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Wednesday, November 3, 1993
NBAPREVIEW
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Resumé Writing and Interviewing Skills for Women
A workshop designed to help women improve and enhance resume writing techniques and interviewing skills. There will be two opportunities to participate in this workshop.
Tuesday, November 9, 1993
Pine Room, Kansas Union
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 2, 1993
Pine Room, Kansas Union
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center. 115 Strong Hall.
For more information, contact Renee Speicher at 864-3552.
Ryan Pearson KU Junior Lawrence,KS
Experience that pays Ryan is the two time winner of a Vector Marketing scholarship. Through his job at Vector he has gained valuable resume experience. He has also sharpened his communication and presentation skills. In addition, he has met many valuable professional contacts which will aid him in finding a future job.
$9.30 starting
Scholarships and internships available. All majors accepted. 842-8531
Gone are Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird — players who used skill and intelligence, rather than power.
Jordan's shocking retirement last month leaves a major void, not only in the NBA's visibility, but in its talent in the open court. And the off-season deaths of Reggie Lewis and Drazen Petrovic took away two more players who brought something to the league besides brawn.
After losing its biggest names and signing its largest contracts, the National Basketball Association begins a new season relying on some key players to sustain the growth it has enjoyed for a decade.
It's show time and the league hopes new stars will shine
By Bill Barnard The Associated Press
Stepping into the spotlight when the 1993-94 season starts Friday night are a big group of large players. Their talents, while impressive, don't feature the flair of Jordan, the passing of Johnson or the cocky 3-point wizardry of Bird.
The last eight NBA Finals MVPs were Jordan (three times), Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, James Worthy, Johnson and Bird.
Look again, and you'll notice that except for Portland's Clyde Drexler, they are the key players on the teams expected to contend for NBA championships — if not this season, then in the near future.
There's not a power player in that bunch, but the top stars in today's NBA — Shaquille O'Neal, Patrick Ewing, Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, Karl Malone, Alonzo Mourning, Larry Johnson, Shawn Kemp and Brad Daugherty — use strength as the essence of their games.
Superior quickness gives them the edge over other players their size. But guile is not their style.
Look further and you'll see that the Chicago Bulls are not considered to be contenders. Winners of three straight titles, the Bulls' remaining talent and experience may get Chicago into the playoffs, but not out of the Eastern Conference.
dimension," Bulls coach Phil Jackson said. "We have a new set of goals in finding a new way to win with a new set of players. We are a longshot to win the title. I heard we went from 5-2 to 2-1 in Las Vegas."
"Our season has taken on a new
Coaches and players agree that defence is the key
New York, last season's Eastern conference runner-up, hopes to ride its defense, the best in the NBA a year ago behind Ewing, Charles Oakley, John Starks and Anthony Mason, to the NBA championship.
"We aspire to the title, and that's a goal of ours," Knicks coach Pat Riley said. "But it's a mistake to assume it's going to be easy just because Michael Jordan retired."
The emphasis placed on defense by the Bulls and Detroit Pistons in winning the last five NBA titles has made an impact on players' and coaches' thinking throughout the league.
"Defense is going to be the key," Barkley said. "You can tell by the way we're training that we're emphasizing defense more. I think, sooner or later, the Western Conference is going to change that myth that that's the difference between the East and West."
Coach Paul Westphal scoffed at Barkley's suggestion that the Suns can win 70 games, but added, "I wouldn't trade our team for any in the league."
The Portland Trail Blazers, criticized for not having the intelligence to match their talent, added free-agent center Chris Dudley, most recently of New Jersey, for defense and rebounding.
"Chris and Buck Williams give us a lot of toughness defensively," coach Rick Adelman said. "We have three guards in Clyde Drexler, Terry Porter and Rod Strickland, and we have six guys up front who have to sort themselves out. The guys who defend are the guys who are going to play."
body-slammers Kemp, Olajuwon,
Robinson and Malone.
Seattle, Houston, San Antonio and Utah are the other top teams in the West, led respectively by athletic
Western body-slammers
Golden State hoped to sneak in among the contenders, but season-ending knee injuries by guards Tim Hardaway and Sarunas Marciulionis means another frustrating season for coach Don Nelson despite the arrival of rookie Chris Webber.
The SuperSonics were bolstered by a trade for guard Kendall Gill, the Spurs traded All-Star forward Sean Elliott for two-time NBA rebounding champion Dennis Rodman, and the Trail Blazers dealt disgruntled center Kevin Duckworth to Washington for forward Harvey Grant.
O'Neal-Mourning match up
In the Eastern Conference, which is more directly affected by the retirement of Jordan, veteran teams like New York and Cleveland could be challenged by the young warriors of Charlotte and Orlando.
O'Neal and Mourning, two of the two best centers ever to enter the NBA at the same time, have better supporting casts.
The Magic, who won the NBA draft lottery in consecutive years, wound up with Anfernee Hardaway and signed him to a $64 million deal that rivaled Webber's contract. Hardaway is expected to start immediately at guard, kicking Nick Anderson to forward and making Dennis Scott a sixth man.
Mourning has the luxury of concentrating on providing the Hornets with inside strength now that the publicrelations spotlight is on teammate Larry Johnson, who signed an $84 million, 12-year contract extension. Charlotte also picked up 20-point scorer Hersey Hawkins from Philadelphia to replace Gill.
"The Mourning O'Neal match up is shaping up like Russell-Chamberlain." Hornets coach Allan Bristow said. "It's a natural rivalry geographically, and they have similar styles. But I still consider New York and Cleveland the elite teams in the East. The way we've accumulated talent in the last few years, we should be a factor, if not this year, then next year. We should be among the elite."
VECTOR
Bulls, NBA continue TV battle
CHICAGO — The National Basketball Association is entitled to regulate television broadcasts by its teams, commissioner David Stern testified yesterday in the Chicago Bulls' federal trial challenging that policy.
The Associated Press
The Bulls and Chicago-based WGN-TV are suing the NBA and trying to void contracts the league signed this year with NBC and Turner Broadcasting, which secured a virtual lock on broadcasting Bulls' games nationally beginning next year.
The Bulls, seeking to increase the number of games televised on WGN, contend they have the right to negotiate directly with the superstation, which broadcasts locally and is carried nationally on cable. WGN wants to increase the number of games it is allowed to television each season from the current 25 to 41.
In largely technical testimony, Stern portrayed the league as a joint venture between all 27 teams. While individual teams can market themselves locally, the teams made the league responsible for national marketing, Stern testified.
The NBA contends the NBC and Turner contracts were made with the consent of the league's Board of Governors, which is comprised of team owners.
Under its $750 million contract, NBC will broadcast no more than 26 regular-season games, plus playoff and finals. Turner paid $352 million to show 70 regular-season games on its cable stations, WTBS and TNT. The contracts don't take effect until the 1994-96 season.
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