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...days later, after the former Chicago Bull had officially signed, it was Laker coach Del Harris who broke down. Not because he'd have to baby-sit Rodman (whose last coach would be wearing a straitjacket today were he not a Zen master) but because Harris had just been fired after a 6-6 start with a team that had had ring-ceremony potential...
...most pained character in the whole drama was basketball legend and Laker vice president Jerry West, who had complained about stress on the job pre-Rodman. West too appeared near tears, but it wasn't clear whether it was from firing his friend Harris or from sheer relief that Rodman, who uses his head as an evolving art project and wears enough facial rings to hang curtains, hadn't shown up wearing a dress. Yes, Rodman is right for L.A. But for the Lakers...
...sure, attendance and TV ratings could tank after the novelty of the first few games. Sneaker companies are already pulling back on player endorsements. Laker legend Magic Johnson believes the style of play and the marketing have to change. The NBA game, which used to be speed and motion, has gone flat for most teams. The league has promoted superstars, not teams, and the play reflects it. "Magic vs. [Larry] Bird was big," Johnson told TIME. "But it became so much bigger because it was the Lakers and the Celtics. I'm hoping we can get back to that...
...want to hear about the tourist class. Incredibly, Britain closed its airports to Pan Am flights that had tourist seats. Pan Am was forced to switch to remote Shannon, Ireland. The industry's aversion to competition and making travel affordable was to have a long life, as Sir Freddie Laker would discover in the 1970s and Virgin Atlantic nearly a decade later...
NAME: (DON'T BELIEVE THE) HYPE WILLIAMS OCCUPATION: hipster/movie director BEST PUNCH: Accuses the former Laker of "censoring" his film by refusing to show it in the Magic Johnson Theater Chain due to possible violence...