3B
SPORTS/The Charlotte Post
Thursday, February 13, 1997
NBA’s star starting to dim
Continued from IB
Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant,
guys who haven’t won anything
and lack the extra something
that can help them turn the cor
ner in the pros. Sooner or later,
someone’s got to step in.
'The athletic talent in the NBA
is probably the best its been in
50 years of existence, but there’s
more to the game than dunking
and making commercials. The
emphasis on gettin’ paid as indi
viduals is starting to overshad
ow excellence on the floor. And
this can be said for the owners,
because they seem to be caught
up in the loot.
The clock’s ticking on this
party.
Moten is basketball’s wise man
Continued from IB
Joyner, being his coach at one
time, we followed each other,”
Moten said. “When he was at
(Virginia) Union (as an assistant
coach), we’d get together and
talk about things other than bas
ketball. When he got to Johnson
C. Smith.. .he brought me in. It
keeps me active and it keeps my
mind young.”
'The Bulls have been one of the
CIAA’s top teams since Joyner
and Moten arrived. TOth three
Southern Division titles and
three Division 11 playoff appear
ances in the last six seasons,
Moten’s protege’ has given JCSU
its best stretch of basketball in
school history.
“1 feel as
though he’s
done a won
derful job with
the material
he’s had,”
Moten said. “I
would say in
four of the last
six years, his
record has
been better
than any coach who has been
here. He’s got a good rapport
with the players and I enjoy
working for him. I don’t think I
could find a better person to
work with. He’s a smart bttle
coach. Very smart.”
Before making his mark on
Joyner
Smith basketball, Moten was
one of the top high school coach
es in the area, first at Maiy
Potter Academy, a black prep
school in Oxford, N.C., then
Charlotte’s Second Ward, a state
high power when North
Carolina schools were segregat
ed. He also helped scout players
for the 1968 U.S. Olympic team,
one of many highlights of his
career. Moten left Second Ward
in 1969 to become an adminis
trator in Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools, and retired in 1981.
Basketball, however, has always
been part of Moten’s fife.
“Tve been around for a long
time, and I’ve dedicated a lot of it
to basketball,” he said.
JCSU signs area football talent
Continued from 1B
McNeill said. “What you’ve got
to do is put your best athletes on
the defensive side. I’d rather be
able to stop people from scoring
than to put a lot of points up.”
Smith’s recruiting class will
have “no more than 10” players,
McNeill said. Offensively, the
Bulls will have to replace tail
back Demetrius Campbell,
receivers Reggie Lawrence and
Brandon Armstrong and quar
terback De’TreU Calloway, but
the line returns all five starters.
“We’re in pretty good shape
there,” McNeill said. “We have
some experienced people.”
• N.C. Central has signed 10
players, including Olympic
offensive lineman Mahlik
'Thomas.
The Eagles (7-3, 5-3 CIAA) are
still waiting to commitments,
but coach Larry Little said
Central has “a
good recruit
ing class” that
emphasizes
beefing up the
offensive line.
The Eagles
signed receiv
er Brian
Debnam of
Raleigh;
defensive back
Kevin
Mattocks of
Cary; defensive linemen Bryan
Gillie of Reidsville, Corey
Roberson of Washington, N.C.,
and D.J. Edmonds of Sutherfin,
Little
Va.; and offensive linemen
Brandon Muffett of Fayetteville,
Andre Joyner of Winston-Salem,
Willie Hardy of Enfield and
Barry Taylor of Henderson.
“Our top priority was the offen
sive fine because we needed
some more size,” Little said. “We
lost three offensive linemen from
last year, and one of these young
men coming into the program
will have to start for us.”
Central, which has one of the
biggest offensive lines in the
CIAA with an average of 6-2,300
pounds, is expected to become
larger with the incoming class.
“In the future, I feel we will
have one of the biggest and best
offensive fines in the CIAA once
these young men grow and
mature together,” Little said.
Recruits happy with choices
lijiij
Continued from 1B
“Some people wait all their
fives for something to happen,
while aU of my dreams have
come true at such an early age,
for that I’m thankful.”
Shipp had narrowed his choic
es to Florida, Tennessee and
^Trginia with the offensive-
minded Gators winning the 6-2
receiver. Winning the national
championship last season, had
nothing to do with his choice,
Shipp said. Instead, it was the
chance to play right away.
“You don’t have to be an All-
American as long as you can
play, they run a three-man
(receiver) rotation, so at least six
guys are going to get in a game,
so the chances of playing down
there are better than say,
Virginia, where they only run
two.”
For 6-foot-7 Pmade All-
American linebacker, DeAngelo
Lloyd of Independence, his
choice wasn’t as suspenseful.
Last fall he chose Tfennessee,
then officially signed the letter
last week. The Vols are also an
SEC team, so Lloyd and Shipp
will be rivals.
“I say we’re enemies again,”
Lloyd said. “I wish he could have
went with me but you know, peo
ple got to make their decisions so
I wish him all the luck but they
won’t beat us next year.”
Lloyd and Sbipp have battled
many times over the last four
years, especially the last two
seasons, when Independence
challenged the Lions for
Southwestern 4A conference
superiority. Lloyd expects to
make an impact right away with
the Vols.
“As far as me going in next
year and playing, they were kind
of slim last year at linebacker
and they were kind of small,” he
said. “Tm a bigger size line
backer, so they told me 1 could
just come in and fit in that posi
tion, just come in and work, gain
a couple of pounds and I’ll be
fine.”
If quarterback Payton
Maiming returns for his senior
year, Lloyd says there’s no stop
ping 'Ifennessee.
“I guarantee you if Payton
stays, there isn’t any chance that
we shouldn’t get a national
championship,” Lloyd said.
“Even if he doesn’t, we still have
a defense that will be real good
next year.”
Mason having all-star kind of season
Continued from 1B
team.”
Rice would have fiked nothing
better than to be joined by
Mason on the all-star team. It
didn’t happen but not because
Mason wasn’t worthy. His num
bers and hard play should have
been enough, but the league’s
coaches who voted on the All-
Star reserves chose to look else
where. Not every coach agreed
with the snub, however.
“The guys that made the team
are great but Anthony Mason
deserves to be on the team I
voted for him. Without question
he deserves it,” Indiana Pacers
coach Larry Brown said. “Some
people are going to be left out, it
doesn’t mean there not all-stars
in my mind.”
Cowens wasn’t allowed to vote
for his own players but would
have had the rules been differ
ent.
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