10 Thursday, September 13. 1979
University Daily Kansan
Big Mo rockets to NBA
By GENE MYERS
Sports Writer
As a 64-foot-5 high school sophomore, Paul Mokeski found his calling.
The message came from his high school coach in Encino, Calif., and "Big Mo," now 7-foot-1, heard it clearly.
"Back then, my coach told me I had a good shot at the pro's. Mokesi said after a fast-paced pickup game in Allen Field that it was up to it we reach my potential."
And he did three months ago when the Houston Rockets selected him in the second round of the National Basketball Association collegiate draft. This afternoon Mokesi will go to Houston and the high-tech training camp. The Rockets' open training camp tomorrow.
ALL MOKESKI, proud holder of a two-year contract for an undiscounted amount and an endorsement帖 with Nike, has his footing up in the big game. The challenge, however, is being the designated substitute for Moses Malone, the player, and leading rebound last season. Player and leading rebound last season.
"I have to go and play my 10 to 12 minutes every night," Mokeski said, "and not slack off and not let the team fall too far back.
"There's no one who can come in and be another Moses; he's the best in the league. But I must come in and hold everything together."
"Last year they were really hurt because they didn't have a capable replacement. Moses had to play far too much, and by the end of the season he was getting burned out."
"This year they want to rest him more and that's where I come in."
LAST WEAR the Rockets showcased a high-flying attack with Malone, Calvin Murphy, Rick Barry and Rudy Tomjanovich. But when Malone had to rest, the
fast-paced assault slowed to a trot. The result was a second-place finish in the Central Division and an early exit from the NBA plovoffs.
Mokesi said he faced the pivotal point in his career, but he said he was more worried when his career started back in June.
On draft day, Mokeski was up early to wait for the "call." He expected to be chosen in the second or third round. Detroit, a team with four-played-plagged Bohler, showed the most insight.
BUT BY NOON Detroit didn't called. Neither had Phoenix, another prospective employer, and Mokeski prepared for a fall instead of a call.
"I just sat in my apartment waiting for the call," he said, "I figured to go in the second or third, but I started getting more than a little anxious.
"As time went on, I knew my value was going down and down, but I didn't know why I wasn't being nicked."
The call finally came late in the afternoon, only it was from his agent and not Houston.
"The Rockets never got around to call the team, and there was a problem with the telephone hookup in New York caused part of the delay, and Houston was busy finishing the draft. But I was
"WHEN I FINALLY found out, I didn't realize what it meant. Everyone I knew was really excited, but it hadn't hit me. I thought unlikelyly be more excited than I was actually."
Entering the draft, "Big Mo" was a winner. He scored 25 points in the kale game in the 1978 NCAA plays he played like a future rook. And others. He was an average collegian, just a little taller.
"After the UCLA game (18 points, 12 rebounds, five fouls) I thought I had a good head start on a pro career," he said. "I was seen on national TV and did well."
"I WAS CONFIDENT I would do that well every game my senior year, but it just didn't happen. I had early consistency problems;
Former KU star cut by Kings
Norm Cook's basketball comeback has been turned back.
The former KU sensation who skipped his senior year to join the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association was one of four players to receive a rookie and a free agent candle ended Tuesday.
Cook spent his rookie season, 1977-78, with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Denver Nuggets him up and released him after two games. He spent last year with Tuscon, Art of the Wasket-Basket球队.
With his release, Cook is a free agent and
able to sign with any NBA team. Kings officials, however, said that they didn't know what his plans were. Cook was unavailable for comment yesterday.
Another Big Eight player had better luck at the try camp. Fitzsimmons kept Oklahoma's John McCullough, the Big Eight's Most Valuable Player last year.
Six other players have been invited to the Kings' regular training camp, which begins Friday. They are a free agent Charles Thompson and draft pick Reggie King (Alabama), co-host (Tennessee), Curtis Walkins (De Paul) and Nick Daniels (Xavier of Ohio).
Yaz joins 3,000 club
BOSTON (AP) - Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox has lauched a two-tone in-game the 12th inning of Wednesday night's game with the New York Yankees to win the first American League baseball player to get 3,600 hits and 400 home runs in his career.
Aystremzski's sharp ground-ball hit to right field of Jamie Beattie made the 18th major leaguer to reach the 300-hit mark and only the fourth big leaguer to join the 300-hit, 400-hitter club. The others are all from Chelsea. Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Stan Musial.
Yastremski collected his 2,909th hit with a single in his last trip to the plate in Sunday's 16-4 loss to Baltimore.
Yastrzestski hit the first pitch on the ground past second baseman Willie Randleph as a mob of Red Sox teammates flooded on the field to庆祝他的人。The hit broke a string of 12 consecutive failures, in which he walked, to get the 3,000th Yastrzestski, the second American Leaguer—including Al Kinae—to reach the plate since 1925.
Right fighter Reggie Jackson brought the ball in from the field to Vastrestia first base and the Yankees, led by Manager Bill Orr, of the dugout to offer their congratulations.
Yastrzmeiski had only one previous hit, a single, in his previous 18 times at bat and his average had dipped to .266.
Prior to the history, hit last night, Yaztrzemzi had walked, filed deep to right field, grounded to first against Catfish and grounded to second against Beattie.
Carl Yastrzemski
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