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What you are about to read might sound unusual but it could be very enlightened.
   What About Those Muslim Women?



At a time when the rest of the world, from Greece and Rome to India and China,
considered women as no better than children or even slaves, with no rights
whatsoever, Islam acknowledged women's equality with men in a great many
respects. The Quran states:
"And among His signs is this: that He created mates for you from yourselves that
you may find rest and peace of mind in them, and He ordained between you love
and mercy. Certainly, herein indeed are signs for people who reflect." [30:21]

Prophet Muhammad said:

"The most perfect in faith amongst believers is he who is best in manners and
kindest to his wife."

Muslims believe that Adam and Eve were created from the same soul. Both were
equally guilty of their sin and fall from grace, and Allah forgave both. Many
women in Islam have had high status; consider the fact that the first person to
convert to Islam was Khadijah, the wife of Muhammad, whom he both loved and
respected. His favorite wife after Khadijah's death, Ayesha, became renowned as
a scholar and one of the greatest sources of Hadith literature. Many of the
female Companions accomplished great deeds and achieved fame, and throughout
Islamic history there have been famous and influential scholars and jurists.

We might also mention that while many in the West criticize Islam with regard to
the treatment of women, in fact a number of Muslim countries have had women
rulers and presidents. To name a few: Turkey; Bangladesh and Pakistan.

With regard to education, both women and men have the same rights and
obligations. This is clear in Prophet Muhammad's saying:

"Seeking knowledge is mandatory for every believer."
This implies men and women.

A woman is to be treated as God has endowed her, with rights, such as to be
treated as an individual, with the right to own and dispose of her own property
and earnings, enter into contracts, even after marriage. She has the right to be
educated and to work outside the home if she so chooses. She has the right to
inherit from her father, mother, and husband. A very interesting point to note
is that in Islam, unlike any other religion, a woman can be an imam, a leader of
communal prayer, for a group of women.

A Muslim woman also has obligations. All the laws and regulations pertaining to
prayer, fasting, charity, pilgrimage, doing good deeds, etc., apply to women,
albeit with minor differences having mainly to do with female physiology.

Before marriage, a woman has the right to choose her husband. Islamic law is
very strict regarding the necessity of having the woman's consent for marriage.
The groom gives a marriage dowry to the bride for her own personal use. She
keeps her own family name, rather than taking her husband's. As a wife, a woman
has the right to be supported by her husband even if she is already rich. She
also has the right to seek divorce and custody of young children. She does not
return the dowry, except in a few unusual situations.

Despite the fact that in many places and times Muslim communities have not
always adhered to all or even many of the foregoing in practice, the ideal has
been there for 1,400 years, while virtually all other major civilizations did
not begin to address these issues or change their negative attitudes until the
19th and 20th centuries, and there are still many contemporary civilizations
which have yet to do so.


