From patricia Fri Nov 18 06:57:48 1994 Return-Path: Received: by netcom11.netcom.com (8.6.9/Netcom) id IAA17737; Fri, 18 Nov 1994 08:57:47 -0600 Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 08:57:47 -0600 From: patricia (Patricia Bender) Message-Id: <199411181457.IAA17737@netcom11.netcom.com> To: mavs-l Subject: Popeye Jones (the missing lines) Status: R The first two lines of the last note seemed to have been cut off. Here they are: Well, my man Popeye is a rebounding maniac. Last season he finished with 605 rebounds, averaging 7.5 rebounds per game. Of that, 299 were offensive rebounds, averaging 3.7 a game. patricia From patricia Fri Nov 18 06:54:28 1994 Return-Path: Received: by netcom11.netcom.com (8.6.9/Netcom) id IAA17092; Fri, 18 Nov 1994 08:54:26 -0600 Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 08:54:26 -0600 From: patricia (Patricia Bender) Message-Id: <199411181454.IAA17092@netcom11.netcom.com> To: mavs-l Subject: Popeye Jones Status: RO David Chiu wrote: >Don't know anything about Popeye (except that he's a >pretty hip cartoon character ;-). Where did he come from? Is he >considered a raw talent or one of those role player types? His >rebounding numbers have been impressive thus far. were offensive rebounds, averaging 3.7 a game. If you extend his minutes out to 48 per game (something stats people have fun doing), he would have averaged 16.4 rebounds and 8.1 offensive rebounds. For some strange reason, Popeye saw his minutes reduced 2/3rds into the season by Buckner. In fact, he even DNP-coach's decision one game (we were never given a reason - but that was when Randy White and Doug Smith were performing well for a few weeks). Terry Davis got fined by Buckner when Davis publicly complained about Popeye's lack of minutes. He is a role player and has accepted his role since day one. He, like Mashburn, spent the summer working with strength and conditioning coach Bob King. Motta has been encouraging him to look for his shot more often (Motta firmly believes that a player should never pass up a good shot and will bench a player who does). As a result, Popeye has been putting back a lot more of those offensive rebounds than he did last year. In fact, Motta refers to them as the 4 Js instead of the 3 Js to include Popeye Jones along with Jamal Mashburn, Jim Jackson, and Jason Kidd. In additional glory, we stole Popeye from Houston. Houston drafted Popeye in 1992 as the 41st pick. He played in Italy during the 1992-93 seaons for Milano Teorematour where he averaged 21.1 points and 13.3 rebounds - 2nd in the league. Director of Player Personnal Keith Grant gets credit for finding Popeye. Last year, we traded the rights to 33rd draft pick Eric Riley to Houston for the rights to Popeye. Riley has done nothing in Houston, heehee. He has faced adversity throughout his basketball days, being told at almost every level that he wouldn't make it. He had been told that he was too slow and too fat. He has worked his way into the NBA and is a solid part of the Mavs futre. Here is some college info from a post I made last season (yes, I am a pack-rat): At Murray State, at Division I school in the Ohio Valley Conference: Freshman, '88-'89: averaged 5.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 10 minutes. Was selected to the 1989 Ohio Valley Conference All- Freshman team. Sophomore, '89-90: averaged 19.5 points and 11.2 rebounds - ranked 14th in the country. Was OVC Player of the Year. Murray State was defeated by Michigan State in overtime in the first round of the NCAA Tournament - Popeye scored 37 points in the game. Junior, '90-'91: averaged 20.2 points and 14.2 rebounds - 2nd in the country, behind Shaquille O'Neal. Was OVC Player of the Year. Murray State again went to the NCAA Tournament. Senior, '91-'92: Averaged 21.1 points, 2.4 assists, and 14.4 rebounds - 1st in the country. Again Murray State went to the NCAA Tournament. Finished his college career as Murray State's all-time leader in rebounds (1,374), 2nd in scoring (2,057), and 3rd in steals (159) and blocked shots (87). patricia