10/31 Scott Williams' bizarre injuries: missed 4 days of practice after 
      hurting his shoulder during the team's annual bowling outing; a
      few days later, hurt his back lifting a TV he bought on sale;
      and hurt the tendon behind his right kneecap while stretching
      last Friday and could be lost for the season.

From the You've Got to Be Kidding department:
Talking about rookie contracts, "There was one clause put in this year
called a comprehensive guarantee," said Bob Bass, Spurs exec.  "In
case of suicide, the team still has to pay the contract."

February is when Mashburn said Fila will be coming out with a shoe
named after him, The Mash.

Derek Harper is pretty pissed at not starting for the past three games.
He is asking to be traded if Buckner plans continue not starting him.
[My thought was that Harper's not starting might indicate that a trade 
_is_ in the works.]  If Derek does remain with the team, look for his
contract to be renegotiated as Carter "has always taken care of" him.
He has two years left on his contract and there is talk of adding another
year to his contract, in addition to more money.  It has not happened yet 
as doing so would make a trade more difficult due to the salary cap 
problems of other teams.  BTW, Derek turned 32 October 13.

Two of the players do not drive themselves to practices and games.  Mashburn
doesn't have a car he can drive so hitches a ride with Popeye (if he'd learn
to drive stick, he could drive his Fila Ferrari) and Morningstar sold his
car for living expenses and takes the bus.


The Clippers did have the funniest moment of the night.  The scoreboard was
having problems and they for some reason (I don't know how the shot-clock is 
tied into the scoreboard), they brought out the portable 24 second clocks at 
the beginning of the second half.  The one for the Mavs offense was placed by 
the Clippers bench.  One of the Clippers' players was sitting on the floor (my 
dad said it was Tolbert, but I thought it was one of the other white guys) and 
positioned himself in front of the clock.  He then tossed a towel over the 
clock.  He took the towel off before the games started, though.  But he still
was somewhat in front of the clock and stayed there for a couple of plays.  I
didn't see when he moved, so I don't know if the ref told him to or not.  I
guess teams need to use all of their tricks when playing the Mavs. :)