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By Chad Ford
ESPN Insider
  The Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks are in serious talks about a trade
that would send Quentin Richardson and a conditional future first-round pick
to the Knicks for Kurt Thomas two league sources said.
  However, both sources claim that the trade hasn't been completed.
  The trade, if it is consummated, would be a good one for both teams. Thomas
can provide the Suns more toughness in the paint. He also can play center,
allowing the Suns to move Amare Stoudemire back to his natural position at
the four. The deal would also clear some cap space, long term, for the Suns,
who must re-sign Joe Johnson this summer.
  The Knicks have a log jam at the four and have been trying to move Thomas
for a month. Richardson will be a good fit in the Knicks offense. He'd give
Stephon Marbury a good shooter to kick it to on penetration. He'd also give
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By Greg Beacham
Associated Press
  San Antonio - Larry Brown and the Detroit Pistons know this routine all too
well.
  Much like their vagabond coach, the defending NBA champions have an
aversion to prosperity and an addiction to drama. In the past three seasons,
the Pistons repeatedly have risen to the toughest postseason challenges,
playing their best games only when the straits are most dire.
  But getting two road victories over the San Antonio Spurs will be the most
treacherous strait they've ever attempted to navigate. Starting with Game 6
on Tuesday night, they must win twice in a city where they've been beaten 10
straight times since 1997 - in a building where the Spurs are 45-5 this
season.
  Though Brown claimed to be exhausted after a sleepless night contemplating
the Game 5 twists that culminated in Robert Horry's incredible game-winning
3-pointer, he seemed alert and anxious - even a bit excited. He believes
Detroit still has a chance to defend its title in highly unlikely
circumstances.
  "You have to look at it as a great opportunity," Brown said Monday before
the team flight. "This team has always fought back. It happened to us last
year. We had some bumps along the way. I remember Game 5 against New Jersey,
losing in triple overtime. I felt the same way I do now. We managed to
bounce back and do it again."
  Detroit was down 3-2 to the Nets in last year's Eastern Conference
semifinals before winning the final two games. The Pistons also came back
from a 3-2 deficit against Miami earlier this month in the Eastern
Conference finals. Two years ago, they even rallied from a 3-1 deficit in a
series against Orlando.
  Theories abound on the Pistons' tenacity under pressure. Their unsung
seven-man rotation thrives on long odds and a shortage of respect, counting
on each other when everybody is counting them out. Their
us-against-the-world mentality isn't unique in pro sports, but it's taken to
an extreme in blue-collar Detroit.
  And if that's not enough motivation, the Pistons also could be entering the
final days of Brown's tenure with the club. The coach's health problems
resulting from hip surgery last season could force him to retire - or move
to a different job in another organization.
  "I haven't even thought about that," Brown claimed. "My whole thought
process is the opportunity that lies ahead. It's about them, it's not about
me."
  After victories in Games 4 and 5, the Pistons could have returned to Texas
with a 3-2 series lead. But Horry scored 21 points after the final second of
the third quarter in a climactic Game 5 victory, which removed most of the
pressure from San Antonio for Game 6.
  San Antonio clinched the 2003 title at home in Game 6 against the Nets,
rallying in the fourth quarter. The Spurs can play comfortably for a
clinching win in front of fans smelling a championship.
  After a week in Michigan, the Spurs were greeted at the airport by an
estimated 5,000 fans upon their predawn arrival Monday. Horry obliged the
screaming masses with an impromptu 3 a.m. speech.
  "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. And I joined the Spurs," shouted Horry,
whose career with the Los Angeles Lakers ended after he missed a shot
against San Antonio in Game 5 of the 2003 playoffs. A shot that was very
similar to his game-winner on Sunday.
  The Pistons kept to themselves before and after their flight Monday.
Rasheed Wallace, whose foolish attempt to double-team Manu Ginobili left
Horry wide open for the winner, is the Pistons' emotional leader, and he's
expected to get Detroit ready for Game 6.
  So is Chauncey Billups, last season's finals MVP who scored 34 points in
Game 5.
  "I expect we'll do what we always do," he said. "We're going to come out,
[and] our backs are definitely against the wall. We're going into a hostile
environment. ... If we can't have energy down 3-2, facing elimination, we
shouldn't be there."
  This will be a defining night for the Pistons, whose title last season was
criticized as a fluke of opportunity against the collapsing Lakers. If
Detroit could force a seventh game, its reputation will be cemented as a
superior team under pressure.
  "We've got a tough task, but we've been in tough situations before," Ben
Wallace said. "We're going to fight till the end. We're a tough-minded team,
and we have some tough guys in the locker room. We'll bounce back."


