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Sports
Wednesday, June 28,2®
THE BATTALION
Teams, players prepare for draft
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kenyon Martin sat in
the corner of a hotel conference room Tuesday,
choosing his words carefully as he spoke about the
right leg he broke three months ago.
"I'm walking around. I could shoot a little if 1
chose to," Martin said. "I could probably do what 1
want — no matter what the doctors say."
But the doctors are telling Martin to sit tight, and
he has barely picked up a basketball since breaking
his fibula in a Conference USA tournament game.
And if Martin, a power forward from Cincinnati, is
selected first overall in the NBA draft, some team
will be making a leap of faith that Martin's fractured
fibula is structurally sound.
That huge piece of uncertainty was a major fac
tor for the Nets as the hours ticked down tow3rd the
draft. New Jersey owns the No. 1 pick, and new
team president Rod Thorn spent the better part of
Tuesday trying to figure out whether to keep the
pick or trade it. The Orlando Magic were among the
teams making a strong push to acquire the pick.
"Last night at 12:15 1 got a call from a coach who
made a very interesting offer. We've gotten one
more today that's never been on the table before. 1
expect more offers," Thorn said. "I've seen a couple
of things that have made me sit back and think."
Lots and lots of other trade rumors were float
ing around the league, and the consensus was that
there should be a significant reshuffling of the decks
before the last of the 58 draft picks are made
Wednesday night.
Orlando holds picks No. 5,10 and 13, making the
Magic the first team ever to have three lottery picks
in a single draft. Orlando also has about $16 million
in salary cap room and would like to clear about $3
million more in order to make an unfettered run at
two high-profile free agents.
But in order to clear that much room, the Magic
would need to trade Derek Strong and two of the
picks. And that is why all eyes were on Thorn and
Orlando general manager John Gabriel to see if they
would pull off a swap that would severely impact
the draft plans of other teams.
The Chicago Bulls also were trying to clear extra
cap room by trading Hersey Hawkins and his $4.5
million salary.
If no trades are made, the top of the draft is ex
pected to go like this: Martin to the Nets, LSU's Stro-
mile Swift to Vancouver, Iowa State's Marcus Fixer
to the Los Angeles Clippers and high school star
Darius Miles to the Bulls.
After that, the next four picks belong to Orlan
do, Atlanta, Chicago and Cleveland. The players ex
pected to go in that range include two centers, Texas'
Chris Mihm and Min-
and general manager Jerry Krause, and Chicago^'
have plenty of options with three first-round pit
(Nos. 4, 7 and 24) and three consecutive picksei
in the second round (Nos. 32-34).
"We've got a bunch of options with tradesais
draft choices," Krause said Tuesday. "We'relister
ing, and the party's just getting started. TheM
draft is traditionally a late-night party. We’ve be
doing a lot of talking, and I'm sure we'll beherelai
tonight."
Most of the top players met with the mediaTue
day afternoon, and all of them had heard thermit
tude of rumors.
Martin was well aware of the talk aboutat
Nets trade that would send him to Orlando, althoui
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nesota's Joel Przybilla,
along with Fresno State
guard Courtney Alexan
der and Florida forward
Mike Miller.
Beyond that, there is
an interesting array of
point guards, power for
wards and Eurocenters
and a shortage of pure
shooters.
Most active of all the
29 teams will be the
Bulls, who have stock
piled draft picks and
salary cap room. This
will be one of the most
important days in the
post-dynasty rebuilding
being undertaken by
owner Jerry Reinsdorf
Wednesday, June 28
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Sports in Brief
Former Student
enters U.S. Open
Former Texas A&M All-Amer
ican golfer Jamie Hullett has
qualified for the 2000 U.S.
Women’s Open.
Hullett scored a 76 to tie for
eighth place at the sectional
qualifier June 15 in Hinsdale,
III., earning one of nine qualify
ing berths at stake that day.
While at A&M, Hullett earned
second-team All-American hon
ors in 1997 and won the South
west Conference co-champi
onship as a freshman in 1995.
Hullett also helped the Aggies
win the 1998 Big 12 Champi
onship and is currently No. 2 in
career-scoring average at A&M.
In addition to her achieve
ments at A&M, Hullett also won
the 1997 Southern Amateur
and Broadmoor Invitational. Af
ter leaving A&M, she joined the
LPGA Tour, where she has
played for the last two seasons.
The 2000 U.S. Women’s
Open will be held at the Merit
Club in Libertyville, 111., July 20-23.
Monday Night Live
Miller not appropriate broadcaster for NR
How do networks salvage a sinking ship of a show?
They bring in someone whom no one expected to see.
ABC has done just that by hiring
former "Saturday Night Live" veter
an Dennis Miller to become an an
nouncer for Monday Night Football.
Housecleaning started in March
when ABC brought back the
show's original producer,
Don Ohlmeyer.
Ohlmeyer's first
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step was to fire Boomer Esiason, who
everyone must admit was boring. His
next step was to fire Lesley Visser,
who did a great job as an on-the-
field reporter. Visser has been re
placed by former ESPN reporter
Melissa Stark.
The only thing left was to hire re
placements for the booth, and the theo
ry seems to be: Forget people who have
experience — find a funny guy to
cause controversy.
ABC got its wish when comedian
Dennis Miller came on board. Al
though ABC maintains that Miller will
not do X's and O's and will not just be
there for comedy relief, his presence
makes "Monday Night Football" less
credible than ever.
This will be Miller's first venture
into the world of sports. The fact that he
has never called a football game, much
less any game, before is reason enough to
toss his application into the trash. Now spectatorsyilk
subjected to a poor attempt at sports broadcasting^/
foul jokes.
Getting to play on Monday Night Football wasoncti
great honor. Teams looked forward to playing in fi
the entire country and showcasing their abilities.Now,it
seems that few fans care to watch unless their favorite
team is involved.
What else has been killing the ratingsof
Monday Night Football"? Professional
wrestling pinned the show in the rating:
showing ABC has lost its appeal withtt
younger generation.
Exactly how bad are "Monday Ni|
Football's" ratings? In 1994, withtk
crew of Frank Gifford, Dan Dierdort
and Al Michaels, the Nielson ratings
were 17.8. Last season, the ratings
dropped to 13.7, a record low for thesk 1
Who did Miller beat out for the job?
None other than talk show host Rush
LimbaLigh. Miller is clearly a better
choice than a political demigod,sob
dos to ABC for passing on Limbaugh
But someone in the field of sportsjotif
nalism would have been a better choic
What about Tom Jackson, who has
been on ESPN's "NFL Countdown"fe
years? Sterling Sharpe would have
done a great job as well. If ABC wan'
diversity, it could try outspoken sports
show host Jim Rome from Fox Sports. At
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