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Show The Salt LakeTribune SPORTS MENBA NOTEBOOK, D-3. MIHOCKEY,D-4 TENNIS, D-6 fOTloy TUESDAY Mf OBITUARIES D-8 JANUARY 19, 1999 Miller Awakens, Carries Utah Past Hawaii After turnover-pronefirst half, Utes’ point guard finishes with secondstraight double-double HONOLULU— His last gamein Hawaii wasvintage Andre Miller. Utah's senior point guard continued his stellar season Monday, leading the Utes to a 60-46 win against Hawaii. The game ended near midnight. A summary will run in Wednesday's Salt Lake Trib- une. Shakingoff a sluggish first half in which he had six turnovers, Miller finished with 17 points, 11 re- bounds andsevenassists. Alex Jensen tied his ca- D. Wop 25 Basketball Roundup “You're not going to stop AndreMiller,” said Hawaii Coach Riley Wallace. “‘He’s the best point guardin the nation.” Leading 30-22 at halftime, the Utes were in control throughout the secondhalf. Hawaii did trim the deficit to three points with 16:17 remaining, but the Utes went on an 11-3 run. “Hawaii plays a lot tougher at homethan on the reer high with 17 points. road,” said Jensen. double game. bow Warriorsfell to 3-13, 0-4 ForMiller, it was his second consecutive double- 7 Utah improvesto 13-4, 3-0 in the WAC. TheRain- The Utesled by12 points in the first half before After the game,the Utestraveled overnight back Hawaii went on a 10-1 run, But the Rainbow War- home. They do not play again until Saturday. when riors scored only twopoints in the last 4:17 Millerhit a driving jumpshotwith onesecond left to provide the halftime margin. Although Miller they resume WACplayagainst San JoseState in the HuntsmanCenter. They play their second of three consecutive Big Monday games next week, playing host to Fresno Slate in the 10 p.m. start. Hawaii, which earned a berth in the postseason struggled in the first half, he still had 11 points, four rebounds, four steals and twoassists in thefirst 20 minutes. Center Nate Althoff gave Utah a lift in th half with five points, which equals his a’ NIT last seasn, now is in dangerof notqualifying for first rage. the WAC Tournament in March. The Rainbow Warriors and San Diego State are eachin last place in the Pacific Division. Six of the eight teamsin each division will earn a trip to Las Vegas in six weeks. Guard JeremyKillion, whoscoreda career high 23. points against San DiegoState in his last game, was shut out in the first half. Hedid not scoreuntil one minute remaining in the game. Bulls to Sign Pippen, Then FREE-AGENT FREE-FOR-ALL Perkins Tops Shopping List Trade Him THE ASSOCIATED PRESS For Jazz Roster NEW YORK — Scottie Pippen will be traded from the Chicago Bulls to the Houston Rockets as soon as the lockout ends later this week, three BY STEVE LUHM THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE NBAsourcestold The Associated Press on Monday. They still don’t know when training camp will open, when the abbreviated regular season will start or who will be The Bulls will sign Pippen to a deal worth $67.2 million for five on their 12-manroster. Otherwise, it’s business as usual these years beforetrading him, and get forward Roy Rog- days for the Jazz. This muchis known: @ Club officials are eagerly awaiting a phonecall from Lee Fentress, the Washington D.C.-based agent of veteran free agent Sam Perkins, who has been of- ers and a second- round draft pick in return,said the sources, who fered a two-year deal worth $3.4 million Although the salaries for Pippen and Rogers do noi match, the deal is @ Attorneys for the NBA and NBA Players Association continue hammering out the final version of a new collective bargaining agreement, so a leaguewide avalanche of free-agent signings allowable under NBArules because Houston will have enoughsalary cap room to fit in Pippen’'s contract. His salary for this season will be $10.6 and trades can begin. ™@ The NBAhaspushedbackthestart of training camp forits 29 teams from today until Wednesday, and it might not million. The dealwill not be finalized until the lockoutends,likely on Thursday. “We're not going to confirm anything,’ Rockets spokesman Tim happen until Thursday or Friday. @ Leagueofficials continue the maddening task of piecing together a 50gameschedule, which theystill hope will start Feb. 5 but probably won't bere- Franksaid. “The lockout is technically not over. We'restill under lockout restrictions. No deal can officially be done until that cloakislifted.” leased before the end of the week. Like other teams, the