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New York -- NBA owners and players agreed to a new collective bargaining
agreement Tuesday, averting the possibility of a lockout.
  The league called a news conference in San Antonio prior to Game 6 of the
NBA Finals, with commissioner David Stern and union director Billy Hunter
announcing their agreement, ESPN Insider Chad Ford has confirmed.
  The deal came on the fourth consecutive day of talks between the sides. The
league's old seven-year agreement is due to expire on June 30.
  Another lockout could have begun July 1.
  The league and its players' association on Monday night were close to
agreeing on a deal that would institute a new age minimum for the draft,
reduce contract lengths and raise the salary cap, according to sources close
to both negotiating committee.
  The new six-year deal would implement several rules changes, several of
which were principally agreed to on Monday night, according to both Ford and
ESPN's Ric Bucher.
  The highlights of the agreement include:
A 19-year-old age minimum OR one year out of high school would be
implemented for entry into the NBA draft. Players who are not 19 by draft
night would be ineligible to declare for the draft. Under current rules,
American players are eligible for the draft the year their high school class
graduates. Foreign players must be 18 by draft night.
  Contract lengths would be reduced one year. Currently, players can sign a
fully guaranteed contract for a maximum of seven years if they re-sign with
their current team. Players signing with a new team in free agency can sign
a six-year deal. Under the new proposal, maxiumum contract lengths would
shorten to five years for players signing with new teams and six years for
players re-signing with their current team.
  Raises in contracts would be reduced. Under the current CBA, players are
allowed maximum raises of 12.5 percent per year if they re-sign with their
current team and 10 percent if they sign with a different team in free
agency. Under the new proposal, raises would be reduced to 10 percent if a
player re-signs with his current team and 8 percent if they sign with a
different team in free agency.
  A revamped drug policy would allow all players to be randomly tested four
times each season.
  It was not immediateily clear if several other elements, which had been
proposed Monday night, were included in Tuesday's agreement.
  If the proposal from Monday night were to be ratified in its entirety, the
new CBA would also dictate:
  Teams would pick up an extra option year on rookie contracts. Currently,
first-round picks are tied into a league salary scale. When a first-round
pick signs a contract, the first three years are guaranteed, with a team
option for the fourth year. Players are paid a set amount based on where
they were selected in the draft. Under the new proposed rules, first-round
picks would get the first two years of their contract guaranteed. The third
and fourth years of the contract would be team options.
  Under Monday's proposal, owners would in return make the following
concessions to the players:
  Total player salaries would be guaranteed. The proposed agreement
guarantees that players receive a minimum of 57 percent of
basketball-related income (BRI) in the form of salaries each year.
  The salary cap would increase. The current CBA bases the salary cap on BRI.
The cap is set at 48 percent of BRI; last year, that came to $43.87 million.
According to sources, the owners would agree to increase that percentage to
51 percent, in effect raising the salary cap. Sources say the cap would, in
that case, rise to between $47 million and $50 million next season.
  Escrow would be reduced and distribution of escrow moneys modified.
Currently, players must pay 10 percent of their salaries into an escrow
account each season. If, at season's end, the total amount of player
salaries exceeds 57 percent of the league's total basketball-related income,
that money goes to the owners whose teams stay below the luxury-tax
threshold (and a few that fall within a certain "cliff threshold"). If it
doesn't exceed 57 percent, the players get their money back. Under the
proposed agreement, that number would be slowly phased down to 8 percent by
the end of the agreement.
  There is potentially another significant development in this area. Under
current rules, the NBA has sole discretion over the use of the escrow money.
Currently, it redistributes the cash (and luxury tax revenues) to teams that
are under the luxury tax threshold. In essence, Clippers owner Donald
Sterling gets a bonus for being cheap. Under the new proposed agreement,
distribution rules would be changed so that luxury tax revenues would now be
distributed equally among all 30 teams.
   No super luxury tax. Owners had been pushing for a "super tax" for teams
who exceed the salary cap by more than a certain percentage. They would be
penalized $2 for every dollar they were over the tax threshold. However, the
owners dropped their demand for a super tax under the newest proposal.
  The agreement will still need to be ratified by the league's Board of
Governors and by the members of the players' union at their annual meeting
in Las Vegas next week.
  A source close to the NBA negotiating committee and a source close to the
union's negotiation committee claim that all of the major issues between the
sides had been agreed to in principle as of Monday night.


