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26 Kenosha News Pro Basketball Friday February 11 1994 Slumping Nugget not taking Tourette medicine now been getting kind of bad people Abdul-Rauf said Does he agree? worse than it was but me dealing With he said Abdul-Rauf was not specific about why he wanted to get off Prozac and Prolixin the prescription medications used to suppress 'the tics and involuntary outbursts that characterize but the two drugs are known to have strong and disqui- eting side effects are very powerful said Nuggets team physician Dr Allen Schreiber who declined comment on Abdul-Rauf case but did respond to questions on the nature and the medications used to treat it develop a tolerance to the side effects By Dav Krieger Seri pps Howard News Service Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf the Denver Nuggets point guard whose performance and playing time have dropped noticeably since December has not taken his prescription medication for syndrome for couple months Abdul-Rauf denied the lack of medication is related to his performance on the court saying he was taking his medicine only sporadically at the beginning of the season when he was playing well But he acknowledged his symptoms have been getting worse in the absence of medication and said he plans to get back on the drugs until the symptoms are once more under control going to take it a little bit as time goes along butljie therapeutic effects What are the side effecfsTc7 of the time sedation but there are other metabolic effects as Schreiber said It is the sedative effect of the medications that troubles athletes with Early in his NBA career when Abdul-Rauf was- overweight and noticeably slower than he had been in college some blamed the medication for his lethargy The levels of his medication were adjusted at that time I just go through saying how can I cope if I take Abdul-Rauf said after the home loss to the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night He scored a season-low four points in that game missing eight of 10 shots and his shooting average tumbled to a season-low 453 off it I mean sometimes able to deal with it better than I have been But it seems like now I know why it seems like getting a little bit worse than usual why I decided I said let mie get back on it for a little Since his conversion to Islam (his former name was Chris Jackson) Abdul-Rauf said he has had increasing interest in the healing power of organic herbal treatments recom- -mended by the Muslim faith Although he said he has taken nothing for his for most of the past two months he added that he recently began taking something called the forget where it comes from but a natural Abdul-Rauf said prophet Mohammed (the founder of Islam) talks about the Black Seed that in it a cure for everything except death We as Muslims believe in taking the natural herbs Herbs are good for you got a brother that deals in that and he tries to give me things just plain herbs that he studies and he says this deals with nervous problems try But I never really tried it So now trying to get into the herbal medicine the natural Abdul-Rauf started the season strong shooting 587 percent in his first five games Since then his performance has slipped gradually Through 25 games his shooting average was 500 percent In his past 20 he has shot 381 percent Fancy dunk not equal to 3-pointer Armstrong made right choices By Chuck Melvin AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Remember that shdt Michael Jordan made against the Lakers in the 1991 NBA Finals? The one where he floated down the lane thought about dunking changed his mind kept floating switched the ball to his left hand flipped it off the glass and scored? Mark Price do that But Price also points out that awesome as it might have been the shot counted for only two points and Price could have gotten you three just as quickly think more than any other shot the 3-pointer can really drill a said Price the Cleveland All-Star point guard up by one point at the end of a game and you come down and hit a 3 all of a sudden the out of reach great especially for a guy like me who go in there and excite the crowd with a dunk or something like Price will be busy this weekend participating in the Long Distance Shootout on Saturday and the All-Star pointers in the All-Star Game The exposure he got that weekend helped him earn a spot on the All-NBA first team at end shoot like that during the game probably meant more to me than winning the he said Price has been shooting from long range as long as he can remember His father Denny a former college coach who was once an assistant coach with the Phoenix Suns taught him the fundamentals helping Price develop the textbook shooting style that has allowed him to compensate for his size high school (in Enid Okla) I scored a he said start playing you harder You had to step out farther to get shots That just never bothered Price arrived at Georgia Tech at the perfect time or so it seemed because in 1982-83 the Atlantic Coast Conference became the first to set up a 3-point line As a freshman Price led the league with a 203 average beat Michael Jordan out which is my one claim to Price said The conference promptly dropped the 3-point shot then restored it the year after Price graduated Coincidence? Price thinks not would be interesting if you went and asked some of the coaches sure it had something to do with he said The most intense competition Saturday may be between Price and Kerr who were teammates in Cleveland for1 four years our pregame games over the years are any indication I have any Kerr deadpanned (Ferry) and I really used to put it to Mark all the time In fact we worried about injuring his confidence If those games are any indication handle Mark very Price recalls it differently tends to block out the bad points in their life and remember the few good Price said was probably just remembering the one or two times he did win He seems to forget the hundreds of times he Game on Sunday his fourth appearance in the shootout he finally won it last year in Salt Lake City edging Terry Porter in the finals and also his fourth year as an All-Star Competing against Price in the shootout will be San Dale Ellis the 1989 winner and the NBA career leader in 3-pointers made BJ Armstrong and Steve Kerr the career leader in 3-point accuracy Dana Barros Dan Majerle Eric Murdock and Mitch Richmond The contest has been held for eight years but has had just four winners Larry Bird and Craig Hodges each won three times and Price and Ellis each won once basically comes down to hot that Price said year I had a blast winning it I always said if I could get past the first round I could win it The first round is the toughest because nervous" After winning the contest Price kept it up the next day by sinking a record six 3- was training for Pan Am and Olympic Trials Under the guidance of Hawkeyes trainer John St reif Armstrong began a reg ular program of swimming running and weightlifting in addition to basketball This program separated him from other talented players He graduated from Iowa in four years without taking one summer session He made the right choices starting as a youngster according to his mother Barbara Growing up in Detroit Armstrong and his sixth-grade basketball team were walking home after practice when a boy asked you After BJ said no the boy said you think you can play basketball If smoke a joint be out of the BJ answered it comes to that point I know that time for me to stop The Bulls are happy that never happened Drafted in the first round in 1989 Armstrong spent three years trying to crack the starting lineup He says he realized immediately how different the NBA game was from college I starting I was watching learning how to play he said I did start I knew how to make the extra pass and how to win Even so exit has allowed Armstrong to emerge as an all-star even though he retired is still part of our family I think probably had more individual success because of his departure but to be honest we miss MJ But we understand his And as Armstrong prepares for his first all-star game his decisions too on and off the court make perfect sense By Brian Ettkin Scripps Howard news Service NBA basketball is a game of decisions: Shaquille or Hakeeip Olajuwon Charles Barkley or Karl Malone More than 529000 fans chose BJ Armstrong to start at guard for the Eastern Conference in NBA all-star game a choice critics have derided is no response from Armstrong answered not one to defend anything I do dr accomplish I go out with the idea to please everyone If I live up to standards or ideas for excellence I help that I just got to do the best I can Which after all has been quite good this season Armstrong 26 in his fifth season has stepped forward in the aftermath of Michael retirement averaging 159 points and 40 assists pei game With Armstrong starting at point guard the Bulls are 34-13 two games ahead of last pace as they reach for a fourth consecutive NBA Title guess our main theme even when Michael was here was to support one Armstrong said guys have stepped up during my career here at different Now turn But the groundwork was set much earlier As a sophomore at Iowa Armstrong decided he could play in the NBA knew I had a chance to be a player if I could get myself not in good condition but in great condition (If I could) not let fatigue be a factor get in great shape work hard and not take anything for Armstrong said of the time he Now 9 The Best Finance Rate IUM ummM tiLi VtK( IRiaJ For 48 Months On All Ford Escorts! 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