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From: mlt@mb2c.UUCP (Mark L. Tompkins)
Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops
Subject: Info wanted on Rick Mahorn
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Date: Mon, 16-Sep-85 13:34:30 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 16 13:34:30 1985
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With the NBA season fast approaching ( the Pistons started selling tickets
yesterday ), I find myself wondering about a trade Detroit and Washington
made in the off-season.  Detroit sent Dan Roundfield to the Bullets for Rick
Mahorn and Mike Gibson, who played in Italy last year.  What I want to know
is: Can Mahorn do anything on the basketball court except be a goon?  The 
only times I've seen him play were against Detroit, and at least once in 
each of those contests I saw him take a cheap shot at somebody.  Twice I saw
him floor Isaiah Thomas with blind picks.  In fact, as soon as the trade was
finalized, Thomas called Mahorn on the phone and called a truce to the whole
matter.  I'm beginning to think the Pistons made a big mistake.  The *only*
reason they blew out New Jersey in the 1st round last year was because Round-
field dominated Buck Williams.  True, he was injured a lot during the season;
he missed about half the year.  But this trade still leaves them without a 
Williams-type power forward, which they need to rise to the top of their 
division.  Also, Roundfield is one of the few Central Michigan alumni playing
in the NBA ( Guess where I went to school? :-) ), so I really didn't want to
see him go.  Mahorn surely does not fit that mold, and neither does Kent Ben-
son, Earl Cureton, Gibson, or anyone else they've tried at that position. 
Is anyone out there a Bullets fan who has seen Mahorn play more than a few
times?  What should I expect? 
  
I guess the reason Detroit got him is because Bill Laimbeer doesn't like to
get too physical ( I've noticed ) and they thought Mahorn could be the 
"enforcer" that they need.  Myself, I don't care much for "goon" basketball;
I guess that's why I've always liked the Lakers fast-break type of game.
If I want to see people beating the hell out of each other, I would prefer to
see it on the football field.  ( Or the rasslin' ring :-) :-) :-) )
  
Thoughts, comments, derogatory statements, and flames most welcome.
  
Mark Tompkins
 
P.S. How 'bout it, Nets?  Mahorn and Benson for Buck? :-) :-)