Notes on a Scorecard - June 25, 1992

Anthony Peeler seems more like a Raider than a Laker. . . .

I’ll bet you could hardly sleep the night before, hoping the Clippers would draft Randy Woods first. . . .

Give a wide edge to the Clippers in their trade with the Detroit Pistons. Don MacLean can shoot, which is more than Olden Polynice can do. . . .

Many of the people who said MacLean was a baby on the court at UCLA said the same about Reggie Miller. . . .

Loser of the Day: Harold Miner, who would be looking at a much higher draft position and millions of dollars more in a multiyear contract next year if he had decided to return to USC for his senior season. . . .

Jerry West told USC Coach George Raveling a while ago that he would take Duane Cooper on the second round if the Trojan point guard were available. . . .

With Larry Johnson, Alonzo Mourning and Kendall Gill, the Charlotte Hornets could reach the playoffs next season. . . .

So what if Christian Laettner went to the same school as Danny Ferry. Karl Malone went to the same school as Randy White. . . .

Shaquille O’Neal made the last 12 free throws of his collegiate career against Indiana in the NCAA tournament but had a better field-goal percentage, 61.5, than free-throw percentage, 52.8, last season at Louisiana State. . . .

At the Sports Arena Wednesday, highlights of the New York Knicks’ victory over the Lakers in seven games in the 1970 NBA finals were shown before the draft. Clipper General Manager Elgin Baylor must have loved it. He was on the losing side that series. . . .

Jon Barry is not another Rick Barry, but he is going to help the Boston Celtics with his long-range shooting. . . .

Charles Barkley ought to give his new Phoenix Suns teammate, Oliver Miller, some diet tips. . . .

Rolando Blackman to the Knicks for a 1995 draft choice? There might not even be a 1995 draft. . . .

Two of the biggest mistakes ever in the draft were made by the Portland Trail Blazers, who took Sam Bowie ahead of Michael Jordan in 1984 and made LaRue Martin first overall in 1972. . . .

Jordan, Laettner, Magic Johnson, and Patrick Ewing are the only members of the U.S. Olympic basketball team who were McDonald’s high school All-Americans. . . .

Only four of the 12 teams in the National League have a winning record. . . .

A couple of years ago the Braves couldn’t give away tickets in Atlanta, where there already have been 20 sellouts this season. . . .

Tom Glavine, who won the Cy Young Award last season with a 20-11 record, is 11-3. Sandy Koufax, Warren Spahn and Mike Cuellar are the only pitchers who ever increased their victory total the year after winning the Cy Young. . . .

News item: National League President Bill White suspends San Diego Padre first baseman Fred McGriff and San Francisco Giant pitcher Trevor Wilson four games each for their participation in a brawl. Reaction: The four games means a lot more to a first baseman than to a pitcher. . . .

Faye Throneberry had more major league hits than his more famous brother Marv. . . .

With catcher Chris Hoiles lost to the Baltimore Orioles for four-to-six weeks, how about them signing Lance Parrish? . . .

You never read about a National League home run hitter being on a pace to break Hack Wilson’s league record of 56. . . .

Not only is the Kings’ Bruce McNall chairman of the Board of Governors of the NHL, the Lakers’ Jerry Buss is president of the Board of Governors of the NBA. . . .

Tracy Harris Patterson flashed some of the old hand speed of his father, former two-time heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson, when Tracy stopped Thierry Jacob in the second round for the World Boxing Council super bantamweight championship the other night. . . .

I’m amazed that so many fighters, such as Jacob, don’t seem to be properly warmed up when they enter the ring. . . .

Ten Goose Boxing Club will stage a special 10th anniversary show Saturday night at the Country Club in Reseda, where junior lightweights Gabriel Ruelas and Paul Ditau Molefyane and super welterweights Engels Pedroza and Louis Howard will box in the co-features. . . .

The prize of the NFL supplemental draft next month will be Duke quarterback Dave Brown. . . .

If Michael Jordan can play basketball in the Olympic Games, then Brian Boitano should be allowed to skate in the Winter Olympics. . . .

You know you are no longer a kid when you have the same birth date as a baseball manager, not a player.