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New York Daily News
  Auburn Hills - When Game 3 of the Finals was over, Knicks fans who stayed
up late to catch Detroit's victory must have been asking the same question:
Is that the same Antonio McDyess who hardly played in New York and had all
those knee troubles?
  Well, he is and he isn't. He doesn't start anymore. He's strictly a role
player. And as McDyess was quick to point out yesterday, his best days -
ones that the Knicks never saw during his season and a half of misery in New
York - are over.
  "I can't run as fast, jump as high or move as quickly as I once did," he
said.
  But after his performance Tuesday, in which he played an integral role in
the Pistons getting back into this series, he was moving just fine. In fact,
he was walking on air.
  Talk about a landmark night in a monumental comeback. McDyess' return from
three surgeries on his left knee and a failed career with the Knicks, brief
as it was, is one of the great stories of the Finals. His playoff run for
the Pistons had been largely uneventful until he broke out with 10 points
and eight rebounds in 11 second-half minutes when the Pistons saved their
season. Those aren't exactly Hall of Fame numbers, but how many players
could even match that after multiple operations?
  "I kind of felt like my old self," McDyess said.
  Tonight, the Pistons can even the series at the Palace of Auburn Hills,
where they just don't lose in the Finals. Between last year's sweep of LA in
the three middle games here and Tuesday, they're 4-0 at home, winning by an
average of 14 points a game.
  But to hear McDyess talk, one big game and one big win aren't good enough
to suit him.
  "When you first come in the league, you think about making the All-Star
team, being All-NBA or being All-Defense," said the one-time All-NBA
performer. "But now, after what I've been through and being older, I just
want to win a championship."
  He still has a ways to go. The Spurs aren't going away just because Manu
Ginobili came back to Earth for one game, Tim Duncan had an off night and
Tony Parker failed to deliver in crunch time.
  But the fact that McDyess is here and playing is a triumph of sorts. For
someone who wanted to quit the game just a year ago because the knee
wouldn't let him do what once came so naturally on the basketball court, it
says quite a bit about his perseverance and mental toughness.
  "I always look back and say, 'What if I didn't get hurt?'" McDyess
admitted. "But I think, if I didn't get hurt, I wouldn't be in this
position. I'd be on another team."
  That's called turning a negative into a positive. But the Pistons never
looked at McDyess as a potential negative. Team president Joe Dumars watched
him play the final 18 games of Phoenix's season last year, and felt he could
be productive.
  McDyess' biggest concern wasn't the knee, although he may have been in the
minority. Coming to the Knicks off season-ending surgery in Denver in 2002,
he re-injured the knee playing the final minute of a preseason game against
Phoenix at the Garden. That knocked him out from the 2002-2003 season, and
15 months later, Isiah Thomas used him as the centerpiece of the trade for
Stephon Marbury. When the Pistons made their recruiting pitch through
Chauncey Billups, his old Nuggets teammate, McDyess had a different concern.
  "He told me, 'I don't want to come to Detroit and not play,'" said Billups.
"But I told him all he had to do was be productive. He'd play. And I knew
his game and his personality would fit right in."
  McDyess is the latest member of the Pistons' Last Chance Club. Richard
Hamilton was discarded by Michael Jordan in Washington. Billups didn't feel
wanted in Minnesota. Rasheed Wallace was banished from Portland. Ben Wallace
is a refugee from Orlando.
  "We've all been kicked to the curb," McDyess said. But they've all gone on
to show their old teams a thing or two. Tuesday night it was McDyess' turn.
  "I look at him like another star," coach Larry Brown said yesterday.
  It might have been only one night, but Antonio McDyess was a star again.


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By Johnny Ludden
San Antonio Express-News Staff Writer
  Auburn Hills, Mich. — Some 12 hours after leaving with their worst loss of
the playoffs, the Spurs returned to the Palace of Auburn Hills on Wednesday
afternoon to assess the damage.
  As the team prepared to start practice, Manu Ginobili joked with an NBA
public-relations official on the court. Ginobili had yet to run, shoot,
stretch or otherwise test his bruised left quadriceps, but the smile he wore
on his face was evidence to some his condition had already improved.
  "Manu is one of the toughest guys we have in our league, so when you see
him grimace and stuff, you know he's hurting," Brent Barry said. "And last
night he was hurting.
  "But we know he's going to come back [tonight] and we know he's going to be
intense."
  The Spurs could say the same about their opponent. Having found their fury,
as well as their defense, the Detroit Pistons will try to even the NBA
Finals at two games apiece tonight.
  While Ginobili's latest contusion was only a fraction of what ailed the
Spurs during their 96-79 loss in Game 3, team officials were nonetheless
pleased he felt better than expected after awaking Wednesday morning.
Ginobili participated in the team's light workout and had two more treatment
sessions scheduled for later in the day.
  "I'm going to be fine," Ginobili said. "It's not going to limit me."
  Ginobili speaks from experience. He bruised his left quadriceps during a
collision with Seattle's Reggie Evans in the final game of the conference
semifinals and aggravated it during the series against Phoenix. He also
injured it — as well as his right quadriceps — at least once in the regular
season, which explains why Barry has nicknamed him "El Contusion."
  Ginobili had worn a thigh pad for protection in the first two games of the
Finals, but didn't use it Tuesday. On the game's second possession, he
plowed into Pistons forward Tayshaun Prince. Prince's knee speared Ginobili
above his left knee.
  "He was just starting to get over [the previous contusion]," Barry said.
"All the fluid and blood and bruising was just starting to flush itself out.
When you get hit like that ... it just seems like all the progress you made
takes a couple steps back."
  As painful as Ginobili's injury was, the Pistons' defense deserved at least
equal blame for his seven-point, six-turnover performance. Detroit's big
men, led by center Ben Wallace, often blitzed the Spurs' pick-and-rolls,
forcing Ginobili and Tony Parker wide. When the Spurs' guards did penetrate,
the Pistons clogged the lane.
  After watching Ginobili make 15 of 16 shots in a five-quarter stretch
during the first two games, the Pistons decided that sagging off him
probably wasn't the wisest choice. On Tuesday, they pressured Ginobili and
Parker much more aggressively. While Parker led the Spurs with 21 points,
Ginobili took only six shots.
  "When you see a guy do that, you really have to say we have to shut the
lane down," Pistons point guard Lindsey Hunter said of Ginobili's production
in the first two games. "If he beats us over the top with a hand in his
face, then, hey, he had a great night. But you can't give him dunks and
uncontested lay-ups. You can't win like that."
  The Spurs, likewise, probably aren't going to dethrone Detroit if Tim
Duncan continues to shoot as he did Tuesday. He made only five of his 15
shots in the game while scoring four points in the second half. The 21
points Duncan and Ginobili totaled Tuesday were the fewest the Spurs have
received from their two All-Stars in a full game this season.
  "I thought I was a little lackadaisical with the ball," Duncan said. "I got
it knocked away a couple of times, telegraphed a lot of my moves and just
made bad moves. It's about being a little more assertive on the offensive
end, being a little more crisp on the offensive end."
  Duncan and Ginobili weren't alone in their struggles. Nazr Mohammed wasted
at least three scoring opportunities when he couldn't hang on to passes from
Ginobili. The Spurs committed 18 turnovers and yielded 17 offensive
rebounds, leading to 43 points for Detroit.
  "When you turn the ball over and give up offensive rebounds, that team has
more bullets in their gun," Barry said. "Last night, they reloaded many
times over."
  The Spurs looked particularly sloppy in the final two minutes of the third
quarter. Barry, Ginobili and Beno Udrih combined for three turnovers as
Detroit scored nine unanswered points.
  "We didn't have very many people play well," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich
said. "I thought we succumbed to their pressure. It wasn't like, you know,
[the Pistons] played a good quarter here and a good quarter there. For 48
minutes, they played like a team that didn't want to go down 3-0. And we
participated in that by not executing, for instance, press offense, by not
making an extra pass, playing in the crowd, that sort of thing."
  The Spurs hope to improve their decision making tonight.
  If Detroit continues to jump the pick-and-rolls, the Spurs' big men plan to
counter by slipping to the rim more quickly. If the guards can't find an
opening to immediately attack, they figure to pull back or swing the ball.
  "I think we're going to be fine," Ginobili said. "We've been through a lot
of difficulties for the whole year. We just played a bad game. They played a
good one. We're confident in ourselves. We know we can do it."


