European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 29,19b8 the stars and stripes Page 25 Aba Roundup Manning Smits Smith picked 1-2-3 new York a Danny Manning who carried lightly regarded Kansas to the Mcaa championship was picked no. 1 in the Aba draft today by the woebegone los Angeles clippers. See Complete draft list on the clippers putting their future in youth later traded Aba rebound Champion Michael Cage to Seattle in a three team Deal that brought them two More first round  the Deal the clippers also sent Hersey Hawkins their sixth pick in the first round to Philadelphia i Exchange for Charles Smith the 76crs no. 3 pick and Gary Grant Seattle s 15lh selection of the first round. Philadelphia got Hawkins and one of Seattle s three 1989 first round picks. The supersonics were left with Cage who provides them insurance at Forward where they could lose Tom Chambers to free  clippers winners of just 29 games the last two seasons earned the right to draft Manning in the Aba lottery on May 21. The 6-fool-10 Manning finished As the big eights All time leading scorer with 2,9il Points the sixth High Cal total in Mcaa  his career he averaged 20.1 Points and 8.1 re Bounds. As a senior he averaged 24.8 Points and 9.0 rebounds and capped the season with 31 Points and a career High 18 rebounds in the title game against okla do spite his size the clippers have him ticketed As a Small Forward alongside Smith and Center Benoit Benjamin but Denver nuggets president Pete Babcock said Manning can t be labelled to a particular position. He s such a Good basketball player you la have to find a place for him. He s a unique player. He almost has guard skills in a 6-10 body the Way he passes and  Smits a 7-4 Center from Little Manst College was the no 2 pick selected by the Indiana pacers. Smits. From Eindhoven Holland averaged 24.7 Points and 8 7 rebounds and shot .623 percent As a senior. The new Jersey Nels picked the third Forward in the first four picks when they selected 6-8 cons moms of Morris who averaged 20.7 Points and 9.8 rebounds As a senior and scored a career High 36 Points in Anncar tournament Victory Over Bradley started four years for the tigers. He was a first team All Southeast conference As a senior. Mitch Richmond of Kansas slate was a Surprise first guard taken in the draft when he was selected by the Golden stale warriors. The 6-5 Richmond who aver aged 22.6 Points was a first team a big eight Selec Tion. Richmond was generally believed to be rated a notch below Bradley s Hawkins and Kentucky s Rex Chapman Tim Perry a 6-9 Forward from Temple was the no. 7 pick by the Phoenix , who averaged Only i4.s while playing Center for the highly ranked owls improved his standing with pro scouts after winning map honors at the Post season Orlando All Star Camp. Perry also had a Strong pacers make 7-4 Rik Sells of Holland their  Mcaa tournament this year with a career High 27 Points 12 rebounds and eight blocked shots in a first round Victory Over  expansion Charlotte hornets with the first pick in team history look Chapman in another Surprise  hornets whose most important acquisitions in last week s expansion draft were shooting guards Del Curry and Kelly Tripucka took another backcourt player in the 6-5 Chapman who gave up his eligibility at Kentucky after his Sophomore season. Chapman who averaged 19 Points last season was a member of the . Team that won Silver in the 1987 pan Ameri can  Miami heal also making its first pick As an expansion learn chose Rony Shikaly the 6-11 denier Forward from Syracuse. The san Antonio spurs with the  pick of the first round grabbed 6-7 guard Willie Anderson of Georgia who flourished after making the transition from Forward to guard in Bis Junior season. Pre draft deals bulls Oakley joins kicks in Exchange for Cartwright Chicago a the Chicago bulls monday traded Forward Charles Oakley who led the Aba with 1,066 rebounds last season to the new York kicks Tor Veteran Center Bill Cartwright. The two teams also traded positions in tuesday s Aba draft with the bulls gelling the kicks ill Choice and new York taking Chicago s i9lh pick. The switch Means the bulls in the third round will get the 62nd selection Overall Raiher than the 69th. Chicago has no second round Choice. New York coach Rick piling said he was ecstatic with the Trade and called Oakley one of the top Power Forward in the game of basketball and has strength and  general manager Al Bianchi said we have obtained one of the premiere forwards and rebound Era in the