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t9ge 18- The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 9, 1988

Grant signs with Clippers

BY ADAM BENSON
Former Michigan basketball star Gary Grant
signed a contract with the Los Angeles Clippers
August 16, which will pay him $1 million
dollars over the next three seasons.
The 6-3 guard, who won the Big Ten Most
Valuable Player Award last year, was the first of
the Clippers three first-round draft picks to agree
to terms with the club.
"I'm happy to be a Clipper," said an excited
Grant. "We are the team of the future. We have
good young players who are willing to work
hard. In a couple of years we'll be up there with
the best teams in the league."
Now that Grant is signed, he is looking to
make an instant impact with the Clippers.
"I can step right in and start," said Grant
during an August news conference. "I'm coming
out for blood."
To win a staring job with the Clippers, Grant
will have to beat the incumbent at the point
guard, Norm Nixon. The former Laker guard is a
near-legend for his often spectacular play and his
innumerable injuries. Although Nixon has mis-
sed the last two seasons because of injuries,
Grant had nothing but praise for him.
"Norm is one of the best players ever to play
guard," said Grant. "I have a lot of respect for
him. I'm going to come in and just do the best
job I can."
The Clippers are pleased to get Grant in camp
on time. Last season, the Clippers three first-
round picks, Reggie Williams, Joe Wolf, and

Ken Norman, all stayed out of camp because of
contract disputes. The Clippers still have to sign
the No. 1 pick in the draft, Danny Manning, and
No. 3 pick, Charles Smith, who are both
members of the 1988 Olympic team.
The Clippers need all the help they can get.
This is a team that won only 17 games last
season, and have won only 29 in the last two
seasons. To open up spots for their top three
picks, the Clippers have had to trade the NBA's
top rebounder, Michael Cage, and lost the teams'
leading scorer, Mike Woodson as a free agent to
the Houston Rockets.
Yet the Clippers want to do more than
improve their win total, they are hoping to
brighten their image. The Clippers have been
depicted as cheap-skates and born losers by a city
that can choose whether to watch them, or the
World Champion Lakers. Clippers coach Gene
Shue sees Grant as one of those players who will
give the Clippers a more exciting look.
"I like people who are confident and positive,
and Gary has both those qualities," said Shue.
"Gary is an outstanding faster-break and open-
court player, who likes to play defense and push
the ball up court."
Executive Vice President/General Manager
Elgin Baylor, the architect of the complicated
three-team deal that brought Grant to Los
Angeles, from the Seattle Supersonics, echoed
the feelings of his coach.

"Gary Grant is a versatile player who can play
the point or off-guard position," said Baylor. "He
is a very good defensive player, who likes to play
the up-tempo type of game which will enhance
our running game."
Michigan Head Coach Bill Frieder also
complimented Grant, and felt that his talents
would help the Clippers change their direction.
"Gary is by far the best player I ever coached,"
said Frieder. "His defense has been the key to
Michigan basketball's, and my success."
Many NBA experts are wondering why Grant
settled for this deal. Dan Majerle, the former
Central Michigan star, who is currently a U.S.
Olympian, signed a five-year, $2 million dollar
deal, while only going one pick higher than
Grant. While Grant's value did slip right before
the draft, it seems strange that this All-American
guard, and the Big Ten's Most Valuable Player,
could not convince the Clippers to get a better
deal.
Grant might be able to do better while
negotiating his next contract, after a few solid
years in the NBA. Grant seems to be the perfect
NBA guard, with his speed and defensive skills;
Already one basketball guru, ESPN's Dick
Vitale, has said that Gary Grant will be the
NBA's Rookie-of-the-Year in the upcoming
season.
As a Michigan standout, Grant was the second
all-time leading scorer and all-time leading assist
leader, while leading the Wolverines to four
straight NCAA tournament appearances.

AP survey states over 80 percent
of Prop 48 victims are minorities
NEW YORK (AP) - The according to an NCAA survey. 728. Mississippi, Southern Mississippi
overwhelming majority of college Those who put together the tests The 274 football players who and Southwestern Louisiana tied fo
football players disqualified because disagree that the tests are culturally failed to meet the NCAA's academic nd Oklahst mahsevad fh.ve ah th
of Proposition 48 this year are black, biased. requirements this year was a slight most among schools in the AP To
according to a survey by the Asso- "It's being very simplistic to improvement over the 278 last year. Twenty.
ciated Press, and the overall number blame the difference in scores on the There were 401 ineligible players The two predominantly blak
of academically ineligible players has test and not look for the reasons for the 1986 season, the first year the conferencesthe sM atryAthle
stabilized. behind it," said Frank Moreno, academic requirements went intoan S the stern Athletic
The AP was able to identify the associate director of public affairs for effect, according to the AP survey. and Southwestern Athletic
race of 213 of the 274 football the College Board, which sponsors Of 1987's ineligibles, 201 ofe inegible per
players disqualified this year by the SAT. "It's not so much cultural returned to their schools and are although they are 7.8 of Division I.,
Proposition 48, or 77.7 percent. 185 difference as much as educational eligible this year, or 72.3 percent. Of "I'm sck of Popositon 48 It
of those are black, 86.8 percent. backgrounds of blacks, their having 1986's ineligibles, 69.3 percent just makes me want to throw up,:'
Critics feel these numbers show appreciably less academic courses in returned last year. shl
that standardized tests such as those high school." All 192 colleges and universities c asaidetophiAlcor Danzy, athlet
used under Proposition 48 are cul- Proposition 48 requires players to playing Division I-A and I-AA about what you havetread. Just as
turally biased. achieve a minimum score of 700 out football responded to the AP survey, sure as I'm born to die, I think
"We know that standardized test of 1,600 on the Scholastic Aptitude conducted from Aug. 26 to Sept. 2. there's a definite correlation between
scores are correlated with socio- Test or 15 out of 36 on the American Alcorn State and Bethune Cookman, socioeconomic background and ACT
economic status," said Ursula Walsh, College Test and have at least a 2.0 two predominantly black colleges, scores."
director for research for the National high school grade-point average in 11 had the most ineligibles, 12 each. Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer
Collegiate Athletic Association. mandatory courses. Alabama State and Grambling, also stated that he is in favor of the rule
Walsh said that blacks accounted In 1987, the average SAT score predominantly black, tied for third but also suggested that the ineligible
for 81 percent of football ineliglibles nationally for all students was 906. with eight each. players be allowed to practice in til
in 1986 and 90 percent in 1987, The average score for blacks was Of the Division I-A schools, wring if their grades imnnv

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