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NBA suspends Weatherspoon, Willis

Dec 31, 2002 3:00 PM EST

The Associated Press reports: New York Knicks forward Clarence Weatherspoon and San Antonio Spurs forward-center Kevin Willis were suspended for one game without pay by the NBA on Tuesday for fighting.

Weatherspoon also was fined $20,000 and will miss New York's game against Toronto on Wednesday. Willis will sit out the San Antonio's game Tuesday night at Washington.

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Spree on Carlesimo: "I'm over it"

Dec 30, 2002 8:00 AM EST

In 1997 then-Warriors guard Latrell Sprewell attacked and attempted to choke then-Warriors head coach P.J. Carlesimo during a Golden State practice. Sprewell was suspended for the remainder of the season, and Carlesimo was later fired.

The careers of both will forever be linked together as long as both are in the NBA, and Carlesimo's return to the NBA pine as the lead assistant coach in San Antonio is of no suprise to Sprewell.

"I figured somebody would pick him up sooner or later," said Sprewell, who has since made up with his former coach.

"I'm over it," Sprewell said of the incident. "I'm not surprised he's back. Not at all."

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Bucks' fans jumping ship this season

Dec 19, 2002 6:47 AM EST

Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the Bucks’ attendance numbers are plummeting. Milwaukee’s drop in attendance is the second largest in the league… and the other team has a good excuse.

The Bucks attendance is down 14.8% this season. Only the Spurs have seen a bigger drop. The Spurs are playing in a smaller arena this season which helps to explain their decline. The Buck’s 8-11 record this season compared to 13-7 last season is their main excuse.

The Bucks are averaging 15,789 per game this season through Dec. 10, compared to 18,533 last season. They are playing to 84.4% of capacity.

The Bucks' average attendance in the league is 16th in the 29-team league and ninth in the 15-team Eastern Conference. The Bucks had the 10th-highest attendance average in the league last year and fifth in the East.

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Spurs Dec 2002 Archive

  • Nets mum on Kidd's future

    | Dec 2, 2002

    Frank Hughes of the News Tribune reports that the Nets aren’t commenting about Jason Kidd’s future.

  • Equal-opportunity victory

    San Antonio Express-News | Dec 1, 2002

    David Robinson walked out of the SBC Center on Saturday night with his right eyelid drooping shut, perhaps one final farewell present from Karl Malone.

  • Malone, Spurs hit big numbers

    Deseret News | Dec 1, 2002

    Karl Malone got all the points he needed Saturday night to hit the 35,000 career-points plateau.

  • San Antonio Routs Jazz

    Salt Lake Tribune | Dec 1, 2002

    Not that anyone believes that fate or conspiracy played a part -- right? -- but how spooky is it that 35 was one of the winning numbers in the Texas Lotto drawing Saturday? Coincidence or not, it sure looked like 35 was everywhere in the Lone Star State.