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Eljp Satly ear Hrrl Kidd Issues Ultimatum to Dallas: Trade Jim Jackson or Trade Me ■ Mavericks’ all-star point guard cites personal differences with backcourt mate in demands to Dallas management. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS If Jason Kidd thinks he can push around the Dallas Mavericks’ new front office, the team’s minority owner says the star point guard had better think again No one player is bigger than the Dallas Mavericks organiza tion, Frank Zaccanelh, the frontman for the new owners, said Monday. “This is not going to alter our direction one inch.” Kidd told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in Monday’s editions that if neither he nor backcourt partner Jim Jackson is traded, he would consider sitting out next season. The pair began squabbling early last season over who should be the team’s leader.' “I told (management) one or the other needs to be— has to be— traded,” Kidd said. “We’ve tried to patch things up. But it’s more a basketball thing than our personalities. “I’m not trying to run the team, but my only goal is to win a championship,” he added. “To do that we need 12 guys willing to dump their own agendas and bust their butts. I’m not sure (Jackson) is committed to that.” Kidd told the newspaper he first gave his ultimatum to majority owner Ross Perot Jr. and minority owner David McDavid last month, then reiterated his stance last Friday to new coach Jim Cleamons and Zaccanelh. “I understand everything isn’t great, but the fact remains: on what basketball club or what work environment is everything great?” Cleamons said. “You can find ways to work around situations and put your best foot forward.” When Cleamons was hired May 31, he said smoothing out the internal problems would be one of his top priorities. He’s been in Dallas less than a week and felt things were being worked out until reading Monday’s newspaper. “I respect Jason’s opinion—I just disagree with it,” Cleamons said. “We’re not going to allow this to fester and grow.” Jackson did not immediately respond to Kidd’s latest com ments to their feud. Cleamons said he also had not reached Jackson since the article was published. He spoke with Kidd early Monday and the point guard stood by his quotes. Jackson has become somewhat of a lightning rod for criticism since last season, when he also had a spat with forward Jamal Mashbum. The trio was supposed to be the foundation for the team’s turnaround but many have speculated that there are too many problems and the “three Js” should be split up. Jackson has been deemed the most tradable because Kidd is too valuable and Mashbum is coming off a knee injury. 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Grant already has cut one deal, sending the No. 6 pick in Wednesday’s draft and Dallas’ first-round pick in 1997 to the Boston Celtics for Eric Montross and the No. 9 pick Wednesday. Management said Monday they did not appreciate Kidd’s comments coming just two days before the draft and two days after the acquisition of Montross (which, by the way, Kidd liked). Montross said he was happy to be in Dallas, even with the problems among the backcourt starters. “There are always certain situations going on behind the scenes,” Montross said. “I’ve got enough confidence in the orga nization that this will get worked out.” Bizarro (to lower our health insurance WVWJKKS, \N£'R£ MNPATIN& A EXERCISE &REAK FoR HALF AH HOUR EACH PAY, EMPLOYEES WILL EE f Require? to use tueir mouse g IjNSTEAP OF KEYSOARP SHORTCUTS J f ©PA.N PigfrgOieTt, PlSt'es OHIV6KSM. fREtf, f SPORTS Let Hoops Players Do What’s Best for Them, Whether It’s Going to Gass or NBA Courts ’m not gonna get preachy on a touchy subject in college basketball such as un derclassmen entering the NBA Draft years ahead of schedule. Everyone’s in an uproar about it right now, preaching par ticularly with high schoolers Kobe Bryant, Jermaine O’Neal and little-known Taj McDavid declaring themselves eligible for Wednesday’s draft. This year, 36 under classmen entered the NBA Draft. And I say, “So what?” I used to be a die-hard, stay-in-school all-four-years kind of guy. I admit, that sound you heard when Jerry Stackhouse, Rasheed Wallace and Jeff Mclnnis left North Carolina forahigher hardwood was my horrified gasp. “How could they leave?" I kept asking. "They’re leaving so much behind.” But that’s when my self-indulgent hopes for basketball victories became apparent for what they were selfish. Most of my thoughts were about the void they left at UNC, not about their chances in the NBA. Most opponents ofunderclassmen leav ing school are the fans of the schools who are hit head-on with the recent trend. They mask it well enough, talking about how the player needs to “do himself a favor” and stay in school. But they fear harassment fromtheirfriendsabouta shaky season from their favorite team more than the player not making it in the NBA, or in the real world for that matter. CRT£-£flADl€ ** Call 967-9053 300 E. 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Call or come by for details (919) 929-7143 University Square And how can the players, many of whom don’t have enough money to order a pizza from any of Franklin Street’snumer ous greasy es tablishments, say “no” to their ultimate goal? ISP* : . i AARON BEARD FROM THE STANDS At school, they have to get out of bed at 8 a.m. for the class taught by the evil professor who likes to spring the dreaded weekly pop quiz. In the NBA, there’s no more late-night studying. No more empty wallets. Their future is secured by doing exactly what they love to do the most. Yet, most seem to think that reaching into the into the NBA piggy bank a little early is wrong. They yammer on about the virtues of education over the glamorous lifestyle of the pros. If it were anything other than basketball (ortheir favorite team the player was leaving), would they object? 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The problem is that high schoolers are blindly following their college heroes into aleague they, realistically, aren’t ready for. Bryant and O’Neal have the skills, but they lack the maturity to compete nightly in the NBA. Nevermind O’Neal’s wiry 6- foot-11 frame. He can’t even make it to the right school for his SATs. But it's their derision and their dreams at stake. Many people go straight from high school into the work force. There isn’t much of a difference if the job is at an office or on the court of an arena. If these start want to pursue their dreams early, let them. They have to do what’s best for diem, not our favorite team. The public doesn’t raise much of a fuss when a 10-year old wants to go to college. So why should the public try to dissuade the hoop prodigies from using their talents in pursuit of their dreams? 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