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Jerry West, the team’s vice pres ident of basketball operations, said that one of two assistants — Kurt Rambis or Larry Drew — will han dle the coaching duties for the rest of the season. The team, which has lost three straight games, made the an nouncement as it was adding Dennis Rodman to what on paper is one of the more talented teams in the league. West said longtime assistant Bill Bertka would handle the head coaching duties Thursday night against the winless Los Angeles Clippers before a decision is made on Drew or Rambis, both former Laker players. “Particularly for me, the thing that makes it so awkward is that Del has been a friend for many years,” West said. “The direction of a team is very important. We do feel like we have the talent here. “I just feel the last two games we’ve played have not been ac ceptable. We just felt like there was a deterioration. I talked to (owner) Jerry Buss this morning and we just felt like the time was right now. ” The Lakers lost three games in three days in three different cities. The were beaten 92-89 Sunday at Seattle; 117-113 in overtime at Denver Monday night, and 93-83 at Vancouver Thesday night. Den ver’s win was only its second in 10 games this season and the Grizzlies had never beaten Los Angeles in 12 previous games be tween the teams. The three losses left LA with a disappointing 6-6 record. Most of a team that reached the Western Conference finals before being swept by the Utah Jazz last spring is back, but the Lakers have Battal Leaving Los Angeles SEASON RECORD PLAYOFFS Del Haffl|| (J 48-34 Semifinals Years exp.: 141 Record: 556-4>ji L. 53-29 First round playoffs: 3^“^^ '94-'95 '95-'96 '96-'97 56-26 Semifinals Former head coA Milwaukee, Hou*!, '97-'98 61-21 Conf. finals / 98-'99 6-6 N/A Took '80-'81 Rocket: Finals, losing toCel 1 among NBA'sall4 top 20 in coaching been on-again, off-again since the start of the campaign. Harris, 61, was in his fifth sea son as Lakers head coach and has been under criticism from many di rections. However, as recently as TUesday night Lakers star Shaquille O’Neal said the team’s problems weren’t the coach's fault. Harris has 556 career wins to rank among the top 20 coaches of all time. He previously coached the Houston Rockets and Milwau kee Bucks. hing n y, don i\lnythii Just wh When cisked if he had; fcan no with former Chicago coae efany sn lackson or anyone else a;: they term successor, West ;a:: alwell, th have not talked to anpt Birity, i happened so quickly.” & den Only two days before:offoe Tele ing, former Lakers poimiBymbc Nick Van Exel. who wasd | Denver following Iasi called Harris a “cancer;:B omet Lakers.” Harris and Van Ex B r t | 10 a stormy relationship over:: By elu four seasons. ■ fours in child he Re lie of Jones celebrates 10th anniversary Cowboys owner reflects on past wins, looks to future of'Team of the ’90s” “We made positive progress last year, and I feel good about our immediate future and long-term future.” Basketb :rdii after fall playe IRVING (AP) — Jerry Jones will spend the decade anniversary of his takeover of the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday like he did the first day he bought the franchise — planning and scheming ways to get his team into the Super Bowl. Under Jones’ ownership, the Cowboys have won six NFC East titles, appeared in four NFC champi onship games, won three Super Bowls and become worth an estimated $400 million. Yet, if the Denver Broncos win a third consecu tive Super Bowl this upcoming season, Dallas might lose the coveted title of “NFL team of the ’90s.” Under former coach Tom Landry and former gen eral manager Tex Schramm, both of whom were fired by Jones, the Cowboys lost to Pittsburgh in the ’70s and San Francisco in the ’80s as the team of the decade. Dallas won back-to-back Super Bowls under Jim my Johnson, who exited the team because of a per sonality conflict with Jones, and a third Super Bowl under good buddy Barry Switzer, who finally wore out his welcome. The Cowboys just finished a 10-6 regular season and first-round playoff loss to Arizona under Chan Gailey. “We were disappointed with the way the year ended in the playoffs, but we are close to getting where we want to be again,” Jones said. “We’re nev er satisfied until we get to the Super Bowl. I think we are very close to getting there next year.” The owner’s rancor with Landry, Schramm and Johnson has been well publicized. Jones has said he handled the Landry dismissal poorly. He has never been able to get on the same wave length with Schramm, who is in the Professional Football Hall of Fame in Canton but has yet to be put in the Cowboys — JERRY JONES COWBOYS OWNER Ring of Honor. “My relationship with the Cowboys hasn’t been good,” Schramm, who still attends home games in his Texas Stadium suite, said. “You have to admire the way they brought in the talent to win the Super Bowls. Getting Jimmy was a big key. If Tom had re tired, Jimmy would have been one of my top picks.” Under Johnson, Dallas was 44-36 with two Super Bowl wins and a 7-1 postseason record. Under former University of Oklahoma coach Switzer, Dallas was 40-24, 5-2 in the postseason, and a winner of the 1995 Super Bowl. “It probably would have been best if I had en couraged Barry to leave after we won the Super Bowl,” Jones said, adding hindsight is 20-20. “But he never got credit for the job he did.” In this offseason, Jones plans to give contract booster shots to Deion Sanders and quarterback Tfoy Aikman and to try to find an impact free agent wide receiver. “We made positive progress last year, and 1 feel good about our immediate future and long-term fu ture,” he said. “We will make the moves we feel we have to make to get to the level where we feel we need to be. We’ll win again.” Jones does not spend much time celebrating an niversaries. Denver’s late dominance in the 1990s threatens to take some of the luster off a decade of overall excellence for the Cowboys. “We have established a track record of being at the highest competitive level year in and year out,” he said. “I see some very unique things that are cause for confidence in the future.” LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Devin Cuningkin, who to high school basketball te. championship, died Wedtiesi ter apparently strikinghisla the floor during the game, Cuningkin, 18, fellanii , !ii tijious c sets o ||uestio n of a s that nuch i the F irican y-Win fie Rev ayTinky due to tl Iky ha; ead, is pi furse. fiat eli homi espec head on the floor i : P evt -’t \ game, his step-broth: B hanc Pledger, said. The playergay game with about twomiir Thou sha after scoring 12 pointsit£The Re Rock McClellan’s 64-49 pen so qi over Pine Bluff Tuesday tyinkv wa District 5A-South title. feeTinl Cuningkin was takfflMfTvWhi training room and aftetiit dbra-ribb was taken to ArkansasCtiBons tc Hospital, where his conioHJust for riorated overnight. Hedieill tional tli 8:30 a.m. Bs assi “The team has votedtogefi ally mat play for him and do thel jkes to bu can,” McClellan coach Tom'% e r side ney said. “One of thepla;.: R.-mos we’re going to have an at’ '" next week. We’re going to players out there.” McClellan will faceJacfe in a state tournament week. The Pulaski County Com Office had not detenu?.' cause of death. A was planned Thursday, tt coroner Mark Malcolmsaii ten si Vision THE ONLY THING BETTER IS AGGIELAND ITSELF. The 1998 AGGIELAND is here. The nation's largest college yearbook 768 pages • 2-1/4 inches thick • Weighs more than 10 pounds PICK UP YOUR COPY TODAY! 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