Bucks vie for NBA championship
Playoffs to test Alcindor's leadership
NEW YORK (UPI) — Everybody agrees Lew Alcindor is good.
But how good? Nobody can say exactly. Not at the moment, anyway. The answer could come in the next few weeks.
It all depends on whether the Milwaukee Bucks can win the NBA world championship and that's a rather large order. They
to the club most likely to go all the way the club usually mentioned is the Atlanta Hawks.
The Hawks were simply too much for Chicago in those first two Western Division playoff contests, cutting up the Bulls, 129-111, and 124-104. After the dust had cleared a bit, Dick Motta, Chicago's fine young coach, shook his head over the Hawks and said:
Hawks Are Devastating
lead Philadelphia in the Eastern Division playoffs right now, two games to one, but around the league when the talk gets around
"They're devastating. I've been coaching 16 years, and I told my wife I've never been beaten as badly as in those two games. Believe me, I've been beaten badly before, too."
Getting back to Alcindor though, he's now in a position to help bring the Bucks from last place, which they occupied last season while he was a little busy
coach with the Bucks, Larry Costello, claims his super-rook already is ahead of both at a comparable stage in their careers.
with the big boys. He proved it in a dozen ways. Part of the proof is contained in such a seemingly insignificant statistic as "assists by centers." Alcindor led 'em all with 337 in 82 games.
at UCLA, all the way to an NBA world championship. If the rookie, 22-year-old Alcindor can do that, he isn't only good, he's got to be one of the best of all-time.
Claims Alcindor Is Ahead A neutral observer such as Willis Reed of the Knicks says Alcindor can be as good as Russell and Chamberlain some day. Another observer, Alcindor's
Only one man has ever been able to do it and that was Bill Russell, who returned from the 1958 Olympics in Melbourne and led the Boston Celtics to a world championship that same season.
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KU's scheduled spring football practice was called off Wednesday by coach Pepper Rodgers as he watched the early morning snowfall blanket the ground.
Snow stops workouts
"I won't waste one of our practices by going indoors," he said. "If we have to we'll practice on Sunday afternoon to make up for it."
"I just don't know," he said as he watched the snow tumble to the ground. "I'm just going to play it by ear."
As to when the Jayhawks will return to work, Rodgers is uncertain.
Rodgers was generally pleased with Monday's initial practice saying that the team's overall condition, attitude and hustle was good.
The coaching staff greeted approximately 75 players with eight others excused. Among the missing were Karl Salb, who will be spending his spring throwing the shot put for the KU thinclads, and Keith Lieppman, who is playing shortstop on the KU baseball team.
One thing Rodgers is certain of is that he will not use one of the 20 spring sessions in Allen Fieldhouse.
Rodgers is planning on 28 of last fall's 44 letterm to be the backbone of the 1970 club.
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"Our biggest problems will be in rebuilding our offensive line and settling on a quarterback," he said.
With the exception of Steve Lawson, a two-time letterman, the entire offensive line was wiped out by graduation. Among the missing are Dale Evans, a second team All-America center, and tight end John Mosier, the school's all-time leading pass receiver.
"This is the first time in three years the quarterback position is wide open," Rodgers said, "although Phil Basler (Independence, Mo., Junior) holds a slight edge because of his experience."
Contending with Basler for the quarterback position are upcoming sophomores Rich Jones of Columbus and Bob Bruegging, a Kansas City, Mo., product. Another strong candidate who is presently running number two behind Basler is Dan Heck, a mid-term transfer from El Camino (Calif.) Junior College.
Basler started the last four games as a sophomore last fall after Jim Ettinger was sidelined with a shoulder injury.
Asked how he thought this KU football team might do in next year's Big Eight race, Rodger's said, "Like the past two years, we could finish first or last." In typical Rodgers fashion he added, "We've proved the last two years that nobody has any idea what we're going to do, including myself."
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