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Show The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday, October 12, 1986 J3 Jazz players in review A look at the new rookies and established veterans Contiued from played a full NBA season with the same team last year and made a first-eve- r playoff appearance played in 58 games as a reserve center besides playing w tth San Antonio, Detroit, Cleveland, Seattle and Philadelphia, hes been the property of Portland, Chicago, New Jersey and New York, which drafted him in 1977 was a teammate of Jeff Cook in colwas the lege and at Cleveland MVP of the Continental Basketball Association in 1985 and signed with the Jazz after the season Eddie Hughes, guard, 164. age 26, free agent out of Colorado State Led the LaCrosse Catbirds to the . Continental Basketball Association finals last season, averaging 13 3 has played four CBA seapoints sons after being drafted by the Clippers in 1982, was also waived by Denver during the exhibition season last October . . teamed with Ray Hall and Carey Scurry on the winning team in the Utah Pro-ASummer League g . . left Colorado State as the e e scorer and earned an invitation assist leader . to training camp via the Jazzs rookie-fre- e agent camp Marc Iavaroni, forward-cente225, age 30, fifth season out of Virginia . . . came to Jazz with Jeff Cook from San Antonio for Jeff Wilkins last February . . . appeared in 26 of 27 games after joining team and ended up averaging 4 4 points for season . . offers solid defense and rebounding plus some offensive ability and execution m a patterned game . . . played mostly as a backup center with the Jazz last season, but will move back to his natural forward position primarily J-- 2 . . . . . . . . ... third-leadin- . all-tim- all-tim- . . r, . as a rookie, started for this year Philadelphia s world championship team after playing three years in Euscored in double figures in rope all four college seasons Karl Malone, forward-cente256, age 23, second season out of Louisiana Tech . averaged 14 9 points in . regular season, 21 8 in playoffs missed only one early-seasogame was the NBA because of injury . Rookie of the Month in December and was the Jazzs leading rebounder . gave up his final year of eligibility to enter 1985 NBA draft, but still was e Techs No. 3 leading scorer . was nickafter only three seasons named "The Mailman by a sports-write- r while in college . showed dramatic improvement from line in Utah Pro-ASummer League, shooting 84 percent Carey Scurry, forward-guard- , 188, age 24, second season out of Long Island . . came on strong in last two months of season and ended up aver. was third on the aging 4 7 points team in blocked shots and fourth in steals, playing mostly in the back-couwill work primarily at . . . small forward this year . tied Akeem Olajuwon for the NCAA rebound title (13 5 average) as a junior and was third (14 1) behind Xavier McDaniel and Benoit Benjamin as a . . . 6-- r, . . . . n . . . all-tim- . . . . free-thro- 6-- . . . rt . . senior plaved power forward and some center in college and faced difficult adjustment to guard last season John Stockton, 175, age 24, third started most year out of Gonzaga of first half of last season and averaged 7 7 points, an improvement over his rookie season . ended up just outside the NBA s top 10 in assists and steals for the year has not missed a Jazz exhibition, regular-seasoor playoff game in his two seasons, covalready ranks ering 195 games seventh on the Jazz career steals list with 266 and seventh on the assists list with 1,025 has teamed well with Rickey Green in point guard tandem, occasionally playing at the same time . . was married (Nada) in August 6-- . . n . . 225, Kelly Tripucka, forward, age 27, sixth season out of Notre . Dame averaged 20 0 points for Detroit last season, the fourth time in five years he's reached that figure. . came to the Jazz in August with Kent Benson in the trade involving Adrian 6-- . Dantley . keyed the Pistons 13-e streak with his heroics and to defeat the made a three-pointLakers in a nationally-televisegame led Notre Dame m scoring for e three seasons . . was an high school soccer player in New Jersey and also set school records in the javelin and high jump. . 1 . late-gam- d ... all-stat- . (MmsmSHIW TRIM IT WITH A NEW TRANE XL 90 FURNACE FROM AND SAVE TWICE WITH TRANE! FREE WITH AN XL90 GAS FURNACE Buy and install an XL90 upflow or downflow J model) gas furnace between September 1 and October 31.1 986, and you'll receive a free $200 U.S. Savings Bond from Trane. Plus youll save even more by controlling your heating bills. The XL90 features super efficiency up to 95 help you save all winter, every winter. ... XL9Q - 80,000 - AFUE . . .to B.T.U. 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