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Should Stais stay or should Stais go?
Basketball player Stais Boseman told Michael Ventre of the Los Angeles Daily News he doesn’t regret his decision to attend USC, even with the Trojans’ coaching instability. As Boseman put it, “I came here because of coach (George) Raveling and so my mom could see me play college basketball. If I look back on my decision, I’ll never look forward.”
Rejoins Ventre: “Hmmm. I’m sure that’s just what (USC athletic director) Mike Garrett is saying to himself as he frantically keeps calling Paul Westphal’s machine and pleads, “Please pick up, Paul! Are you there?! Please pick up!”’
Doing things the Hardaway
The Golden State Warriors have switched directors, but haven’t been able to cancel syndication of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Heinous,” now in its third season.
Tim Hardaway starred in the latest installment, which aired Monday night in Dallas. The Warriors were in the Reunion Arena locker room, having just defeated the Mavericks, when Hardaway accused coach Rick Adelman of holding a personal vendetta against him and lying.
Hardaway’s accusations came after he sat on the bench the entire second half in the 112-100 win. “I think it’s personal now,” Hardaway said. “I think he’s lying if he says it’s not.”
Adelman, told of Hardaway’s most recent remarks, said sacastically, “Yeah, I hate everybody. I’m one of the worst guys in the world to get along with.”
The decision to bench Hardaway occurred, Adelman said, after Hardaway didn’t join the team huddle for a timeout late. The timeout was called, Adelman added, to put in a group of 3-point shooters - a group that included Hardaway. “He never got up,” Adelman said, “so I decided not to put him in.
Hardaway’s response: “He’s lying. He’s definitely lying to you all. He wasn’t trying to put me in.”
Hardaway tied the benching to Adelman’s wanting to undermine his success. “(But) people around the league can see what I can do,” Hardaway said.
And they’re apparently unimpressed. That’s why the Warriors have been unable to unload him all season.
He’s a little flighty
Early in his career, NBC’s Bob Costas was a radio announcer for the Spirits of St. Louis of the old American Basketball Association, a team that featured unpredictable Marvin “Bad News” Barnes.
In an interview with Rick Morrissey of the Rocky Mountain News, Costas listed a Barnes highlight: “Marvin looked at an itinerary that said TWA Flight 306 departs Louisville 8 a.m., arrives St. Louis 7:57 and said to me, ‘I don’t know about you, but I ain’t boarding no time machine.’ He didn’t understand time zones and thought he was going back in time.”
The last word …
“They were the only team to open the season with no wins, no losses and two Tys.”
- Minnesota broadcaster Tom Hanneman, noting the presence of Tyrone Corbin and Tyus Edney on Sacramento Kings’ roster
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