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Nee: NBA penalty too stiff
ByMikeKluck
Staff Reporter
As the Latrell Sprewell arbitration
case resumed in New York on Monday,
many Nebraska basketball coaches and
players were
thinking about
Sprewell’s inci
dent and the state
ofbaskelball.
Sprewell, a
former Golden
State player,
attacked his
coach, P.J.
Carlesimo, on N*©
Dec. 1. The Warriors terminated the
remaining three years and $25 million
of his contract after the attack, and the
NBA suspended Sprewell for a year
because of the incident
The suspension was the largest non
drug suspension in the NBA. But
Sprewell has filed grievances against
the NBA.
“Punish him, but don’t take away a
guy’s livelihood,” Nebraska Coach
Danny Nee said in protest to Sprewell’s
suspension.
Sprewell heari^
testimony from Wi
NEW YORK (AP) - Four days
and roughly 3,000 miles removed
from when he first expected to testi
fy, Golden State general manager
Garry St. Jean finally got to talk
Monday as the Latrell Sprewell arbi
tration case resumed.
St Jean, who waited in Portland,
Ore., for two days last week but was
never called to testify, was among
the first to arrive for tire hearing - a
short walk from NBA headquarters.
Robin Baggett, Golden State
deputy counsel, also was scheduled
to give testimony Monday.
NBA Commissioner David
Stern and Warriors Coach P.J.
Carlesimo are expected to testify this
week at the hearing, which goes at
least until Thursday. -
“Have a nice day,” was St Jean’s
only comment as he waited for an
elevator to take him to the 25th floor,
where arbitrator John Feerick, dean
of Fordham Law School, is running
die hearing.
His ruling, which is binding
under the collective bargaining^
agreement, is expected by mid
March at die latest
Sprewell arrived a few.minutes
before the scheduled 3 pjn. start of
die hearing.
“I’m fine. I’m doing good. I’m
holding up,” a smiling Sprewell said
as he waited for an elevator with his
\
% resumes with
irriors’ front office
«
I’m fine. I’m
doing good. I’m
holding up.”
Latrell Sprewell
suspended NBA player
lawyers.
Sprewell said be returned to
Oakland, Calif., over the weekend
after attending all four days of the
tearing last week.
Sprewell plans to remain in New
York through All-Star weekend,
although he wtm’t be at the game
because his one-year suspension
prohibits him from attending NBA
events.
Sprewell had the remaining three
years and $25 million of Ins contract
terminated after he attacked
Carlesimo at practice Dec. 1. The
suspension was the longest non-drug
penalty in league history. Sprewell
has filed grievances against the NBA
and the Warriors.
St. Jean was expected to testify
about the events on the day of the
attack, as well as what happened in
the ensuing days.
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Belcher also said he felt die punishment
for Sprewell was too harsh.
Sprewell was accused of choking
Carlesimo during practice and then
returning to the gym and punching
Carlesimo.
But Nee said Sprewell’s incident
isn’t an indication of the direction the
NBA or even college basketball is head
ing.
“It’s bad for the league and an
embarrassment,” Nee said. “But I don’t
think it is an indication of where it’s
going. Now it’s over, let’s move on.” ~
Nee, who has worked with
Carlesimo at different camps, said he
believes building communication and
trust as well as teaching and listening to
players helps to eliminateproblems
such as the Sprewell incident -
Nebraska sophomore guard Tyronn
Lue said he could see how Sprewell
snapped, but doesn’t believe he could
snap like that himself.
“Sometimes people get frustrated,”
Lue said “Frustration starts to set in and
i person can click at anytime.”
Belcher said during his senior year
in high school he had problems with his
:oach. At the time, a new coach had
:ome to the school and changed the sys
:em Belcher was used to diving his first
three years.
“He tried to change everything, and
I wasn’t going to have it,” Belcher said
‘We had been successful, and I couldn’t
see why we had to change. I guess it did
n’t matter because we went to state any
way.”
Nee said the one thing the Sprewell
incident does highlight is the difFcutty a
coach has dealing with today’s athletes
with kids who have different maturity
levels as well as different cultural back
grounds.
“The main thing is our kids know
we care about them.”
Gymnasts'gutsy efforts
equals season-best mark
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Uppinghouse
ties game for
selectteam ]
From Staff Reports
Supported by a goal from former
Nebraska All-America midfielder
Kari Uppinghouse, the Women’s
NCAA Elite-16 team posted a 1-1 tie
against the Women’s W-League
Select at the NSCAA/Umbro All
Star Classic in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,
Jan. 30.
Uppinghouse earned a spot on
the select squad after posting 39
points on 16 goals and seven assists
during her senior season at NU last
fall. The team features the nation’s
best graduating seniors from NCAA
Division I.
Playing on the ^-League team
were 1996 U.S. Olympic Team mem
bers Michelle Akers, Brandi
Chastain, Julie Foudy and Thori
Staples.
A first-team All-American in ;
1996, Uppinghouse was a two-time !
All-Big Conference midfielder. She
is also Nebraska’s all-time leading
scorer with 104 points on 42 goals
and 20 assists.
Uppinghouse led the Huskers to
back-to-back NCAA Tournament
appearances in 1996 and 1997.
Minus Uppinghouse, Nebraska
remove a bone spur in her foot
before the season and had beat lim
ited to the vault and uneven bars
before this meet
Wilkinson gutted out a 38.700
and finished third in die all-around.
Coach Dan Kendig said
Wilkinson played a key role in the
Huskers’ improvement and her pres
ence adds another solid gymnast to
NU*s arsenal. •
“We had been struggling with
one on the floor,” Kendig said.
“When you put someone who is in
the top (part of the lineup) back in
the lineup, it helps with your
scores.”
Oxford, who fractured her little
finger at practice Thursday, scored a
career-best 39.225 in the all-around.
With her little finger taped to her
ring finger, she was able to post
team bests of 9.9 on the floor exer
cise and 9.825 on die balance beam.
Brink, last week’s Big 12 gym
nast of the week, scored a personal
best 9.875 on die floor exercise. Hot
score was helped by the addition of a
double layout to ter floor-exercise
routine.
Blink’s floor score along with a
team best 9.9 in the uneven bars
helped ter tie Oxford for first place
in die all-around.
Two weeks of practice helped
the team work on the
the events.
I guess it is
better to be
surprised than
disappointed.”
Heather Brink
NU gymnast
“We thought we would improve,
but not that much,” Brink said. “I
guess it is better to be surprised than
disappointed.”
NU showed the most improve
ment in the uneven bars. The
Huskers scored 1.275 more points
than their previous best of47.850.
All six ofNU* competitors tied or
scored better than Missouri’s top
gymnast, Chandra Hariow.
Jess Swift recorded a career-best
9.775 in the uneven bars, and Laura
Ohlendorf and Oxford tied career
bests. Laura McLaughlin also post
ed a 9.825.
The Huskers’ lowest score of die
day came on the vault where they
scored a48.050.
But Kendig said none of the
Huskers performed the routines
they will be performing at the end of
the season.
“This isn’t a sprint,” Kendig
said. “This is a marathon.”
