SPORTWATCH : NBA.CLIPPERS PAY CLOSS $8.5 MILLION: The Clippers paid the price for potential, giving unproven center Keith Closs Keith Mitchell Closs (born April 3, 1976 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American professional basketball player. The 7-foot 3-inch player from Central Connecticut State University played three seasons as a backup center for the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles a five-year contract worth an estimated $8.5 million. The Clippers signed Closs, a 7-foot-3 rookie out of Cental cen·tal n. See hundredweight. [From Latin centum, hundred; see dek  in Indo-European roots. Connecticut State, on Friday after renouncing the rights to guard Malik Sealy. Closs averaged11.6 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.4 blocks for the Lakers summer-league team and was coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. by several clubs. But he has never played an NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= game and the $1.7 per-year salary is larger than most NBA first-round picks. ``Closs really balances our roster with his ability, his youth and by playing the center position,'' Clippers coach Bill Fitch said. ?13Gary Washburn WNBA WNBA Women's National Basketball Association WNBA World Ninepin Bowling Association WNBA Wannabe Nasty Boys Association WNBA Women's National Book Association, Inc. WNBA Warszawski Nurt Basketu Amatorskiego Three fined for comments: Three members of the Sparks organization were fined Tuesday by Kelly Krauskopf, the WNBA's director of basketball operations, for remarks they made about officials following the Sparks' 72-71 loss to the Houston Comets Saturday. General manager Rhonda Windham was fined $1,000 for orally abusing the officials - Bob Trammel, Scott Yarbrough and Sue Kennedy - outside the officials locker room. Coach Julie Rousseau and center Lisa Leslie were each fined $300 for their remarks regarding the three officials after the Sparks' loss at the Summit. ``Sometimes, in the heat of battle, we make comments that we later regret,'' Windham said. ?13Kristen Davis |
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