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By Rick Alonzo
Pioneer Press
  The Timberwolves' coaching search might be coming to a close.
  Longtime Seattle Supersonics assistant Dwane Casey was in negotiations to
become the next Wolves coach, according to a report published Wednesday
afternoon on ESPN.com <http://ESPN.com>.
  Casey and the Wolves exchanged contract figures Tuesday and are progressing
toward a deal, the report said, citing unidentified NBA coaching sources.
  Wolves owner Glen Taylor and vice president of basketball operation Kevin
McHale did not return phone messages left by the Pioneer Press on Wednesday.
  A Supersonics representative said neither Casey nor any of the team's
administration was available for comment.
  The Wolves have been searching for a head coach since February, when Flip
Saunders was fired during an underachieving season. McHale took over on an
interim basis and guided the team to a 19-12 finish, but it wasn't enough to
make the playoffs a year after the team reached the Western Conference
finals.
  As recently as two weeks ago, San Antonio Spurs assistant coach P.J.
Carlesimo appeared to be the leading candidate for the Wolves' job. The
Wolves sent a handful of representatives to San Antonio to interview
Carlesimo on May 27.
  The Pioneer Press recently reported that the Wolves' franchise player,
Kevin Garnett, told Taylor that he did not support hiring Carlesimo.
  Casey, 48, reportedly interviewed with the Wolves during a pre draft camp
in Chicago last week.
  Casey, an assistant coach with the Supersonics since 1994-1995, perhaps is
best known for being associated with a recruiting scandal at the University
of Kentucky in 1988, when he was an assistant coach under Eddie Sutton.
  Casey's name was on an envelope sent to then-California high school star
Chris Mills' father. The envelope, found open at an airfreight company in
Los Angeles, contained $1,000 in cash. The NCAA determined that Kentucky had
sent the package, and Casey resigned along with the entire Kentucky coaching
staff.
  Casey was a finalist last year for coaching openings in Atlanta and
Toronto. He was promoted to associate head coach in 2000 when the
Supersonics hired Nate McMillan as coach.
  Casey's other coaching experience includes five years at the helm of
Japan's national team. He was an assistant under former University of
Minnesota coach Clem Haskins at Western Kentucky from 1980-1985.
  The Wolves also interviewed Sidney Lowe and Randy Wittman, two of their
assistant coaches.
  This is the franchise's first coaching vacancy since Saunders was hired
Dec. 18, 1995, to replace Bill Blair.


