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little bit disappointed ?
by the NBA AU-Star
game on Sunday?
I mean, yeah, it was
a close, hard-played J I "tj
game . . . BUT ... if I
want to see any ole
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tune in to the Rockford Lii^mhb
Lightning versus the
Quad City Thunder of
the CBA. (I'll bet you SAN
didn't know that those ?
two squads are in a real race for
first in the Mideast Division of the
American Conference of the CBA.
I'd be willing to double that bet
that you really didn't care!)
Anyway, when I watch the
"Greatest Athletes in the World"
(as the players in the NBA like to
call themselves), I want to see
dunk after dunk after dunk after
no-look pass. I want to see Michael
Jordan flv thronoh the air. I want
"Sir" Charles Barkley going
"coast-to-coast" like a runaway
Amtrak. I want Shaquille O'Neal
to pull the rim off, chew it up and
spit it out! I DON'T Want
Defense!!!
There should be a constitutional
amendment that says Pat Riley
can't coach in the All-Star game.
That would take care of it.
Well, enough about that. The
one thing that happens at the midpoint
of the season is teams taking
stock and sometimes trading players
to improve for the stretch run.
Moments after the game on
Sunday, the Los Angeles Lakers
and Seattle Supersonics played the
home version of "Let's Make a
Deal" with Los Angeles sending
forward Sam "I Am" Perkins to
Seattle for enigmatic center Benoit
Benjamin and the rights to their
unsigned 1992 No. 1 draft choice,
Doug Christie.
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By NANCY SALOMONSKY
Staff Writer
The SEC Swimming and Diving
Championships ended Saturday
with the University of Florida's
men and women taking both overall
team championships. South
Carolina's men's team finished
eighth overall, while the Lady
Gamecocks finished seventh.
The Final day of events included
the 10-meter platform, 1,650meter
freestyle, 200-meter breaststroke,
200-meter butterfly and
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With the acquisition
of Benjamin, current Laker
center Vlade Divac will probably
be traded soon. To Dallas for the
rights to the other unsigned rookie,
Jim Jackson? Or, maybe to
Milwaukee where former Los
Angeles Coach Mike Dunleavy
would love to have a mobile big
man. The Bucks would most likely
have to part with one of their
young guards in order to get Divac.
Other midseason trade rumors:
Clyde Drexler from Portland to
the Los Angeles Clippers for
Danny Manning. This one would
be a "blockbuster." Sources say
Clyde and his teammates don't see
eye-to-eye anymore. No one can
apparently see eye-to-eye with
Manning.
Dennis Rodman is being
shopped around to a few clubs by
Detroit. The Clips, Suns and Trail
Blazers have all shown interest.
Where "the Worm" will turn up is
anyone's guess at this point.
The most confusing possibility is
? get out your computers for this
? Manning to the Suns, Jackson
to the Clippers and the lowly
Mavericks winding up with an
assortment of Phoenix back-ups.
Someone should really tell Dallas
they already possess an entire
TEAM of backups. Maybe Dallas
could trade with the aforementioned
Lightning or Thunder from
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4UU-meter treestyle relay.
The Lady Gamecocks earned
their highest finish of the entire
meet as Sara Henninger finished
second in the 200-meter breaststroke
behind the eventual overall
SEC women's individual champion,
Lucy Findlay from LSU. USC
received a solid performance from
freshman Michelle McCarthy,
who finished seventh in the 200meter
backstroke and had the
fastest split time for Carolina in
the 400-meter freestyle relay.
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where do the teams stand?
It truly is a good ole fashioned
Western shootout with Phoenix,
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Portland, both Los Angeleses,
Utah and Houston have all played
good ball at points during the year,
but the other three have pulled
slightly ahead.
An interesting note is that since
John Lucas took over the coaching
reigns in San Antonio, the Spurs
have been the hottest team, and
Phoenix is playing under first-year
coach Paul Westphal.
These two teams would make
for an exciting Western final. Look
for it to happen, barring injuries.
The Eastern Conference might
actually pose some serious competition
for the Chicago Bulls this
year.
With the Bulls and Jordan
"struggling," Cleveland and New
York have made their presence felt.
Both can "out-physical" Chicago,
and, with strong coaching from
Lenny Wilkins and Riley, they
both appear ready to move even
further in the playoffs.
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have the conference's fourth best
record. Go ahead. Look in the
paper. See, I'm completely sober.
Chuck Daly has his young team
clicking, and they can shoot!
The other young "guns" in the
East are the Charlotte Hornets.
Probably still a couple years away,
but they could surprise.
Never count out the Celtic mystique,
and there's always Shaq and
Orlando.
Any way it turns out, it should
be exciting.
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continued to have success at the
SEC Championships with a
fourth-place finish in the 100mcter
freestyle, as well as leading
die Gamecocks to a sixth-place
finish in die 400-meter freestyle
relay widi die fastest split time for
Soudi Carolina. Matt Borman and
Rik Leishman, the Gamecocks'
two best hopefuls for individual
tides, each competed in their last
events Saturday. Borman finished
fifth in the 10-meter platform, and
Leishman finished eighth in the
200-meter butterfly.
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By CHARLIE TISDALE
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For the second time in a oneweek
stand, the USC baseball team
defeated the Georgia Southern
Eagles Monday. The Gamecocks
once again used powerful hitting to
blast the Eagles 15-2.
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