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HOUSTON — Scottie Pippen didn't expect to feel comfortable immediately with the Houston Rockets' offense. But he didn't expect to be a virtual spectator 22 games into the season, either.
Pippen has been getting more frustrated as his offensive production diminishes. The Rockets usually pound the ball inside to Charles Barkley and Hakeem Olajuwon rather than run the ball, which Pippen prefers.
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Pippen, who signed a five-year, $67.5 million contract in January, took only five shots and scored four points in 35 minutes Sunday during a 104-90 loss to the Phoenix Suns.
offense. It makes the game not fun anymore. My next step is to find why this organization wanted me."
"I'm frustrated," Pippen said. "Playing the minutes I'm playing, I'm not involved in the
Pippen is averaging 40.6 minutes per game, fourth in the NBA, but he doesn't believe the Rockets are getting the most from his talents. Against the Suns, Barkley took 21 shots and Olaiuwon 14 shots.
"We have to get everybody involved," Pippeen said. "We have to make the game fun for everybody."
Pippen had similar comments following Saturday night's 100-89 victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers when he had only one point in the first half but ended up with 16 points and 10 assists. The Rockets might have lost without his second half spurt.
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Against the Cavaliers, Pippen was 4-for-11 from the field, and Olajuwon was 11-of-19. Pippen is averaging 15 points, 5.6 assists and 7.5 rebounds.
Pippen was accustomed to the consistency of the Chicago Bulls, where he was the sidekick for Michael Jordan. The Bulls won six NBA championships in Pippen's 11 years with the team. Pippen is not a pivotal part of the Rockets' offense, and some of his teammates are aware of that.
"We've had moments where we clicked on all cylinders and that is exciting to see," Price said. "If we ever get into the flow, we can be dangerous."
"We just have to do a better job of diversitying," Barkley said. "We've got to do a better job of getting it to Scottie and Michael Dickerson."
NFL hesitant about location of expansion team
The Rockets have struggled to get all their all-star parts working together. They've beaten only two teams with winning records, but guard Brent Price has seen glimpses of what the complete offense can do.
Team owners on Sunday delayed any decision on where they will place a 32nd franchise — or, indeed, if they will expand anytime soon — even though Houston's bid seems to have all the ingredients. What Houston doesn't has is the No. 2 market in the United States, something the NFL desperately wants.
PHOENIX — If the NFL likes what it has seen and heard from Houston so much, why doesn't it just give the Texas city an expansion team? Simply because the league like to see and hear the same kind of things from Los Angeles.
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So Los Angeles, despite the presence of competing groups, each without a stadium proposal in the same ballpark with Houston, is
getting extra time to come up with one.
"If the Los Angeles situation was as far along as Houston's situation, we'd come away with a much clearer idea of what will happen this week," Cleveland Browns president Carmen Policy said. "We need a clear relationship with the Los Angeles community and the state of California powers that be."
The Browns are the league's 31st team, beginning play this season. With an odd number of teams, the schedule gets messy, with at least one team off every week — including the opening weekend and the final weekend. Although the 32nd team probably wouldn't begin play until 2002, most team owners believe it is imperative that the enrollment be expanded.
32nd team isn't looking at it, "Steele president Dan Rooney says. "We need 32 for the schedule and to get eight divisions of four teams."
"Anybody who doesn't want a
But Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, isn't so sure expansion is a good idea. He wouldn't be surprised if no decision was made at the winter meetings. "I think it's understandable to want a team in Los Angeles and a team in Houston. It's more a
question of the timing and the owners and the stadium." Jones said.
Robert McNair, who heads Houston's bid for a new team, isn't so patient. He even sent a letter to nine teams he claims do not have advantageous stadium situations
to express his group's interest in buying a current team and moving it to Houston if the city doesn't get an expansion franchise.
He also realizes that further delays in making a decision helps Los Angeles, which lost the Rams and Raiders four years ago. Houston lost the Oilers to Tennessee after the 1996 season.
"Clearly, you've got some owners who do not want to do anything, some owners who want to go to Houston ... Some who want to wait and see if something can be put together in Los Angeles," McNair said.
"You're going to have to get a coalition of at least two of those groups in order to come up with the 24 votes. So there has to be some type of compromise to resolve the issue."
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