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Rodman began by saying he
wanted to sign with the Lakers, but
matters were incomplete. When an
grily questioned why he called the
news conference if he had no an
nouncement to make, Rodman
snapped: “You don’t have to be
here.” Shortly thereafter he said he
hoped to sign Monday night.
“Hopefully, I’ll be playing this
week and, hopefully, the Lakers and
the people of California will accept
me for who I am and what I do,” he
said. “If not. I’ll move on.”
Rodman said he had spoken with
Lakers owner Jerry Buss several
times and hoped to sign a two- or
three-year deal with the team.
He insists he is in good shape and
could immediately play 30 to 35
minutes a game.
He also said he would be reliable,
pointing out he played 80 of a possi
ble 82 regular-season games for the
Bulls last season.
“You can count on me, you can
count on me going to practice,” he
said.
Rodman said the Lakers were not
a championship team now and must
change its approach.
“All the guys want to be super-
stars,” he said. “Everybody has to
play a role. This team doesn’t un
derstand that right now.”
He also said he was not returning
because of money.
“I’m not happy at all,” he said, re
ferring to the fact that the Lakers
could offer him only a $1 million vet
erans’ minimum, which would be
prorated to under $500,000 because
of the shortened season and the
games he has missed.
“What will make me happy is
if I can bring this city a ring just
like I did in Chicago,” he said.
“I’m here just because I want to
make people happy. I miss enter
taining. I miss entertaining for
the people. I play for the people,
I give the people what they
want.”
SPORTS IN BRIEF
A&M golfers third
at “Mo” Morial
The Texas A&M Women’s Golf
Team stands in third place through
two rounds of the GTE “Mo” Morial
Invitational at Pebble Creek Country
Club. Baylor University stands in first
place (320-309-629) two shots
ahead of the University of Missouri
(318-313-631) and four shots ahead
of the Aggies (317-316-633).
Anna Jonsson is tied for the lead
with a +5 through two rounds (75-74-
149). Anna Becker is tied for eighth
after shooting +12 through the two
rounds (79-77-156). Rounding out
the Aggie team was McKenzie Dyslin
(84-80-164), Jennifer Roth (82-85-
167) and Mimi Epps (81-91-172).
Cook honored as
week’s top rookie
The Texas A&M University Men’s
Basketball Team’s Clifton Cook was
named as Big 12 Rookie of the
Week.
The junior aver
aged 14.0 points
and 7.5 rebounds
for the Aggies in
the team’s two
losses last week.
Cook ranks
eighth in the Big 12
in scoring at 15.3
points per game
and second in assists and steal per
game at 5.83 and 2.71, respectively.
Women’s tennis
heads to Houston
The Texas A&M Women’s Tennis
Team will return to action today in
Houston at 2 p.m. against the Uni
versity of Houston Cougars
The Aggies (4-0,1-0) swept their
first conference match of the sea
son, 9-0, Saturday against the Uni
versity of Nebraska.
Today’s contest against the
Cougars marks the Aggies’ first
road match of the season.
Playing No. 2 for the Aggies was
junior Lisa Dingwall, who rolled to
victory, 6-4, 6-2.
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