Jazz have been able to contact agents — but not sign free agents — before the collective bargaining agreement is finalized. Utah's No. 1 target continuesto be the 37-year-old Perkins. Though he has also been courted by Milwaukeeand Dallas, he is apparently deciding between the Jazz and Indiana. If Perkins signs with the Jazz, he will What if Perkins picks Indiana? In that scenario, the 6-11 Bailey remains in the picture — probably more so since the Jazz will need hissize. But the Mario Elie final roster would be thrownup for grabs. spot Possible candidates include free agents Mario Elie and Antoine Carr or a trio of youngsters who in recent days have joined the Jazz's informal workouts at the Franklin Coveytraining complex: guard Chris King, guard Saddi Washington and center Shawnelle Scott. ‘The 35-year-old Elie has spent the last five seasons in Houston.Heis a 6-foot-5, 215-pound guard-forward. San Antonio and Minnesota are also QNE MORE SHOT BY GORDON MONSON ‘THE SALTLAt RIBUNE Through his 37 years, Thurl Bailey has sampled and suffered moments of triumph and momentsof despair, moments when he walked proud and moments when he stumbled, moments when bas- ketball meant everything and moments when it meant nothing. His path to wherehe now stands, near the end of a playing career and at the threshold of something new, has been circuitous and meaningful, but he’s not yet able to let go of the game that gave him relative riches and a portion of fame. Bailey wants one more shot at the NBA, preferably, he says, with his longtime former team, the Utah Jazz, which has invited him to training camp. After 14 yearsof running the floor, hacking his way through screens, spinning to the hoop, on home courts from Salt Lake City to Minneapolis to Athens,Greece, to Como,Italy, after turning down ‘“millions” to continue playing in Europe,his answerto the inevitable question — Why and he might get another shot if Utah do this, again? — regarding Onelast attempt to play for the Jazz, comes with a smooth smile and a confident shrug can't find the big body it needs among “Whynot? It’s not a matter of whetherI those they are courting. Carr might also fit into the equation if can still play in the NBA, It's’a matter of whether they know it.” Bailey, who lives in Salt Lake City, will begin, then, with the start of camp Wednesday, imbuing Jazz management Greg Foster, out anywhere from 3-6 weeks with a fractured ankle, starts the season on the injuredlist A i” ing him from working for more than a year, Later, his mother, a nurse, con- Thur! Bailey FormerJazz player mew tracted viral hepatitis on the job, and was forced to leave her career. Some- of the gamehas improved. I've learned a lot through the years, since the last time.” Since Thurl — is that a cool nameor what? T-h-u-r-l, still just pops off your tongue and teeth — averaged 15 points and six rebounds in nearly 700 gamesfor the Jazz from his rookie season, 1983-84 until he was tradedto the T-Wolves for Tyrone Corbin in 1991. The trade hurt Bailey, who wasnot playing his best at the time, due, in part, to complexities in his personal life, including a difficult di vorce. Going to Minnesota, for him, was like getting shipped to somebasketball nowhere. He sawless playing time, and how, the family barelyscrapedbyfinan: cially, but mentally and emotionally. foundresilience, both parents stressing education and discipline for their chil drenas a route to a better existence. During Bailey’s primary years, the ‘60s, court-ordered busing enabled him to attend school in an affluent white community 30 minutes via bus from his home, an opportunity he measures as “a little tough, be there was racial ten. sion in the air. The white kids weren't used to having black kids around.” Still, Bailey thrived, becoming not on “T lovedacting, I playedthreeinstru- says. “But, ultimately, it was good for the me. It made mestronger.” mentsin the band — the tuba, the trom- partof,” say Bailey. ‘Thescience club, bowling club, the debate club, chorus, student government, the broad. We owehim that, He played for the fran- wouldbestronger as a unit, I was a natu ral. I was different. Not only was I black but I stood out because I was tall, Instead chise back whenit needed him, Hedid a good job... so, we owe himthat.”” Let the imbuing, begin. “They probably haven't sen en meplay muchsince left," Bailey says, “I'mbet ter now than whenI was here before, My abilities have improved, My knowledge Washington 4, Montreal 4 Carolina 4, Toronto 2 