bunches.
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Judge Jack Hampton also declined to lower the
defendant’s $250,000 bond.
The rulings came after testi
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ball player had threatened his
girlfriend, Rachelle Marie Smith,
a topless dancer due to testify
against Irvin at his ongoing drug
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Irvin was subpoenaed to testify at the hearing,
but defense attorney John H. Read agreed to drop
the subpoena after meeting with Irvin’s attorneys.
“He started this, didn’t he?” Read said of Irvin.
“I think this is all over threats of serious bodily in
jury ... How about death?
“My understanding of the threats were she
(Smith) wouldn’t see the end of the light of day if
she testified before the grand jury ... or if she testi-
to back out of the schema- ^ ^ r
“Mr. Hernandez paged the (Drug Enforce»fl
Administration) agent a h^, ° ,
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ken
Griffey Jr. and Tony Gwynn al
ready were gone, and then Matt
Williams got banged up. Now
there’s a chance Roberto Alomar
and Frank Thomas may not be
able to play, either.
No doubt, attrition is taking
its toll on Tuesday night’s All-
Star game.
“I was really looking forward
to seeing Tony hit,” said NL
teammate Greg Maddux, who
may not be able to pitch because
of a cracked nail on his big right
toe. “He’s one of the guys I like
to watch.”
More than injuries, however,
there’s another factor that many
feel will truly hurt future All-
Star games — interleague play.
By this time next summer, AL
starting pitcher Charles Nagy of
Cleveland may have faced
Cincinnati’s Barry Larkin earli
er in the season. There may be
no mystery about how NL
starter John Smoltz of Atlanta
will match up with Baltimore’s
Cal Ripken because they might
have seen each other only a few
weeks earlier.
“From the National League
fan’s standpoint, they want to see
the American League stars play,”
said Gwynn, sidelined with a heel
problem. “And probably, we
should feel the same way.
“But this game is a special oc
casion and a special time that a
lot of guys don’t have the oppor
tunity to enjoy,” he said. “My
feeling is interleague play may
take away from this event.”
The allure of the All-Star
game, after all, is seeing players
on the same field who aren’t
usually together.
But starting next June, pend
ing approval by the players’
union, Mike Piazza may be hit
ting against Troy Percival while
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against Ivan Rodriguez.
“I’m not an advocate of inter
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Bobby Cox said. “Eventually, I
think it will take a little luster
off the World Series and All-
Star game.”
For now, the biggest problem
is injured players.
Griffey, the leading vote-get
ter in fan balloting for starting
spots, is unable to play for the
second straight year. He has a
broken right hand, though it did
not prevent him from standing
at shortstop while the AL took
batting practice.
“I’m here for the fans, and the
Philly cheesesteaks,” he said.
“They voted me to be here, and I’m
here. That’s my obligation, and I
didn’t want to let them down.”
Williams also will be absent for
the second straight summer, this
time because of a bruised elbow.
Alomar, voted to start at sec
ond base for the AL, missed
Monday’s workouts because of
an injured finger. The Baltimore
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said he’s prepared for Minneso
ta’s Chuck Knoblauch to start in
place of Alomar.
Thomas has been hampered
by a sore left foot for about a
week. If the Chicago White Sox
first baseman cannot start —
the injury cost him a chance to
defend his title in the home run
derby — Mo Vaughn of Boston
will play.
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of pain,” Thomas said. “You get
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