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...prefer something tamer, Nobel physicist Arno Penzias believes that in the 21st century it will be possible to play Ping-Pong (or any other sport) with phantasms that look and talk like the celebrity of your choice. And that's just the beginning. Someday, says visionary engineer K. Eric Drexler, molecular-size machines will be able to assemble objects one atom at a time. Using this method, they could manufacture everything from prefabricated skyscrapers to computers small enough to fit inside a living cell...
...point shooters. No one in possession of his faculties and desirous of retaining them would dare drive down the lane into territory defended by Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing and Karl Malone. Jordan and his Chicago Bulls teammate Scottie Pippen are tenacious open-court defenders. Then too there are Clyde Drexler and the Admiral, David Robinson. Twelfth man Christian Laettner will probably get a great view of all this talent mostly from the bench...
...Medal for the Glide?: A gold medal around his neck would mean more the Clyde Drexler than even an NBA title. Not that the latest member of the U.S. Olympic team is looking past the playoffs...
...There would be nothing better than to win an NBA championship and then go to Barcelona and win the gold medal," said Drexler, the star guard of the Portland Trail Blazers who, along with Duke's Christian Laettner--the only college player--was added to the U.S. Olympic team on yesterday...
...Drexler, who passed on that chance in 1984 by leaving Houston as a junior to turn pro in '83, and Laettner were the final two players selected for the first U.S. Olympic squad to feature NBA players. Laettner, who led Duke to the last two national titles, has verbally committed to playing at Barcelona. Drexler, whose Trail Blazers stand one victory from the Western Conference finals, accepted his invitation Monday...