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Naeve's Knaves might show shot-blocking Cornell center Andrew Naeve in its team name, but there's more to this squad than the Big Red pivotman. Peiffer's squad leans on the all-around talents of Dartmouth guard Leon Pattman and breakout Brown guard Mark McAndrew, good for crooked numbers in multiple categories on a nightly basis. Harvard point guard Drew Housman and veteran Quakers big man Steve Danley round out the starters...
...Swag is not a problem for the woeful Mets, who covet Matsui and are willing to move their top young player, shortstop José Reyes, to second. The Mariners are flush with cash and short at short but seem more intrigued by free-agent pivotman Miguel Tejada, the 2002 American League...
...answer is yes, at least the way economists keep score. It's a simple case of supply and demand. The inventory of 7-ft. 1-in., 300-lb. human rockslides like Shaq is not deep; you will not find one at Wal-Mart. That's why the Houston Rockets' pivotman, Hakeem Olajuwon, got a $55 million, five-year contract extension and another African-born center, Dikembe Mutombo, signed with the Atlanta Hawks for a five-year, $50 million deal. The Miami Heat is on the verge of re-signing playoff flop Alonzo Mourning for $115 million over seven years rather...
...gold medal by an average of more than 40 points a game. "What's the fun in that?" he asks. Along with other coaching ambassadors, he began traveling the world and spreading the gospel. "Now there are good basketball players in Japan, the Philippines, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon ((a Beirut pivotman carried Syracuse to the last N.C.A.A. final)), all over Western and Eastern Europe, Africa, almost everywhere. We're not going backward; they're just coming forward. I don't think that...
...merest reservation, "Bird is simply the best who ever played this silly game." He includes Center Bill Russell, Cousy's Boston teammate, whose presence had the most to do with the Celtics' eleven National Basketball Association championships in 13 years. By basketball's nature, it is fundamentally a pivotman's game, the expected province of the Los Angeles Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Philadelphia 76er Moses Malone, but Forward Bird forwardly deposed Malone as the league's MVP last season after placing second three straight years. Another incongruity, a slightly troubling one, has to do with the fact that...