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By Tom Withers
The Associated Press
  Cleveland — Operating without a full-time general manager, the Cleveland
Cavaliers decided Wednesday not to pick up the option on backup center
Robert Traylor's $1.76 million contract for next season.
  Traylor averaged 5.5 points and a career-high 4.5 rebounds in 74 games as
one of the team's most dependable reserves last season. The club had until
midnight Wednesday to make a decision on Traylor.
  The decision not to exercise Traylor's option will free up additional money
for the Cavaliers to use in free agency. The team could potentially hit the
market with more than $25 million.
  The question is: Who will make the calls on how to spend it?
  Cleveland has yet to hire a GM or president. Owner Dan Gilbert has
discussed a possible front-office position with Detroit coach Larry Brown,
who said he wants to coach the Pistons again but won't know if he can until
he has some serious health issues addressed after the NBA Finals.
  Gilbert is waiting for Brown before deciding how to structure his front
office.
  Until a GM/president is in place, Gilbert is getting input on roster
decisions from newly hired coach Mike Brown as well as from Mark Warkentien,
the club's interim GM, and Mike Bratz, director of basketball operations.
  "This decision was a difficult one to make," Warkentien said in a team
statement. "It was made in order for us to gain more cap flexibility heading
into free agency, where we expect to be very active and aggressive."
  In his second stint with the club, Traylor often sparked the Cavaliers with
his hustle on the floor. He also showed strong leadership as Cleveland faded
from the playoff picture during a tumultuous final two months that included
an ownership change and the firing of coach Paul Silas.
  After playing the previous two seasons for the New Orleans Hornets, the
28-year-old Traylor signed with Cleveland last summer for the "million
dollar" exception. He played 70 games in the 2000-2001 season with the
Cavaliers.
  Traylor has averaged 4.8 points and 3.7 rebounds in 438 career games.
  The club has another decision to make with guard Lucious Harris, who will
have a portion of his $2.75 million contract guaranteed if he is still on
the roster after July 1. Harris averaged 4.3 points and 15.5 minutes in a
disappointing first season with Cleveland.


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By David Aldridge
Philadelphia Inquirer
  Troy, Mich. - Billy Hunter, the executive director of the National
Basketball Players Association, said Wednesday that he would try to
jump-start the stalled talks between the union and the NBA by contacting
commissioner David Stern on Thursday.
  "I'm going to call David one more time between now and June 30," Hunter
said in a news conference, referring to the expiration date of the
collective-bargaining agreement between the teams and their players. Stern
said Sunday that he anticipates a lockout beginning July 1, and that owners
would remove their offer to the players from the table at that time.
  "I am convinced that if there's a lockout, it would be a protracted
lockout," Hunter said. "I think it could be the death knell for the NBA."
  Hunter reiterated that the union would be willing to extend the current
deal with the league for one year to avoid a lockout.
  Owners have already said they don't want to extend the current deal,
seeking changes in several areas, including the length of contracts, an age
limit on players entering the league, and a stronger drug policy.
  Hunter said that players have already returned approximately $700 million
of salary to the owners in the last four years, including $187 million this
past season, in escrow payments that players agreed to give to their teams
if the players received a larger percentage of basketball revenue than they
were supposed to under the agreement.
  Stern said Sunday that the league had offered the players a deal that would
guarantee them 57 percent of all revenues going forward. But Hunter said
that players averaged 60 percent of revenues during the seven years of the
deal, and said that owners were looking for, in essence, a harder salary cap
- in the form of a "supertax" on teams - that would ultimately be paid by
the players in the form of shorter, non-guaranteed contracts.
  "If we gave the concessions that they've been asking for, there would be a
severe compression of salaries," Hunter said, claiming that high-spending
teams, such as the New York Knicks, would be less likely to spend money on
free agents or make trades if they had to pay the tax.


