As for Dominique, maybe he felt that it was important to show some poise in defeat, like 1987 was a stepping stone to greater glory. Sometimes you don't want to give your opponent the satisfaction of letting him know how much losing hurt you, and putting up a front was one way to do that.

Basically, the Lakers were in a no-lose scenario in that 1982 draft, and they didn't.

Tell Jim that he's a moron and that he doesn't know a thing about basketball and he'll laugh at you, but this is serious. He'll be on the next plane out of Lima to hunt you down if you say anything like that again.

my recollection (which certainly may be inaccurate after 25 years) is that Wilkins was almost blase; he absolutely did not give me the impression of a man who was torn up inside, or the moment wouldn't have stuck with me all these years. and of course I saw many instances of Magic and Bird being comparatively gracious in defeat, but with both of them it was most always evident that they were inwardly seething.

Has anyone noticed that, when the Detroit Pistons (the BAAAD Boys) got a little older and stared to lose playoff series, the reporters never visited their locker room? Maybe they were afraid Dennis Rodman would choke them with his bra?

"Terry Cummings has an irregular heartbeat and he managed to have a productive career after the diagnosis because he had this problem treated immediately."This condition is also known as Attrial Fibrillation.It can be a very dangerous condition,which can even be fatal if not treated properly and correctly. Believe it or not one way of dealing with this condtion is to give the patient rat poison (Warafarin) in a prescription! I know about this condition because someone in my family had it.

still, he was a brilliant player, and no, he wasn't slow or immobile. he wasn't as quick as Worthy, certainly, but he could run the court. if the Lakers had picked him, he'd have been the perfect solution to their long-running (relative) weakness at pf--and maybe they could have squeezed a few more years out of Jamaal Wilkes (whom Worthy hastened into retirement) & then filled the sf spot with another scorer. as it was, they were always trying to battle inside with an overmatched Kurt Rambis & washed-up vets like Maurice Lucas, at least until they got A.C. Green (who was an an athletic upgrade but still undersized and a bit limited skill-wise).

I think Jabber was coaching American indians for several years, not so long ago, a very nice thing for him to do.

The court is so tiny, though. The adjacent handball courts are almost unused--they should be remodeled, let there be 3 roundball courts in that square, or just two bigger ones.

Jabbar. Not Jabb<e>r, Jabb<a>r.

two of three, as <I play the Fred> said. Kurt was the starter in 84 & 85, A.C. in 87. I always thought the 85 team was incrementally the best of those (even though the 87 squad had a better record) because Kareem was still a force; by 87 he was nearing his dotage--but it's pretty much a coin flip.

I think Nash will stay in Phoenix, though.

Other old NBA fans may remember that the 1985 finals were the first with the 2-3-2 format and that Larry Bird bitched after the Lakers won game 2 to claim home court, about having to play 3 straight on the road. There was a pretty simple solution, the Celtics could've done the job after winning the Boston Massacre in game 1.