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NBA expansioi Charlott Ply The Associated Press NF.W YORK ? I he NBA will have four more teams before the end of the decade, and rotating them among divisions might make even devoted fans di//.y. I Ins past week, the NBA Hoard of Governors accepted the recommendation of its Expansion Committee and accepted Charlotte into the league for the 1988-89 season and Minneapolis. Minn., 1989-90. T lie board then went beyond the committee's suggestion that ii choose between two I lorida cities and invited both Miami in 1988 and Orlando m 1989. Commissioner David Stern immediately had to field questions ,ibout (.1 i luted talent, odd numbers and division lineups with no regard for geography. Stern said that, even with ex .1.11V. APA CALL 7 TO AD^ FIND YO HOME APARTME] COME SI WHAT WET IFOR YOl individual leas* security syster laundry faciliti m SL With 30, ALL FAL FREE BE. I I //inn | IL/ma71ageZent1 i decision final e, Miami pansion, the NBA would have fewer teams than the fielded by the NBA and the American Basketball Association heloie a merger in 1976. "Iwenty seven teams might sound like an illogical iinmher, but it's certainly no more illogical than 23," Stern said. I he location of three ol the four new teams in the I ast com p I i c a te d the d i v i s io n a I alignments, so the governors adopted a rotating system that has every new team spending ai least one season in both the I' a s i <. i n a n d VV e s I e i n conferences. In 19KX 89, ( harlotte will com pete in the Atlantic Division and Miami in the Midwest, with Sacramento moving pei mancnt l\ tot he I'aci I ic. In 1989 90, ( harlotte and Mm "WTTTT wnnsi RTME 77-4249 /ERTISE UR NEXT IN THE NT GUIDE A 5E EGOT RT)\ 7]U 0! <Wg :;1 w^w *^H| S ^n A ntin wi WMV^ w O W I111IAU11 n sleeping es full furni V PRELEASING F( IMMFR AND FALL 60, 90 day summer lease ,L LEASES QUAL AC I I WEEKEND 1 COLUMBIA'S FEWEST CONCEPT II STUDENT LIVING in W?.* ( ) W m w J I NBA expan in 1988-89, Charlotte will compete ii the Midwest, with Sacramento tnovin; In 1989-90, Charlotte and Minnea Orlando in the Central and Miami in In 1990-91, Minneapolis and Orl Charlotte to the Central and Miami v In 1991-92, Miami and Orlando wil m the Central and Minneapolis in the neapolis will compete m the Midwest, Orlando in the ( enlral and Miami in the Atlantic. In ll>90-91, Minneapolis and Orlando will move to the Midwest, Charlotte to the C entral and Miami will stay in the Atlantic. In 1991 V?., Miami and ()ilan do will compete in the Atlantic, ( harlotlc m the ( entral and Min NT Gl z5i (CHARBC j 252Off Greystone 6 & 12 Month Leases 1 & 2 Bedrooms All A J . . I a r\l I MaUIT 5 Minutes From USC Social Events STUDENT SPECIALS RATED: E) Call Arnanc T I 'i? g pool & studying lofts ture package 1R I i options IFY FOR DRA WING 1 V Office Hours: j ? M-F 9:30 - 5:30 I 211 MAIN ST. 254-7801 rlando, M sion teams d n the Atlantic Division and Miami in c H permanently to the Pacific. polis will compete in the Midwest, I the Atlantic. :iiuin vc ill t/\ rill stay in the Atlantic. I competc in the Atlantic, Charlotte Midwest. t I neapolis in the Midwest. I " I Ins system will give lans in these new franchise cities a ?i chance to see all the stats ot the ;i NBA several times in the lit si I three years," Stem said. "In I 19^1. the teams will settle imn > I hut most logical geographical di\isions, which we hope will 1 enable them to huikl livalries ; wilh existing teams in the same i DUI-1 YOU'LL ONI )NNEAU) v 1000 On Stoneridge Lake Pool Jacuzzi j Water Volleyball ] Tennis Courts j Sunken Livingroom Washer/Dryer Fireplace (CEPTIONAL " jL1- SPUTUM AliK MANAG1 t o i r o r a i k h+i i rs ihi? wat. mid no itall al. ima9 Ml M H 1 BEDROOM 2 BEDROOM 3 BEDROOM (12 MONTH LEil WE HAVE 6. MONTH LEASES DON'T WAIT 794-2! Come or y a rnuj sfcui j you AN finneapo, \ ea I he sin prise ol t he day was the lecision by the governors to acept both Hoi id a teams. "It nist wouldn't have been .in to choose between two equal lorida applicants," Stem said. 'We decided that the only proper liing to do was take both." Stern said the governors' vote o take the lour teams into the eaguc with a S.I 2. ^ million entry ee was unanimous, although on v an IH-S majority was required. 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