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pound frame, and their psychologist
loves him-says he is as solid as they
come mentally, a real winner with a
great work ethic.
Can the Pistons afford to pass on
a talent like Hill in order to get what
they need? That will probably be a
moot point by the time they make
their selection: look for the Pistons to
trade down in order to get a true
center, which Howard is not.
4. MINNESOTA -- GRANT HILL,
DUKE. If Hill is still around this late,
which is unlikely, the Timberwolves
would be stupid not to pick him up
and pair him with Christian Laettner,
his old teammate. Hill is the Scottie
Pippen lookalike that this club
needs.
5. WASHINGTON - DONYELL
MARSHALL, CONNECTICUT. An NBA
weight program could turnthis6-foot-
8, 185-pound forward into a great
defensive presence, and his offense
this year was outstanding. He shot,
passed, dunked - you name it, he
can probably do it.
6. PHILADELPHIA - LAMOND
MURRAY, CALIFORNIA. Philadelphia
could use a draft pick who will put the
ball in the goal, and apure shooter like
Murray will keep teams from doubling
Shawn Bradley so effectively.
7. L.A. CLIPPERS - JALEN ROSE,
MICHIGAN. Rose has a reputation as
lacking discipline, but NBA scouts
like what they see. At 6-foot-8, Rose
is true three-position player and a
good defender, and that versatility
could put him higher in the draft than
*many expect.
8. SACRAMENTO-CARLOSROGERS,
TENNESSEE STATE.At6-foot-11 and only
210 pounds, Rogers is thin and un-
known. Questions remain as to
whether he can become consistent
enough to merit a lottery pick.
9. BOSToN- - SHARONE WRIGHT,
CLEMSON. Wright, Eric Montross and
Yinka Dare are the three centers that
could go as lottery picks, and they
could go in any order. Wright is more
athletic than Montross, and could go
higher.
10.L.A. LAKERS-ERICMONTROSS,
NORTH CAROLINA. Montross' position
in the draft may have been hurt by his
EVAN PETRIE/Daiy
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underclassmen available in tonight's NBA Draft. Howard is expected to be a
lottery pick, and Rose should also be selected in the first round.
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While it was special for the rest of
the Botterill family in attendance -
mother Doreen, his sister and grand-
mother -one other person joined the
gleeful celebration.
St.Paul'shockey coachMatt Soule
watched his first St. Paul-coached
player go in the first round. Soule, a
New England native, hoped Boston
(at No. 21) would choose Botterill
and join alum Don Sweeney with the
Bruins.
"He's a very mature kid," Soule
said. "He's got all the tools mentally."
While he may be mentally strong,
Botterill also possesses physical
power. However, he does lack excep-
tional speed, not something that wor-
ries Button, who said the pace of the
game "never posed a problem."
"He's asmartplayer," Button con-
tinued. "He'll be able to adapt."
choicetoplay his senioryear,buthe'll
still be apresence in the middle for any
team that takes him.
11.SEATrLE-YNKA DARE,GEORGE
WASHINGTON. Acenter in the Dikembe
Mutumbo mold,Dare could be the
man that the Sonics need to free up
Shawn Kemp and his cohorts. Sure he
scored asumtotalof zeropoints against
Michigan inthe '93 NCAA tourney-
but that was more than a year ago, and
this guy's only played organized ball
for about four.
That's the lottery. Other players
thatcould sneakintothetop 11 include
Louisville's Clifford Rozier, a tot
rebounder; Monty Williams of Notre
Dame, whose former heart problem
could scare scouts; Aaron McKie and
Eddie Jones of Temple; and Arizona's
Khalid Reeves - anyone who thinks
he's too small at6-foot-2 needs to talk
to a Michigan fan who saw him throw
in a flawless 40 in his team's 119-95
pastingof the Wolverines.
Big Ten players that could follow
Robinson, Howard and Rose into*
first round include Anthony "Pig"
Miller of Michigan State and Deon
Thomas of Illinois.
RED WiNGS
Continuedfrompage 11
Ilitch named amateur scouting di-
rector Ken Holland to the assistant
post. A good move with the draft on
team's horizon, but it's a lot like hav-
ing Al Gore without Bill Clinton.
Finally, last week, Flitch gave the
job of director of player personnel to
coach Scotty Bowman.
Firing Murray and giving hisjobto
Bowman could well turn out to be
Ilitch's biggest mistake.
The Wings' playoff embarrass.
ment, it can he called nothing I
was not Murray's fault. He had bt
a team around a nucleus of veterans
and a group of talented young play-
ers.
Bowman wasbroughtinbeforelast
season to take that team to the prom-
ised land. Many thought he was the
man to do it. He had been a winne
everywhere he had coached, so why
should Detroit be any different?
Aftertheplayoffsmanyofthesa
people who thought Bowman was the
answerfeltthathe wasout-coachedby
the Sharks' Kevin Constantine, and
Bowmanwassupposedlyunhappy with
many of the players on the team.
Thatis where litch'sbiggestprob-
lem lies. He appears to have put all of
his faith and all of the power in the
hands ofacoach whose best years are
behind him and today is just goi
through the motions.
Before he was given the added
power,itwaswidelyreportedthatBow-
man wanted a good part of the Red
Wing roster traded. Now that he is i
the position to do so himself, he says
that that's not the case at all.
Don't count on it.
The changes are coming; not all
this summer but they will happen.
And when they do, don't count a
seeing a championship in Detroit any-
time soon.
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