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Show il'iii 10 WEDNESDAY. 'TtmVi THE SUMMER UTAH CHRONtCLE JUNE 27, 2001 Miller can't afford to buy his third yacht of the year? The Jazz aren't going to go under. Will prices for concessions have to go up? Nonetheless, the Jazz are walking the tightrope with the $57 million salary cap, and, as Miller sternly stated, "I will not pay the tax, no matter what it means." This brings us to the present today's NBA Draft The last few drafts have been miserably memorable, especially the last one, when the Jazz front office took a rare chance and selected high schooler DeShawn Stevenson. If you haven't heard the story of this alleged pedophile, you have been living under a rock. man having interIt's difficult to stick up for a but when he to course with a with, begin girl admitted his crime in a taped phone conversation to the mother, I think it's safe to say DeShawn is DeGone. It would be hard enough to secure a career in a NBA city with such an extreme lapse of judgement, but even if Johnny Cochran defended DeShawn and got him off the hook, there's no way the people of in for a stand such player remaining town. Salt Lake would lock on the No. 24 slot in the first round The Jazz have a of the Draft, and are in need of fresh legs, shooting and a decent center (OP and the Big O just don't get it done anymore cr, they never did). Early possibilities include Arizona scorer Gilbert Arenas centers in Georgia Tech's or one of a pair of Alvin Jones or DePaul's Steven Hunter, but the Jazz will probably go with a player of international flavor that you've never heard of, most notably. Yugoslavian shooter Radmanovic or Vladimir product Antonin Fotsis of Greece. Imagine it all comes together. The Jazz keep their core intact, a couple of draft picks actually work out and maybe they snare a key free agent or two. Say the prayers are answered and the Jazz figure out a way to get their mess straightened out. Consider the reward the Jazz get swept in four games at the hands of the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals in 2002. It's not even worth all the effort Rory wecomes feedback at: rbrunnerchronicle.utah.edu. BHUHNER continued from pag? 9 the annual question. "Who can we plug in to give Karl and John one more chance at the title?" The Jazz are still in need of a shooting guard, a bruiser down low and a center basically, everything they've ever era began. needed since the Stockton-MalonA bold move last year netted former Warrior star forward Donyell Marshal!, who at times flashed ability and the promise of the player everyone hoped he'd be. But a disappearance in the postseason coupled with an expiring contract have plat ed Marshall on the trading block. 'I"he latest possible deal has Marshall and "Flyin' because he can't shoot" Bryon Russell getting shuffled to the New Jersey Nets for University of Utah product Keith Van Horn. Personally, I think this trade is a travesty of justice. The only reason the trade would make sense is the epia la the Shandon Anderson and Howard demic of Utah-iiiKisley rule. Do the names Rony Seikaly and Derek Harper ring a bell? If Marshall bombs on Utah after his contract expires next year, all is lost and the Jazz arc stuck with nothing. If the Jazz trade Russell and Marshall now, they could acquire Van Horn before Marshall and possibly Russell bolt Whereas the Jazz actually found someone who would like to play in Utah in Van ! lorn, the offer for him seems too outrageous. Van Horn is nowhere equal in my book to Marshal! in talent. His scoring would be a welcome change to SLC, but a job for Van Horn is simply not worth it. consecond year of an his in Plus, just for swallow bit much to a Horn be Van too Larry may tract, c ill super-conservati- s, two-for-o- H.'s pocketbook. rule and John Then there is the situation of the luxury-taH. Miller isn't bastard Stockton. As if oversized Larry NBA is the he luxury tax, wealthy enough, unwilling to pay even if it means letting go of NBA career steals and assists leader Stockton andor Malone. Miller said, financially, the Jazz took "a hit last year, a big hit." A big hit, for an NBA franchise what does that mean? x Firecraclker Frenzy H . . 17 .7 College Sports Undergo an Ov maul WASHINGTON-Colle- Bryce Jordan president emeri- ges tus of Penn State, said college-sporthave gotten more commercial since 1989, when the commission was established to study reforms. "In some institutions, you win at any cost," said Jordan, whose name Is on the basketball arena at Penn State. d fans may be He said new at restrictions, but angry want others changes. many The NCAA adopted some commission-propose- d reform's in 1996. Hodding Carter III, president of the John S. and James L.. Knight Foundation, a consortium ' that journalism sponsors the commission, said despite those reforms,. "you have big money washing out good sens?, "The commission proposed the establishment of a group, to be called the Coalition of Presidents, which would work with the NCAA board of directors. The commission also recommended a new distribution formula for television revenue from the men's NCAA Division I basketball tournament that does not take into account victories and the establishment of a watchdog group to monitor the largest of college-sporprograms. The commission considered, but did not propose, a prohibition against basketball players dropping out of college to join the NBA. The commission instead recommended that the NBA and NFL set up minor ; ' leagues, The plan was released one day before the NBA' draft.' Several of the top prospects are. graduates who opted to with low athlete graduation rates should be banned from postseason play, a commission said Tuesday, chiding universities for an emphasis on winning. Flayer uniforms also would be stripped of corporate logos and a new coalition created to promote tougher academic standards under the plan by the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. "We're not in the entertainment business, nor are we a ' minor league for professional sports," said Rev. Theodote president emeritus of Notre Dame and commission die-har- Hes-burg- h, About 42 percent of men's basketball players and 48 percent of football players graduate from the major universities, according to the latest NGAA statistics. . "Your school is not worthy to be the champion of the country if you're not educating your kids," Hesburgh said. The commission wants colleges to graduate at least half the students who play in each sport. Teams with rates lower than that would be barred from conference championships, and other postseason games. NCAA President Cedric Dempsey said he had reservations about the threshold and thatinstead, athletes should be required to maintain rates similar to those of other college students. Beropsey said most of the other commission recommendations tracked ideas the NCAA had been considering or has endorsed, including a prohibibettion against college-sporNevada. in ting . : ' - , ts 3 skip college. 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