European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Tony Kornheiser new York times in kicks big Mac and vice versa r i its Coke to be hard for us my to Bob Mcadoo Tew York knickerbockers Are presided Over 1 a flashy Man they Are Gener by Eddie a conservative they Are coached by Willis some h in the company of an angry they Are dominated by Bob in crucial they Coll his posed to to kicks were supposed to be one for the most selfless Knock in to be Chain of interlocking circles of i an egalitarian with i divid i Tor the common goo the kicks of land it did not the former superstar who has Given is game that the whole is now less than the admits that Mcadoo is the dominant the wheel we sort of revolve around r says Ive known for a ritually wed come to this Mac is just that one can argue with the Hes much hive when Hes you know he has to reason Willis eventually made it that think Mac could accept a secondary few months after he had been named i jew months before the Stan of this Lakeside about to eel Down the path be Carmel and talked about the he had played How the Ball had p toe open How everyone had been a no one had been the that s 1 said that now it should be i a tracked his until they dangled just above the and be let Loose a laugh that bubbled up from close to his but All i got is philosophy now because i dont have no wins As us laughter Reed gave the Bottom line you under paying me to that All they care about in a one none Between philosophy and when Walt frailer was traded right before the the kicks became Bigman that what Reed he was a big in Reeds big men but the Best of then the the rus the Reeds Are unselfish when the kicks began the everyone played in virtually every and none played More than minutes of the allotted Hay Mcadoo and Earl Monroe were the offensive Lead but none was allowed to establish the kicks won 13 of their first 25 games As interlocking Cir in the Middle of in a week in which the kicks won three of four from Indi Ana and Chicago Reed put his Money on practicality and gave the Ball to Mcadoo in those four Mcadoo averaged 44 27 Points and main Taine this average of 31 and having missed one game with averaged just 13 Man ties in the three me decision bad been out Over says one kick Otti Cul u became bobs since that Atlanta game on Mcadoo Slick Watts him the bes shooting big Man in history a leveraged Points and 7 mints and three rebounds More than in 21 Mcadoo has led these kicks to times in scoring february and 19 times in with Mcadoo on 12 minutes More a game than any other team has worm of the the other kicks touch the but Mcadoo gets to play with Mac is so says John who played with him in that you Hurt yourself not playing to that the kicks Are now Mcadoo team is not the official party Mcadoo and Donovan deny it perhaps because u is both inflammatory and in suiting to the other but Ray the Rookie who challenges Mcadoo one none in practice and is routinely cleaned out has no problem accepting you can see 11 for says macs been doing it for us every maybe some Guys on this team have other if you leave your favor ites out and make an honest it has to be if it want it be Earl but its Mcadoo became the Man on be kicks because of his Superior offensive ability and the default of both Haywood and Lonnie Reed expected a steadier game from but Hay Wood seems confused by Reeds and for the second successive has been limited by excessive the Star system is contrary to Reeds but the kicks Are winning with i have taken a realistic approach to what Bobby can and Hes done a great Reed youve got to stay with players who Are doing the and Bobby has been my most consistent Mcadoo is not troubled by Reeds philosophical Dilem they dont count says u comes Down to Mcadoo is he has a simple formula for and that is to be he comes from a Small City where becoming 1 was less difficult than u is in new he is used to a Rural As proficient As he became at his he never outgrew his affection for the and he has yet to grow Comfort Able in new York it gaits him that he has to pay far parking every Day is not the fastest Man to his jokes Randy a Good Friend who was a teammate at As soon As the season Mcadoo packs his and their two children into the car and drives Back to Greensboro from their rented Home in 1 got to have some says he had plenty of Trees at Chapel where he played one year of Majo College under Dean professor emeritus of the passing Mcadoo was something of an Enigma Many of us teammates considered him and the Story it told How Mcadoo used to come Back to the dorm late at night and blast his to got so loud that people devised All kinds of electrical gimmickry to snort out Mcadoo music As soon he turned it but Mcadoo eventually beat the wizards by buying so Many different plug attachments that Only ail electrical Genius could have slopped the i dont know Why Mac chose North says a tar Heel coach Smith never let him go one and Mac never really fit into the we Terai More games that year than we Ever did but Mac made winning a he was coach Smiths first Junio College and 1 seriously doubt if Dean will Ever take although Mcadoo maintains that going to Carolina was the Best move he Ever he skipped Lus senior season of filed for the hardship draft and signed with the braves under Jack now at Portland and regarded As one of the games Best Mcadoo respects Ramsay in Ramsay respects although Ramsay philosophy stresses team he recognized Mcadoo Offen Sive skills and adapted to Buffalo had not won has not won and Mcadoo was Happy in his first he was named the National basketball associations Rookie of the his next three seasons he won the league scoring tit his teammates called him can thirteen months Mcadoo was traded to the kicks with Tom Mcmillen for John i Walli and 12 5 Mil which is a lot of lettuce for a big on last years Mcadoo played for red one of the great coaches in this with a new coach and three the team has a younger a contemporary Mcadoo likes this team although he also likes being the Only Knock without a Roommate on the Road primarily be cause he feels the team has Confidence in he has a tender and he likes the feel of being depended Down the in a Lort Point Mcadoo Iti always a play called for the tone of voice is but there is a victorious a wild show of emotion for the Boom Borg at has his biggest says Phil is that he wants to beat people competitively we lean on him be cause he wants to win so the stars and stripes Page 13