Aba. We have solidified the Power  the bulls Are hoping Cartwright will fulfil their dream of Landing a pure Center who can help Michael Jordan with the scoring Burden. Jordan was the league s most valuable player and scoring Champion. Oakley s departure will mean a bigger role for Horace Grant a Rookie last season. The 7-foot-l Cartwright played All 82 games in his eighth pro year last season averaging 20 minutes i  Points and 4,7 , 6-foot-9, finished his third year with bulls. He played in All 82 games averaging 12.4 Points and 13 rebounds. Hawks get Theus from Kings Atlanta a Reggie thus who officially joined the Allan la Hawks tuesday after a Trade with the Sacramento Kings said the transaction gives him a Chance to be what he has never been a Champion. Hawks officials waited until tuesday to announce the Trade even though Theus confirmed in monday. The transaction sends the Kings guard to Atlanta for Hawks guard Randy Wittman and a first round draft  also confirmed inc Trade monday. As far As i know. I be been traded for Reggie Theus and i will be playing for Sacramento next year wit Man told web to monday night we had an idea that it might happen and we re  the Trade gave Sacramento the Hawks no. In Choice in inc first round of tuesday s Aba College  a Winner is the one major thing i Haven t achieved said thus to. It seems i be spent my career with teams Hal could barely make the playoffs. Now i m with a team that has borderline  the 5-foot-7 thus averaged 21,6 Points per game last year and would give the Hawks the scoring guard they have sought to share the offensive Load with for Ward Dominique Wilkins. Theus also led the Kings with 463  Active players. Theus ranks i Ith in scoring and has an average of 18.7 Points in 10 seasons with Chicago Kansas City and Sacramento. Thus told the Atlanta Constitution in a Story published tuesday hat he had agreed to take a Cul from the $750,000 he earned last year to $400.000 next year to play for the Hawks. That would allow the Hawks 10 remain under the league salary Cap. Connors Falls in 5 Mayotte gains quarters Wimbledon England a Jimmy Connors the old Warrior of men s Tennis ran out of comebacks tuesday at Wimbledon. The 35-year-old american survived a match Point in the fourth set but could t hold out forever against the pounding shots of unseeded Patrick Kuhnen of West Germany who advanced to his first grand slam quarterfinal with a s-7, 7-6, 7-6,6-7,6-3 Victory. It was the first five set loss for Connors at Wimbledon since 1981. He had made in to the fourth round by coming Bac from a set behind to beat Derrick Rostagno in a five sol thriller last saturday. But tuesday the thrill belonged to Kuhnen who finished the match Wimbledon halted at 6-6 in the third set by rain and darkness monday with a running fore hand Cross court. Tim Mayotte the 10th seed made sure there was an american Man in the quarterfinals every years since the open Era of Tennis began in 1968 with a 6-4,7-6.4 6, fr.2 Victory Over Sci Nih seeded Henri Luconte of France. And another West German two time Champion Boris Becker eliminated unseeded Paul Annacone of the United states 6-3,6-4.6-4. In the women s draw the older Genera Tion advanced As Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova won in straight sets. On a Day of rain that delayed the Start of play by almost five hours neither win was As easy Asil looked. Also winning in straight sets was top seeded Stem Graf who kept her perfect grand slam record of 1988 by Beatin unseeded Pascale Paradis of France 6-3, 6-1. And third a coded Pam Shriver made the semifinals for the second year in arow beating Zina Garrison 6-4,6-4. The 31-year-old Navratilova who seeks a record ninth Wimbledon singles title and seventh Overall came Back from a 2-4 deficit overnight deficit in the first set 10 beat Larisa Savchenko of the soviet Union 6-4,6-2. The fourth round match was suspended by rain monday evening. I realty wanted to come out of the blocks Navratilova  it was of if i lost the first set because 1 knew that she would still have to win another. I thought she would get nervous. I be been there before and she has  Evert a three time Wimbledon Champ beat Helena Sutkova 6-3, 7-6 to make the semifinals for he fifth year in Row. Hie 33-year-old american wrapped up the tiebreak 7-4 on a backhand passing snot and a service Winner. The 19-year-old Graf took less than an hour to beat Paradis and gain a semifinal berth. She has won 19 matches in grand slam tournaments this year with out dropping act