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By Joanne C. Gerstner
The Detroit News
  Auburn Hills -- It's the oldest cliche in the sports world. And yet, for
once, it might actually have some meaning.
  The Pistons are literally taking things one game at a time, trying to work
their way back into the NBA Finals.
  The Spurs lead 2-1 heading into tonight's Game 4 at The Palace.
  "Well, we're still down 2-1, so we're not sitting up here jumping for joy,"
Rasheed Wallace said after Wednesday's practice.
  Said forward Tayshaun Prince: "Obviously, we're still down, the only thing
we did [Tuesday] night was get one step closer. But at the same time, we've
got to look at it as though we're now only down one [game]. We've definitely
got to come out and play the same way."
  Now the question is, can the Pistons reprise their Game 3 performance
tonight?
  "I thought we just played as hard as we needed to play," guard Chauncey
Billups said. And if we can continue that, then maybe we can start doing
some things better and executing better."
  Rip city:
Richard Hamilton shot well in Game 3, scoring 24 points. He scored only 14
in each of the first two games.
  The difference? Experience.
  "It takes time to get your rhythm," Hamilton said. "To know how somebody is
guarding you. The great thing is it's a seven-game series. If you don't
figure it out the first game, you'll figure it out the second game. I'm just
starting to learn how he's guarding me."
  Despite his struggles, Hamilton said his shooting confidence hasn't
wavered.
  "There's too many shots in the game of basketball to get frustrated over a
shot," Hamilton said. "I've got to say, I believe every shot that I shoot is
going in. I remember [Connecticut coach Jim] Calhoun used to tell me all the
time, he used to tell me, 'Rip, your problem is, you think that every shot
you shoot is going to go in.'"
  They said it:
Wallace, on his scoring abilities: "I'm not trying to be a great scorer of
the game. Great scorers [were] Kareem [Abdul-Jabbar], Mike [Jordan], Larry
Bird, they were the great scorers. Personally, it doesn't matter to me if I
had the worst career stats in NBA history as long as I got my championships.
The championships, it shuts everything up."
  Pistons guard Lindsey Hunter, on Spurs forward Tim Duncan getting a
technical foul in Game 3: "I'm so used to our guys getting technicals, I
really wasn't paying attention. I thought it was one of us at first, so I
was relieved when they told me Tim got the tech. I mean, I'm used to seeing
that type of thing now, so it doesn't really bother me."
  For the record, the Pistons have 21 technicals in the playoffs. The Spurs
have 7.


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By Michael Heistand
USA TODAY
  The Detroit Pistons' first win against the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA
Finals didn't help ABC's flagging TV ratings.
  ABC seems certain to end up with the second-lowest Finals ever and might
even set a new all-time low. Tuesday's Game 3 drew 7.2% of U.S. TV
households, down 31% from the third game in last year's Los Angeles
Lakers-Detroit Finals.
  That leaves ABC with a three-game Finals ratings average of 7.1, down 32%
from last year's average for the first three games. And it gives ABC a
chance to break the record low of 6.5 with the San Antonio-New Jersey Nets
in 2003.
  Breaking that 2003 record would be startling, since it was a ratings low
that was far below the average ratings for other Finals in the last two
decades. Other than the 6.5 in 2003, the last time the average rating for
the NBA Finals dipped below 10 was in 1981 — when that Finals series was
shown on tape delay in a late-night time slot and drew 6.7.
  Blowout record:
Detroit's 96-79 victory against San Antonio in Game 3 on Tuesday night was
the third consecutive lopsided final score, making this series a historical
oddity.
  Never before in the Finals have the first three games been decided by 15
points or more.


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By Perry A. Farrell
  Detroit - Will Game 4 be the nail-biter observers expected after the
showdown between the best defenses in the NBA was set?
  San Antonio won the two games at the SBC Center by a combined 36 points
with the Pistons never having a lead for six of the eight quarters.
  On Tuesday, Spurs were falling all over the Palace floor as the home team
scored 96 points, cleaned the boards and powered the ball inside for 44
points in the paint.
  In a series that was expected to be low-scoring, the games have had no
fourth-quarter drama other than one team running away from the other.
  On Tuesday, the Pistons used a 21-6 run to spurn the Spurs.
  "In Games 1 and 2 they had so much control, and we expended a lot of energy
trying to get back," said coach Larry Brown. "We were down 17 or 18 and cut
it to seven in the game. In those kinds of games you have to play perfect at
the end, and we didn't come down with an offensive rebound, and they made a
shot, and that kind of took the air out of us.
  "In Game 2, we got down 23 and cut it to eight. That was the foul on [Manu]
Ginobili with two seconds left on the shot clock. He hits two free throws,
and, again, you have to play perfect. I think that kind of took the wind out
of our sails.
  "Last night we just made plays at the end like they've made all series. I
think the critical point was probably the end of the third quarter when we
went on that 9-2 run, and I think it gave us a lot of confidence and a lot
of life. I don't know what happened to San Antonio, but we played perfect in
the fourth quarter in every area.
  "The way they played the first two games and after the Miami series - they
dominated in so many areas those first two games.
  "I think when I was with San Antonio we had a series with Portland where
they drilled us the first two games in Portland, and I think we came back
and drilled them two games, and we went back there for Game 5 and they
drilled us. We came back for Game 6 and won and all of a sudden Game 7 was a
nail-biter.
  "Usually you would expect games between the two teams that are left to be
real competitive. I certainly felt last night was competitive. As a coach
you never think a game is over. If we can play with the same type of energy
we did this last game, hopefully these games will be decided in the end."


