| Show 4J Sunday October 18 1387 The Salt Lake Tribune DESERET NEWS SUNDAY OCTOBER 1 8 1987 r”'” F V 5 U 4 y - i f43? v j M ' - i W5 Mark Eaton f l"v £ 1 M It ' '" M JBF ' wis third to Xavier McDaniel and Benoit Bnejanun (141) as a senior Jjohn Stockton guard 1 175 age 23 from Gonzaga fourth year — Stockton was the only NBA reserve tojbe ranked in the top 10 of two statistical departments — he was tied for seventh in assists and was eighth in In his three seasons he’s steals plpyed in every Jazz exhibition regular-season In and playoff game the only game he started (other than lift season opener) last year Stockton s a franchise record with 22 assists against the Lakers Stockton also showed his durability the in the players when Rickey Green was injured ai he played as many as 46 minutes a d averaged 100 points and 80 as--sj ts while shooting 62 percent in the Stockton has al-series fi lys been a guard and has worn No li since grade school 6 225 Kelly Tripucka forward aj e 28 from Notre Dame 7th year — 6-- w 6-- during his five simons in Detroit Tripucka started 7$ straight games for the Jazz last season before missing three with back spasms He averaged 105 points and snot 87 percent from the free-throlipe spending most of the season above 90 percent Tnpucka arrived in August 1988 with Kent Benson irf exhange for Adrian Dantley and draft choices tfo second-roun- d Tripucka comes from famous New All-St- ar w Marc lavaroni I I set V ekM3 Sfc¥ John Stockton Jersey sports family that includes five sons and one daughter His father Frank was a quarterback in three professional football leagues 270 Darryl Dawkins center age 30 from Evans High School (Or6-- lando Fla) 13th Viti V - Carey Scurry J-- 2 JF 4 isr layers two-tim-e v Bobby Hansen " In the NBA 50 is the magic number A team that can win 50 games in an regular season is considered one of the elite teams in the league That’s where the Jazz want to be — and they’re not that far away Last season the Jazz showed signs of breaking out of the middle of the NBA pack Just look what they did against some of the league’s best teams: The Jazz defeated the Los Angeles Lakers the eventual World Champions twice in five tries BosThey downed the runner-u- p ton Celtics by 20 points They also split six games with Dallas — win— and split ning all three at home two games with Detroit And the Jazz split with Milwaukee winning on the road In fact the only NBA team that swept the Jazz in two games was the Central Division champion Atlanta Hawks So the Jazz genuinely have the ability to play with anybody in the NBA What do they need to win 50 games? Consistency and scoring And the addition of Darryl Dawkins and Mel Turpin who came from New Jersey and Cleveland in trade Oct 8 may proa three-wa-y vide that The Jazz lost twice to the Los Angeles Clippers and were syfrk & ' Malone Continued from A i - "A- ' )$& sA Darrell Griffith Rickey Green s rf £ H a Jazz’s goal: To win 50 games in 1987-8- 8 year — Dawkins is looking forward to this season having played only six games before reinjuring his back last season and undergoing major surgery for the second time A fixture in Philadelphia for seven seasons after being drafted right out of high school Dawkins was traded to New Jersey in 1982 for a d draft choice and cash His best pro season was 1983-8-4 when he averaged 16 8 points for the Nets As he averaged 153 recently as 1985-8- 6 points and shot 64 percent from the field through 51 games If Dawkins stays healthy after playing in only 96 games over the last three seasons he may provide the scoring the Jazz need at the center position Considered one of the game’s most entertaining players Dawkins should become a Salt Palace favorite Mel Turpin center 260 age 26 from Kentucky 4th year — Turpin showed good premise during his time as a starter with Cleveland but his playing time was reduced last season when he averaged 61 points a game — a dropoff from 137 points the previous year As a rookie he was tne starting center for a Cleveland that made the playoffs Following an first-roun- 6-- outstanding career at Kentucky where he played some forward in the same lineup with Sam Bowie Turpin was the No 6 pick in the 1984 draft 9 205 Anthony Boyer forward Angeles age 24 from Cal State-Lo- s