European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 22, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 35 pact unchanged " \ it Willis returns by the associated press Atlanta Kevin Willis ended his six Day holdout thursday and returned to the Atlanta Hawks saying he had accomplished his Goa seven though the terms of his contract were unchanged. ,.-  v there were some things in the contract wanted to address and i got those things out of the Way Willis said at a news con Ference. As for the walkout it Aba notes was what i Felt inside i had to  the foot Forward who averaged 19.1points and 12 rebounds last season said the primary Issue in his dispute with the team was deferred compensation. General manager Pete Babcock said the terms of Willis contract which pays him $2.9 million this season and allows for renegotiation before next season were not changed. Babcock and team president Stan Kaste had told Willis there would be no contract discussions until he returned to the team. The Hawks owe Willis $1.4 million in deferred compensation and his 1995-96 contract Calls for $3.65 million Babcock also said that the Hawks would no Dock the 10-year Veteran s deferred income even though his contract permits the team to do so if he attempts to renegotiate. He did say Willis would be fined an unspecified amount for the time he had missed. Kevin understands he s going to be a Little lighter in the Wallet Babcock said. Willis said he would be in uniform for the Hawks weekend trip to puerto Rico for Friday and a sunday exhibition games against the Miami heat in san Juan. He said he was Back with the team to stay. As far As i m concerned the issues have been addressed he said univ wants Grgurich Las vegas univ reversed itself thursday and offered Seattle supersonics assistant Tim Grgurich a three year contract to coach the Runnin rebels. Grgurich in Memphis with the Aba team for an exhibition game was expected to accept the offer and be in Las vegas this weekend to open practice with the team. The offer capped a bizarre string of events that began last Friday when former coach Roll in Massimino agreed to take a $1.8 million buyout to make Way for a new coach. As late As thursday morning univ interim president Kenny Guinn had said the University would seek an interim coach for the upcoming season and put off hiring a permanent coach until next year. Rodman fined san Antonio san Antonio Forward Dennis Rodman arrived late for an exhibition game with Milwaukee and was fined $15,000. Rodman who was not scheduled to play be cause of a Back injury arrived at the Alamo dome during the second Quarter spoke with a team official and left shortly thereafter Bradley sidelined Philadelphia Shawn Bradley will miss the rest of Philadelphia s exhibition sea son while doctors try to determine How badly the foot-6 Center reinsured his left knee. Bradley injured in wednesday night s exhibition against Minnesota in Provo Utah was examined by Stephen Lombardo an orthopaedic specialist at the Kerlan and Jobe orthopaedic clinic in los Angeles. Trail Blazer Jerome Kersey goes up for a shot in exhibition game against celtics Dino Radja Atid Acie Earl who combined to Block the shot thurs Day s scores on Page 33. Fouls Lefi Gohen by Wendy e. Lane new York a when the a Betook its show on the Road this week Pari Sian basketball fans saw the results of rules changes designed to improve the game 76 fouls in 48 minutes. In addition to a foul being called Al most once every 38 seconds five players fouled out of the game Between the Golden state warriors and Charlotte hornets. Intended to clean up the pro game the league s new rules tightening the definition of illegal defense and outlawing and checking have caused an upsurge in fouls during the preseason. Just like the confusion caused in 1988 when major league umpires began enforcing the balk Rule in baseball players and coaches Are having to adjust. The Short term result is longer games and scattered grumbling. I Don t think Aba fans around the country Are going to come to watch free throw shooting contests and watch the Best players sit on the Bench with foul trouble said san Antonio Spur coach Bob Hill whose team committed 37 foul sin an exhibition game this week against the new York kicks. Wednesday night s Nugget Clipper game featured 74 fouls 40 against Den ver and Cleveland and Dallas combined for 71 fouls. Phoenix and Denver committed 77fouls in a recent game that ran two hours 32 minutes in regulation. It s going to lengthen the game to2 30 or 2 40 if they re going to Call it the Way they be been calling it Minnesota coach Bill Blair said. You re going Roget a Parade to the foul line and i Don t think the fans or anyone Are going to want to see  while most coaches applaud the Rule changes for helping a game that Man thought was becoming too rough and Tumble they admit change in t easy. We be had two games and Bot games were called differently Hill said. They Are going to have to get used totalling it too. My Only frustration was it seemed like we absolutely could t put our hands on anybody and we go pushed around quite a  Hiu saw 71 fouls called when his team played the kicks with a handful of his players in foul trouble by the third period. A through tuesday night s preseason games teams were averaging 63 fouls a game up from 57.3 last year said Rod Thorn the Aba s vice president for operations. We expect that to go Down some Ashe get to the regular season Thorn said. As soon As the players understand this is the Way the game is going to be called fouls will go Down. The better players want to play min utes. They re going to adjust to  under the rules adopted for this sea son players can t use their hands to guard a player in the backcourt a tech Nique that has become second nature to Many guards. That is an adjustment for some play ers Thorn said. Some Are making it Well some others not As  under new defensive guidelines if a defending player leaves his Man he must go directly to help double team or the team will be called for illegal defense. That s a big change Thorn said. 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