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By Angela K. Brown (Associated Press)
  Waco, Texas – A former Baylor University basketball player who murdered his
best friend and teammate was led off to prison for 35 years Wednesday to
shouts from the victim's stepfather, who held up a framed picture of his son
and yelled: "Remember him! Remember his face!"
  "You, Carlton Dotson, are a killer, a sinner of the worst degree, and may
you never forget what you did," Brian Brabazon said during the sentencing,
at times glaring and pointing at Dotson as his voice rose to a shout.
  Dotson showed no emotion. Valorie Brabazon, the mother of victim Patrick
Dennehy, sat in the front row sobbing as her teenage daughter tried to
comfort her. She said afterward that the family would attend all parole
board hearings and urge that Dotson "doesn't walk the streets again."
  Dotson, 23, pleaded guilty last week to killing the 21-year-old Dennehy,
whose body was found in 2003 in a field where the two best friends had gone
to shoot targets. The case against Dotson shocked the Baptist school and led
to a scandal in the basketball program.
  Dotson was arrested at his home in Maryland, a few days before the body was
found, after calling authorities to say he was hearing voices. He told
authorities where to look for the corpse of the 6-foot-10 Dennehy, who
dreamed of playing in the NBA.
  He told authorities that he and Dennehy, his roommate, bought guns for
protection after receiving threatening phone calls. Investigators said
Dotson told them he thought people were trying to kill him because "he is
Jesus, the son of God."
  He told FBI agents that Dennehy pointed a gun at him after the pair went to
a gravel pit for target practice, and he shot Dennehy in self-defense after
Dennehy's gun jammed. The autopsy did not support his self-defense claim,
saying Dennehy was shot twice: once above the right ear and once toward the
back of the head.
  Dotson could have gotten life in prison. He will be eligible for parole
after serving about half of the sentence.
  Dotson's mother, Gilreatha Stoltzfus, shook hands with Dennehy's relatives
in the courtroom Wednesday and said she had urged him to plead guilty.
  Dennehy's slaying led to an internal investigation at Baylor that found
that coach Dave Bliss improperly personally paid up to $40,000 in tuition
for Dennehy and another player, and that the coaching staff did not report
players' failed drug tests.
  It also found that Bliss asked players and an assistant coach to lie to
investigators by saying Dennehy paid his own tuition by dealing drugs.
  Bliss and Baylor's athletic director resigned and the school barred itself
from postseason competition in 2003-2004.
  After the sentencing, Brian Brabazon called Dotson an "instrument of the
devil" and said he hopes Dotson never gets out of prison.
  "Carlton, Patrick was someone who cared for you, who you laughed with, who
was there by your side," Brabazon said.
  Last fall, Dotson was found incompetent to stand trial and was sent to a
mental hospital. He was returned to jail in February after a hospital
psychologist said Dotson was competent but must continue to take
anti-psychotic medication. The psychologist said Dotson's accounts of
hearing voices and seeing things were "suspect."
  A few weeks before Dotson's plea, his attorneys decided not to pursue an
insanity defense.


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> Detroit Basketball
> I know wade plays a big part in the heats team but with him being out
game 6 and detroit blowing them out soo  bad, 'does it not make u
wonder about the bad calls in game 5.
> I think if the refs keep it fare thenDetroit will win.  And go on two
be the champs again.!
>  #1 Baby
>
In my opinion, according to performances of the refs, I think the refs
seems to stand with the Heat. But many players of Heat are injured, I
can not sure which one is benfited.

> "superoger.tw" <superoger.tw@y...> wrote:
> Today is the final game of series, which one is the
> winer you think? Give me some opinions?
>

Detroit Basketball
I know wade plays a big part in the heats team but with him being out game 6 and
detroit blowing them out soo  bad, 'does it not make u wonder about the bad
calls in game 5.
I think if the refs keep it fare thenDetroit will win.  And go on two be the
champs again.!
  #1 Baby

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