Show Hit Sill Lake Tribune Tuesday Nowmber 1988 15 I)t Jazz Struggle With Contracts Malone’s Pact Snags Talks With Stockton Bailey B Steve luhtii 'Inbune Sports liter President General Jd 1 Manager David Cbeiketls savs efloits to renegotiate the contracts of John Stoi kton and Thuil Bailev are progressing slowlv in part because their agents are using Karl Malone s new deal as a measuring stick 5 es to a certain extent that s happening' Cheikitts afternoon said Mondav shortly after a conference telephone call with the parties — United Warriors guard Winson Garland picks himself off floor to save ball and pass to a involved "They re using it as a standard which is just unrealistic at this point It s happening throughout the league too 'Ihese lagents) compare their guvs to other situations and when they do that there s a tendency to get inio numbers that are simply unrealistic " By NBA standards though Stock-toand Bailey are underpaid Everybody admits that Siockton the Jazz s point guard has three sears left on his existing contract He s scheduled to make $312 000 this season after setting an NBA assist record last vear when he earned $278 000 Bailey who averaged a career high 19 6 points a game last season has four years left on his current contract Without a new deal the forward will make $650 00 this year Malone meanwhile signed a new $18 million deal just before the Nov 4 season opener 'The numbers Ive seen published" Checkette said "are reasonably accurate " Piest inlerrxjhonoi Pto1o teammate Nets guard John Bagley can only watch helplessly at Garland’s feet Late Spurt Lifts Warriors Past Nets ed a basket before two free throws by Manute Bol put the Warriors ahead with three minutes remaining Consecutive baskets by John Bagley got New Jersey within two but two free throws by Mitch Richmond concluded the scoring with 1 25 lefi Richmond finished with 21 points for Golden State Reserve Lester Conner led New Jersey with 15 points nine in the fourth quarter EAST RUTHERFORD N J (AP) — Chris Mullin scored 33 points including the first six of a decisive spurt Monday night that lifted the Golden State Warriors to a 100-9victory over the New Jersey Nets The Warriors who have defeated New Jersey six straight times at the Meadowlands since 1983 trailed 92-9with 5 33 left before Mullin took over He made four consecutive free throws and then add 98-9- 8-- 0 6 0 Age Isn’t Why Cells Are Struggling Early BROOKLINE Mass (AP) — The Boston Celtics are off to their worst start since Larry Bird began lighting up the scoreboard at Boston Garden nine years ago New coach Jimmy Rodgers doesn't blame the poor record on the team's age "I just know we haven't functioned very well very cohesively” Rodgers said of his team's record including losses in their last four games The Celtics winners of a record 16 NBA titles including three since Bird joined the team in 1979 won only their opening game this season in overtime against the New York Knicks Boston’s embarrassing record now is the same as the expansion Charlotte Hornets “This team hasn't had to face this type of adversity in my memory where we’ve dropped three or four games in a row” said Rodgers whose starting lineup when healthy is the oldest in the NBA “One in a row is usually enough to set us off so this is an unusual occurrence” Bird's relative ineffectiveness has been linked to painful bone spurs on the Achilles' tendons in both of his heels Bird who is averaging 22 points per game has compared his condition to “playing in quicksand ” But he has refused to comment further on his physical ailments until a decision is made on whether to undergo surgery an approach considered “radical" by Rodgers and General Manager Jan 4 122-11- 5 Volk "It s JOHN t?Si "i nN -- ALL SNOWBLOWERS 5 option" Volk said Monday after conferring with Rodgers and Bird following practice “We re not going to do anything out of frustration We re going to do it after going through the We don t want to get into a situa to m w here we re comparing players" Chei ketts said Let s just say all our players have different roles different talents and different abilities And all aie imiioi taut to us U e need all of them if we re going to have a great " ' ' year Throughout the renegotiation process — described by Checketts as ' business-likand expected to remain that way — both Stockton and Bailey have taken similar public stances They simply say that their respective agents — David Falk of Washington DC and Bob Woolf of Boston — aie handling things and they re willing to play duung the ongoing discussions Chet ketts though says he isii t sure how : inch longer the Jazz will continue talking ' e re going ahead and we re still optimistic that good things will be done" he said But we can t take it on into the season much longer We ve got to either come to a resolution or go on the way it is Id be very disturbed to see it go on much longer than a week or 10 days Why’ ' It s very difficult to go too far into the 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