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Well the longest pro basketball season in history finally came
to an end Sunday with the Boston Celtics capturing the title
from the Pheonix Suns.
The old battle tested Celtics proved to be a little too much for
. the young inexperienced Suns, but still it was a great series.
With a little luck and a lot of negotiating the NBA will have
four ABA teams in its midst next season. This will add both
revenue andonterest to the sport.
But some of the NBA teams may be less than delighted with
the prospect of having to do battle with the Denver Nuggetts
and the New York Nets.
Here's one writer who is looking forward to the merger. What
could be more delightful on a Sunday afternoon than a Julius
Erving - Bob McAdoo dual followed by a David Thompson Phil
Smith clash.
A merger is probably the best thing for pro basketball but it
does have its drawbacks.
With the bidding war over college stars will probably not
receive the lofty contracts their predessors have.
But the real drawback is the fringe player. JC the NBA only
accepts the four teams that have applied Kentucky and Utah
(formally St. Louis) will be left out leaving such stars as Artis
Giltnore, Mavin Barnes and Maurice Lucas to be picked up.
Thus quite a few players of last season will be unemployed.
Now that the Olympic basketball squad has been cut to fifteen
and coach Dean Smith has succeeded in getting seven ACC
players of the list (including four Tarheels) maybe he can stop
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teams selection.
If all four of his players were picked with such a lack of
influence on his part one must wonder if given a free hand he
might have taken his entire North Carolina team.
It stands to reason that with such a limited amount of time to
prepare for the games players who have played together will
make the team stronger, but, it also stands to reason that
players like Ricky Green and Mo Howard have as much ability
as anyone on the team.
The NBA draft was held this week and the No. 1 draft pick
was Maryland's John Lucas, a North Carolina native. David
. Thompson last year's college player of the year is also a native
Tarheel. Whatever happened to the days when many said the
great players came _ from the New York, New Jersey,
Philadelphia, D.C. area?
Janet Guthrie may have gotten the headlines butshe'snot the
only young lady with auto racing fever. Last Sunday there were
three other young ladies racing.
In the Texas 500, a 500 mile United States Auto Club (USAC)
stock car race Arlene Hiss took a ninth place finish. (There were
15 cars running at the end). Martha Wideman was also running
at the conclusion of the race.
While at North Wilkesboro in the Baby Grand Division of
NASCAR Lillian Vandiver who droive at Charlotte in the same
division lasted 45 laps of a 164 lap race before going out with a
burned piston. Keep reading my column ladies I'm becoming
less chauvinistic every week.
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