The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 18, 1981, Image 12
Ital
By MARK P
Editor
There are many whc
USC guard Zam Frede
patient last summer dur
NBA Los Angeles Lake
first opportunity to he
contract in Italy, he'
professional basketball.
One of those who stil
Laker special scouting i
superstar Jerry West, t
can't help but feel
Frederick.
"The way I was beir
nothing was concrete ii
leading college scorer
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were going to do. I don't
three weeks after I left,
the guards I was compet
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distance from Los Ang
told the St. Matthew
chances of making the t
that the Lakers, who
rights, want him to con
immediately after he
playing with the Italian !
"When I get back,
Columbia for awhile but
to summer tryouts >
Frederick said.
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Zam contributed 28.9 p
averaged 36 points per g
games of the year.
Gamecocks under Coac
17-10 record. In Italy,
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eles to Bologna, he
s native that his Zam obta
earn were good and Bill Foster,
still hold his draft or three tin
le to the West Coast talked with
gets back from back. I told
Sinudyne team. "I unders
lot of prog
I'll stay around continued.4
then I'm going back them."
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Carolina last year, percent fro
oints per game and gets along
;ame over the last 13 learning to
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playing with both He said he >
, he's repeating that money. "It
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Frederick says he is frustrated B
erees. "The officiating here is :p?
' he said. "I don't think they ! .
the game. I get called for
bling and walks all the time."
llustrate his opinion, Frederick
4BA star Spencer Haywood who
taly up until recently when he
a referee's call by choking the
ywood was fined $5,000 and fled
ut paying the fine to sign a
h the Washington Bullets.
sn't on the court, Frederick says
;ide his Bologna apartment and
out much. He reads the innewspaper
to keep informed on
:ene in me U.S., especially news p
her about the Gamecocks. "I p
t the North Carolina game," he p
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who calls his former guard two 1
les per month. "The last time I
him, he said he wished I was ja
lim I wish I was back too."
tand Coach Foster's making a I
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with his teammates and is P
read Italian. He doesn't like to
what might have been, he said. I
by playing in the United States. I
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seemed like a good idea at the |
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