Tuesday's Sports Transactions
"Our relationship has been good," said Nets Coach Chuck Daly
, who was hired this season by Reed. "And I think our goals are the same. One, to continue to
catsuits see this team improve. You do that by continuing to see your roster improve. You take the talent you have on your roster at a certain point and then you say, 'Look, we need this.' "
There are few in the N.B.A. with Reed's basketball credentials. He is a Hall of Fame player who also led the New York Knicks to N.B.A. titles in 1969-70 and 1972-73. He has been head coach of both the Knicks and the Nets, coached with Lou Carnessecca at St. John's University and was head coach at Creighton University.
Under Reed, the Nets made the playoffs for the first time in six years last season, and their 40-42 record was the team's best in seven years. With a 19-15 record so far this season, the Nets appear to be headed for the playoffs again. It was also Reed who established a young core of talent: forward Derrick Coleman, the top rookie of 1990; guard Kenny Anderson, a potential All-Star, and guard Drazen Petrovic, this year's leading 3-point shooter.
"I think if you're going to be a coach in this league it's imperative that you have guy like him in his position," said Daly. "I like the fact that he was not only a pro player but was a pro coach and a collegiate coach. I thought his background would help us in the understanding with players and with coaches. He's an easy guy to work for, a fun guy to work with, and he really understands.
"i've found that some general managers just don't get it. They just don't understand the problems of a coach. Only if you've been there can you really understand all the complexities of coaching. You'll get some general managers saying, 'Why aren't they playing hard? Why aren't they doing this? Why aren't they doing that?' Question, question, question instead of understanding because if you've been there, you understand."
President Clinton sat in the Malcolm X Shabazz High School library, his back to a shelf loaded with university catalogs, listening to 17 teen-agers dream aloud of college and careers.
There was the aspiring surgeon who wants to go to Princeton, the would-be lawyer with her eye on Spelman College, the athlete who may become a chef - if the pro football thing doesn't work out.
These students were already assured of scholarships upon completing a separate Project Grad program, which helps at-risk teen-agers improve their grades and steers them
spider man costume toward college. And on Thursday, the New Suit Nets adopted Shabazz High as part of a $2.5 million commitment to inner cities from the National Basketball Association, National Football League and Major League Baseball.
Clinton challenged other teams and sports to follow the lead.
He gestured at Nets players alongside him onstage, saying, "There are a lot of guys this tall that aren't playing basketball. They got a chance, and they made the most out of it. And that's what we ought to offer to every child."
In addition, several major corporations committed about $4 million in response to Clinton's "New Markets" initiative - a plan to ensure that the nation's less-well-off rural and urban areas share in the booming economy.
"Now is the time to say the rest of American should be part of our prosperity, and they are the next great opportunity - the new markets of the 21st century," Clinton said.
Later, Clinton toured an indoor marketplace in Hartford, Conn., that is helping revitalize a downtrodden neighborhood near Trinity College. He said the Department of Housing and Urban Development would funnel $6.7 million into Hartford for economic development, and urged private companies to do the same.
"It's the smart thing to do," Clinton said. "It's one of the clear ways we can continue to have this economic expansion without izentaiation."
The New Markets proposal seeks to spur $15 billion in new investment in poor communities through tax credits and loan guarantees.
While Clinton was in the library, other Newark students lined the bleachers in the gym, swaying to the rhythms of the marching band and chanting along with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who exhorted them to "keep hope alive." They erupted into cheers when Clinton walked in with the athletes, including many of the New Suit Nets and their star, Jayson Williams.
Besides adopting Shabazz High, the Nets' majority owners have pledged to invest with the Community Youth Organization to help subsidize college scholarships for kids from low-income families.
Williams offered another incentive, a party at his house in Clifton, N.J., to the first 200 young people who complete service requirements for the Nets' program. He also pledged new uniforms for the band.
Other sports also stepped forward. National Football League Commissioner Paul Tagliabue committed to spend $1.5 million in grants to neighborhood-based organizations in the 29 cities where
zentai teams play to build or restore local football fields.
Costco, a membership wholesaler, pledged $500,000 to encourage other professional teams to follow the Seattle Seahawks' example in forming partnerships with troubled schools in their areas.
Major League Baseball said it would take part in the Diverse Partners Program, through which baseball and basketball teams can hire minority contractors for catering, landscaping, merchandise and other needs.
The NBA pledged that each of its 29 teams would mobilize 2,000 young volunteers this season in community service projects with non-profit organizations, social service agencies or the americorps program.
Back in the library, Clinton debated with trumpet player Gary Dennis Jr., 16, over which college had the best band - Florida A&M or Grambling State. And he marveled at Nafiys Blakewood, 16, a basketball star with a 3.7 grade point average.
"You've got a lot of options and you can't lose," Clinton said. "I just want to thank you for what you're doing with your lives and what an example you're
zentai suit setting for other young people in this community."
"This is a dream come true for me," said Darlene Stovall, a freshman. "I always wanted to meet a president."
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