rookie — Boyer played last season in Peru where he averaged 22 points 12 rebounds and seven assists In two seasons at CSLA he had a career average of 60 points 171 age Billy Donovan guard 1 22 from Providence College rookie — The Jazz’s second of two third-roun- d draft choices Donovan led Providence to the NCAA Final Four g as a senior He was a first-teaEast choice and averaged 20 6 pouits and 71 assists He made more than six Big East teams last year Donovan played last summer for the Long Island Stallions in the US Basketball League averaging 10 6 points 164 age Eddie Hughes guard 0 27 from Colorado State rookie — Hughes was one of the last players cut in the Jazz training camp last October and returned to the Continental Basketball Association for a sixth season With Pensacola last season he was seventh in the CBA in assists (6 2) and second in At Colorado State he was an selection twice Bart Kofoed guard 4 210 age 23 from Kearney (Neb ) State rookie — d The Jazz’s draft choice Kofoed was an NAIA second-teaafter setting Kearney State season records for points field goals assists and scoring (265) Kofoed 6-- All-Bi- m three-pointe- three-pointe- rs All-WA- C 6-- fifth-roun- s Thuri Bailey Kelly Tripucka played two seasons at Hastings (Neb ) College before transferring and sitting out a season As a junior he scored 43 points against Creighton Daren Rowe forward 12 190 age 22 from St Peter’s (NJ ) rookie 6-- 6 Rowe averaged 14 6 points as a senior last season and was an Atlantic Conference choice He scored 27 points in the second half against Fairfield in Madison Square Garden He played in every game for four seasons Derrick Rowland guard 5 195 age 28 from Potsdam (NY) State rookie — Rowland played in two games for Milwaukee on a contract in March 1986 Otherwise he’s spent six seasons in the Continental Basketball Association He averaged 237 points for Albany last year ranking fourth in the CBA Rowland played for an NCAA Division III championship team at Potsdam State Art Sabb guard 4 180 age 22 from Bloomfield (N J) State rookie — The Jazz’s sixth-roun- d draft choice Sabb became only the second player to score 2000 points in his Bloomfield He averaged 26 7 points career last season shooting 59 percent from the field He was the first Bloomfield player di afted m 10 years 165 age Keith Webster guard 22 from Harvard rookie — The Jazz’s seventh-roun- d draft choice Webster made 73 of 162 (45 percent) and averaged 16 3 points 6-- 10-d- sive-mind- - Is your car sluggish in the morning? Does your Transmission delay or hesitate going 0 into gear? 6-- could mean nothing more than worn gaskets Or it might Indicate a more serious problem But there’s one thing for sure about it It’s an absolute indication of a problem that's going to get worse not better if It's Ignored It I I It s jour transmission’s way of saying “help!” FLUID f CHANGE BRING IN COUPON FOR DISCOUNT SPECIAL SERVICEABLE TRANSMISSION ONLY PLUS FLW0 Reg $29 95 MRiTAliSflslDSI 5-- three-pointe- at home by the likes of Phoenix and Sacramento when they struggled offensively Dawkins and Turpin are offencenters who will back the inup Mark Eaton and provide need Jazz the side scoring With the addition of the new centers the Jazz have all the one of the pieces in place to be most talented teams in the league Another trade may be forthcomand a ing to streamline the team roster final the rookie’s making could only add enthusiasm to a solid experienced team The Jazz have two excellent Rickey Green and point guards John Stockton They have two fine off guards — Bobby Hansen and Darrell Griffith They have Thurl Bailey Kelly Tripucka and Carey TriScurry at small forward with for available and Scurry pucka guard duty And they have Karl Malone and Marc lavaroni at power forward with Dawkins and Turpin playing some forward in a Twin Towers look The Jazz are becoming the team they want to be Their coaching staff is an established cohesive group and the players are improving all the time If they can be consistent for 82 games and develop productive roles they just may have the ingredients for 50 wins knocked off Eiplre an mm mi MURRAY 4420 SoState 268-672- 1 CALL FOR APPOINTMENT rs mmil fl UHU OPEN HOUSE! 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