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Thursday, April 10, 1997
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Chris Hamilton / KANSAN
Angie Halbleib drives against a Missouri defender earlier this season. Halbleib will tryout for women's professional leagues later this month.
Women receive pre-draft invitation for pro workout
Kansan staff report
Three Kansas women's basketball players — guards Tamecka Dixon and Angie Halbleib and forward Jennifer Trapp — have earned pre-draft workout invitations for the two new women's basketball leagues.
"This is a great group of players, and whatever they do when they leave Kansas, they deserve to do well in," Kansas coach Marian Washington said at the end of the season.
Dixon and Halbleib will attend the Women's NBA pre-draft camp from April 19 to 22 in Orlando, Fla. Representatives from the eight-team league will observe all on-court workouts. About 60 players are expected to attend the workout, which will help teams evaluate player personnel before the league's draft on April 28.
"I want to pursue a professional basketball career," Dixon said earlier in the year. "I have been playing basketball for a long time, it's a part of my life. I want to be able to play as
long as I can."
Earlier in the season, Renee Brown, WNBA director of player personnel, visited Kansas to scout the Jayhawks. Brown is also a former Kansas assistant coach and has some say in which players are selected and where they will play.
Dixon, Halbleib and Trapp also will be at the American Basketball League Player Combine from April 24 to 27 in San Francisco. The ABL will have its draft on May 5.
Dixon was a 1997 Kodak All-America selection this season and the Big 12 Conference Player of the Year. She averaged 20.8 points last season and led the Jayhawks in points, steals and assists.
Halbleib and Trapp were both honorable mention Big 12 selections and started all 31 games this past season.
Hableible is Kansas' most prolific three-point shooter, holding records for 237 three-point shots made and 658 attempted. Trapp started 121of 122 games during her college career, and shot a team-best .518 from the floor last season.
Jayhawks wait for recruits to decide to play for Kansas
Legislature praises basketball team
Kansan staff.report
The fax machine at the Kansas basketball office was quiet yesterday.
It was the first day of the late signing period for college basketball, but none of the recruits Kansas is pursuing decided to make their commitments known.
But there was little panic in the Kansas basketball office. The signing period lasts for five weeks, and the Jayhawks expect to see their new players come later than sooner.
Kansas has three scholarships available and wants to recruit at least two guards and maybe a big man or two.
One recruit, Bernard Smith, a 6-3 guard from Conroe, Texas, was
offered a scholarship by Kansas coach Roy Williams last week. But Williams notified Smith that Kansas was still recruiting Baron Davis, a point guard from Santa Monica, Calif.
"I think it may have turned him off a little bit," said Conroe High School assistant-coach Tim Schumaker.
It was thought that Smith might sign with Kansas yesterday, but his decision has been delayed. The guard, who also is considering the University of Houston, attended the funeral of his cousin and will delay his decision for at least another week.
"Bernard wants to get away from it and see if there are other schools out there to add to his list," Schumaker said.
The Jayhawks are still in the hunt for Davis. The 6-1 guard from Crossroads High School is considered one of the top recruits in the coun
try. Along with Kansas, he also is considering UCLA and will visit Georgetown next week.
As for Khalid El-Alam, a 5-11 point guard from Minnesota, Kansas does not seem to be as interested in him as they once were.
The Jayhawks are no longer actively recruiting El-Amin, and Minnesota also has relaxed its pursuit of El-Amin. He is expected to visit Connecticut later next week.
Ryan Humphrey, a 6-8 forward from Tylan, Okla., will delay his decision because he is playing in an All-Star game.
The Jayhawks took time off from class yesterday to receive recognition from the Kansas Legislature.
Williams and the team traveled to Topeka where they were introduced to both the Kansas House of Representatives and the Senate. Both chambers gave them standing ovations.
"It was a great ride, and I hope to
"...I don't know if I will ever have a better group to represent the state of Kansas."
Roy Williams Kansas men's basketball coach
have several more," Williams said to the legislators. "But I don't know if I will ever have a better group to represent the state of Kansas."
The only player missing from the recognition was guard Billy Thomas. Williams said that Thomas had to take a test and could not make the trip.
ADAM
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1995 season. He hasn't been the same since. One could argue that if the selection for the anniversary list was made after Woodson's injury instead of during the prime of his career, he might not have made it. Herb Adderly or Willie Wood would have been a better choice.
When I saw who was left off the NBA's list — players like Alex English, Bob McAdoo and Artis Gilmore — I was shocked.
Keeping current players off the
Everyone looked up to Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and George "Iceman" Gervin.
I did too, but my basketball idol was Bernard King. I used to imitate King when I hooped it up in the mid-1980s by taping my fingers together just like him.
NBA 50-greatest-players list would not be to shun them. Rather, it would be to honor those whose careers are over — players of the 1940s through the 1980s who didn't make millions. Players who played injured and didn't have access to advanced medical technology. Players who didn't wear properly arched shoes. And players who played without giant shoe, soft-drink and underarm-deodorant endorsements. These are the players that deserve to be on the list.
Now are you happy?
Comments? E-mail Adam at sports@kansan.com
However, there is one rule that I would have added if I had created the rules for the list of the NBA 50 greatest players of all time. Besides allowing only former NBA players, I would grant a player who retired and than came back the right to be on the list.
The NBA's greatest?
Here are the statistics of four retired players randomly selected who made the NBA's 50 greatest players list
Name Team Years All-star Points Reb./Asst.
Bill Sharman Boston 11 8 12,665 2,779 reb.
Walt Frazier New York 13 7 15,581 5,040 asst.
Bill Russell Boston 12 12 14,522 21,620 reb.
*George Gervin San Antonio 14 12 26,595 5,602 reb.
Here are the statistics of 11 retired players whom Herman Schmans thinks should have made the NBA's 50 greatest players list. Enjoy comparing.
Name Team Years All-star Points Reb./Asst.
Maurice Cheeks Philadelphia 15 4 12,195 7,392 asst.
Adrian Dantley Utah 15 6 23,177 5,455 reb.
Alex English Denver 15 6 25,613 6,538 reb.
*Artis Gilmore Chicago 17 11 25,211 16,330 reb.
Connie Hawkins Phoenix 9 5 8,233 3,971 reb.
*Dan Issel Denver 15 7 27,482 11,133 reb.
Dennis Johnson Boston 12 5 15,535 5,499 asst.
Bernard King New York 14 4 19,655 5,060 reb.
Bob Lanier Detroit 14 8 19,248 9,698 reb.
Bob McAdoo Buffalo 14 4 18,787 8,048 reb.
*David Thompson Denver 9 5 13,422 2,446 reb.
*Denotes NBA and ABA combined statistics
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