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Rockets Coach Rudy Tomjanovich was named yesterday to
coach the United States' Dream Team for the 1998 FIBA World Championships of
Basketball.
The international competition takes place every
even-numbered year when there are no Summer Olympics. Next year's event will
take place July 29 to Aug. 9 in Athens.
"I just have to say I'm extremely flattered,
because there are so many great coaches out there, and one of the biggest
honors you can have is to represent your country in the World Games,"
Tomjanovich said. DUNLEAVY OUT: Mike Dunleavy resigned as GM of the Bucks, a
year after being fired as coach. Dunleavy completed five seasons of an
eight-year contract that was to have carried him through 1999-2000. The Bucks
have missed the NBA playoffs the past six seasons. Dunleavy wants to pursue an
NBA head coaching job, Milwaukee vice president John Steinmiller said. "I
am sorry that I did not get to accomplish what I and the organization wanted --
to get back into the playoffs," Dunleavy said in a statement. NO BLAZE OF
GLORY: The Trail Blazers may be in the playoffs, with a younger, more exciting
and more successful team, but fewer people are buying tickets, the Oregonian
reported. The newspaper said the Blazers' average paid attendance, not
including club seats and executive suites, fell 7.3 percent from 17,890 last
season to 16,575 in the 1996-97 season. Blazers officials would not confirm
those numbers, but they admitted that paid attendance has declined. The Blazers
still enjoy stronger fan support than just about any NBA team. Although
Portland, Ore., is the league's 24th-largest market, the Blazers finished the
season trailing only Charlotte and Chicago in attendance. AWARD: Heat F P.J.
Brown won the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship award, given each year by the Pro
Basketball Writers Association to the NBA player, coach or trainer in
recognition of outstanding community service and charitable work.
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