The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 16

TTXTTTv 1 B-4 Tacoma Wed June 16 1982 The News Tribune jftfllkens says Thompson will blend right In with Sonlcs iy bait weight have lossy chemistry foot ru a 8- with all the essential back Player of the Yo he eoaM thread a a bat Wi for pro I for the game's elite where along the way tad The player who i ta an NBA II mtaates a game He had a habit of late for practices and SUM and saspended for four days by Denver Coach Hoe on Christmas day for a late appearance after he had been by NBA-etyled UK ta Wilkens hopetoi with Denver that woold finaliss a trade and bring the David Thompeon to Seattle next the Santas At one time David Thompson soomsd to be the leiitimate heir JaUas Erring's uofftebl dta-prince of' yoa get Leany Wilk- UlMnc about right or log with kb bataatball team doe ward yon can coont on hearing lot ta chemistry la general wage a nooa reading the science dealing with the staff that nukes np substances bat it takes on a new meaning in pro basketball i ti flutimi chemistry the staff that briap a team together or pnlb it apart There are degrees of chem-Ury in the NBA some teams have good pfcewnury acme teams handle hatter now I have I'm a better dare player I can atm Jump ABlMMtathnck Othananatnoi hard to say if he i be as good as he i lloe SD reach that point you have to have a llttta extra as far for He wai very qedaL He was put on a padeataL Whether ha can be that good I Larry Brawn coach of the New Jersey Nets once coached Thompson ta Denver and now speaks of him ta the past tease can leap shoot do Brown said this year a complete player who wants the ball ta the guts of the He abonld have boon the SuperSonics looking for a bundle of dimes Wiikena coach of the hpii cited bad i last fan as the explanation for the trades that sent former ffarst-roend draft choices James Bailey and Vbnb Johnson New Jersey and Detroit respectively After the first of the year when veteran John Johnson hnd sufficiently recovered from a rnptnred AchiUee tendon Wilkens coaid have brought JJ bach on the roster hut he fcffjutit "I want to npeet the chemistry" Wilkens in December and Johnson remained on the sidelines until the playoffs loomed around the corner are demanding you have to have a Somes General Man- ager ZoUie Volchok said yesterday in San Diego where attending league meetings "We ket nearly fl million thb year 'so we had no choice we had to increase prices like raising Volchok said as businessmen we find it essenttal to do so ta a sport which requiring huge payrolls to remain competitive" The new ticket prices Include a $4 pereeat Jump ta the higb-- priced range from 111 to $18 Other ticket prices next season with former prices ta parenthesb 1 are $11 ($9) $8 ($7) $8 ($5) and $1 Len Greenhalgh Sontas director of ticket operations said the club sold 9101 season tickets last year with percent of those or approximately 8000 sold ta the $12 season 1 hb 44 Inch vertical jany put him at the top of the list of pram- had a lof ac- the twice OoUcgfata irer of the year Hb signing with the 1975-78 season was aalestrw mental davutapment in forging the merger between the old Amer-im Basketbell Association and the NBA He was selected Most Valuable Player ta both NBA and He was the Athletic Association player of the ith Denver in ticket graph For purposes of the chart The Newt Tribune divided the four towerpriced ticket rangen ta equal categories of 280 each so the projected revenues listed would be slightly below the exact figures if the Sontas coeld aril aamany next year The Sonlcs abo anticipate an increase ta revenue from the Super-Chaimri cable television project which Volchok claimed generated a net profit of $88000 thb year star gsmpsign for the Sontas thb put season The seventh leading scorer (224) he collected 27 votes to 21 HaywoodTwno aunt the 18 season ta Italy rebounded ta 83 to leadwi the 198841 the dton who mtaud moot of the 198041 season after having i ru Seattle's tag scorer (14 J) Ha wu voted a tartar for NBA All-Star gpfflaHw out on drugs drunk tan-family problems or all This past seemed to accept hb role coming off the bench although he never i-iataH floe's explanation for benching Thompson was Thompnou played out the aaaaoii has one year left on hb $990909 a year contract and-Wilkens perhaps noticing the hoop rebirth of Bob McAdoo thb year thinks Seattle Just the spot for the one they once called David Skywalker Lika McAdoo riiown the capability of carrying a team on hb Madden and like Adnn in New York Boston Detroit and New Jersey Thompson had trouble blending with new faces ta recent years The question ta If the Sontas and Nuggets finalize a deal can Thompeon make the transition to a role-playing team as succczsful-ly as McAdoo did thb year with the Los Angeles Lakers? If he can Thompson will be a frontrunner for next year's Oome- Save 44 Steal Ballad Radtai AFX In 70 eriM hu poly cord body with 2 stool bolta A IM dou look In wortd class thou price range To quantify the financial effects of the ttaketprice increases on the franchise Tie Newt Tribune calculated last revenue and projected what revenue woold be generated from the same amount of tickets sold next year Figures were rounded off from 9191 to 90M Greenhalgh said the remaining season tickets were In roughly oqnal bat there as many ta the lower price Clearty through their pursuit of him over foe put two weeks the Sontas thtak glory daysarent over It surprised a lot of people that Bob McAdoo could be resurrected and made important dement ta a chanpionship team Wilkens thinks Thompson ta capable of providing a similar winning chemistry ta Seattle can still do it Wilkow aid last week had some hard times and come through them add a whole new dimension to our backcourt if wo can get Chemistry Jt seems is ta the eye of the beholder to The Mibagemahar XP-70 teal batted radial In wide 70 erisy profHe Polyester cord body with 2 steal batta all-weather tread design I KlIZH L-J Lxl llMwtotowei AbeSto Wes IW SMSOSBM SSL SB iBMSBlL mtw raawreww immtww1w1 nga In (ran tSS to ZJt mcS Sr to 56 Seethe Keighheriroei) Professronds For General Tires For Complete Car Care Gus wins comeback player award By BABT WEIGHT been no official announcement but rumors are that the Seattle Super-may have found a new theme song for the IMS-13 season a remake of the old standard Buddy can you qpare a dime? 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