Philadelphia 5, Ottawa 0 Buffalo 4, Florida 0 body And, in someways, he wasright. From anearly age, he had walked intoa cold. The longtime coach of the Utah State women’s gymnastics team is tired of watching his Aggies fail to reach the national meet as a team. the way they did four times in the early 1980s but only once since then — in 1991. Evenin the wake of win ning his third Big West Conference championship of the decade, Corn has changed everything in an effort to go where rival Utah goes every season, I don't think there's another team in the countrythat has finished 13th changetheattitude and thelevel of joiningevery club for whichhehadtime. bone and thebaritone — and | wantedto bethe president of all of the clubs I was a “It was hard,’ he THESALT..AKE TRIBUNE morefooling around, This is it have,” said Corn. “That's what I'm tired of. Our whole intent is to prospered in extra-curricular sagged on the bench while the team lost and lost and got slaughtered. night after night. The experience even prompted himto question why he chose to play basketball. BY MICHAEL C. LEWIS LOGAN — Ray Corn has hadit. No to 15th in the polls as often as we studentleader. By ed, what hesought, what he thought he had, in mind andin character, if not in SCORE:LIN NHL Boston 8, Nashville 1 San Jose 3, Now Jersey 1 5 USU Gymnasts Try New Look wall and lapsed into a coma. Once Carl Bailey awoke, hesuffered periodic seizures that required medication, prevent. casting club, everything, except sports. 1 hadleadership qualities and I wantedto lead. If people followed my lead, we Bailey's chances: “We've invited him. Knight (7-foot, 235) and Toronto's Kevin Willis (7-foot, 245). In each case, however, the asking price has been too high father, who workedin construction accidentally buried under a collapsed Thurl Bailey always presumed he want the most experienced, having spent two years in the CBA and the last twoseasons as a little-used backup in Cleveland. ‘The Jazz have also explored some pos- have inquired about Boston's Travis D.C. Money wastight, and so, at times, wasluck. When Bailey was aninfant, his The Beginning: Strength is what with that knowledge. Although team vice sible trades. Various sources claim they rr “It’s not a matter of whether I can still play in the NBA. It’s a matter of whether they know ie president Scott Layden seems less than overwhelming in his characterization of King, Washington and Scott mustall be considered longshots at making the Jazz's 12-manroster. Scott (6-11, 250) is See PIPPEN, Page D-3 Bailey returns hometo Utahto give his basketball career another chance rumored to be pursuing Elie, with the Spurs rumored to have the inside track. Utah fans knowall about Carr. He has spentthe last four years with the Jazz, Pippen, a six-time champion with theBulls, talked to the Rockets about signing with them as a free agent. It was not immediately clear why he agreed to a sign-and-trade deal, but other teams were also discussing sim- The Salt Lake Tri Thurl Bailey has always been a man of manyinterests, but for now hewantsto provehecan still play in the NBA. fill one of two vacancies on the roster. Anotherveteran, former Jazzman Thurl Bailey, will likely get the first shotat filling the other opening. Scottie Pippen spokeon condition of anonymity. by Utah. of getting a complex, I turned thosedif. the program. The Ags will see how well it has worked Friday when they open the season against Southern Utah and Sacramento State at the Spectrum though Corn has a pretty good idea about what hewill see. It's the best team I've ever had, hesaid Partof the reasonis junior Christy Denson is back, along with seniors Laurie Cannon, Amber Jamison, Kimberly Richards and Krissy Rich ards, Denson was the Big West Confer: ferences into positives. cruel wind, born in the middleof Retha andCar] Bailey's five children, Thefam. At 13, Bailey was 6-feet-3. Over the ence bars champion last year, and was the only Aggieto qualify for the next two years, his bones unfolded like national meet by finishing fourth in utes to the Marylandsideof Washington, See BAILEY, Page D-8 See AGGIES, Page D-3 ily livedin a tough neighborhood10 min- A quick lookatkey final results in the world of sports Vancouver 5, Dallas 3 Anaheim 5, Pittsburgh 3 Men's Top 25 Kagpas 76, Texas 67 Rutgers 74. Syracuse 71 Men's Big 5 Utah 60, Hawaii 46 ‘ Women's Top 25 La. Tech 00, Connecticut 76 Purdue 71, Mlinois 60 Georgia 68, Georgia Tech 82 North Carolina 79, Virginia 68 ‘Tulane 81, DePaul 72 ' x |
