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	NETS: New Jersey Nets Broadcasters
		Following the 2001-02 NBA season, Ian won a New York Sports Emmy for his play-by-play work of the Nets-Pacers Game 5 of the playoffs and also received a New York Sports Emmy nomination for his work during the 1999-2000 season.
		He was a television and radio analyst for the Northeast Conference for the past three years, and was a television analyst for the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 2001-02 season.
		An Academic All-American at Notre Dame, Tripucka led the Fighting Irish in scoring his last three seasons, averaging 18.2 ppg as a senior.
	www.nba.com /nets/game_night_experience/broadcasterbios_011011.html

	News - Adirondack Wildcats
		Sanders also played two seasons in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) with Montana (1982-83) and Sarasota (1983-84), earning CBA Rookie of the Year honors in 1983 and averaging 22.3 ppg over two seasons.
		Sanders becomes the seventh former NBA player to become a head coach in the USBL this season.
		He completed his collegiate career as the 15th leading scorer in school history with 1,210 points before being selected by the Kansas City Kings in the fourth round (74th overall pick) of the 1982 NBA Draft.
	www.adirondackwildcats.com /news/020218coach.htm

	NBA History: Magic Johnson Bio
		In the 1982-83 NBA Finals against rival Philadelphia, however, Lakers Norm Nixon, Worthy and Bob McAdoo were all hampered by injury.
		That season's NBA Rookie of the Year Award went to Bird of the Boston Celtics.
		By the 1984 NBA Finals, Nixon was gone, Abdul-Jabbar was pushing 40 and Johnson had signed a then record 25-year, $25 million contract.
	www.mynba.com /history/players/johnsonm_bio.html (2609 words)

	orcb4014.txt
		The NBA further states that 736 games were broadcast in the 1992-93 season by local over-the-air stations, representing an all-time high and an increase of nearly 60 percent over the 1982-83 season, the earliest year for which the NBA presented figures.
		For the 1994 season, 63.8 percent of regional cable telecasts were of home games and 36.2 percent were of away games.
		TBN will telecast twelve regular season games in the second half of the season and will exhibit the All Star game and all post-season games.
	www.fcc.gov /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1994/orcb4014.txt (20352 words)

	LakersWeb.net: Los Angeles Lakers Retired Jersey's Numbers
		* led the NBA in assists five consecutive seasons (1982-83 thru 1986-87), highlighted by a career-high and single-season club record of 13.1 during the 1983-84 campaign
		* was named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history during the league's 50th anniversary season in 1996-97.
		* was the first-ever draft choice in L.A. Lakers history (second pick overall in the 1960 NBA Draft)
	www.lakersweb.net /lakers_retired_numbers.htm (1236 words)

	NBA's Greatest 50 Players: MOSES MALONE
		Matched with Julius Erving, Maurice Cheeks, Bobby Jones and Andrew Toney in the 1982-83 season, the 76ers led the league with a 65-17 regular-season record and won the championship.
		Malone's other achievements include NBA MVP (1979, '82), All-NBA first team (1979, '82, '85), All-NBA second team (1980, '81, '84, '87), NBA All-Defensive first team (1983) and NBA All-Defensive second team (1979).
		Malone is recognized today not only for greatness as an all-around player, but also for his longevity, as he has played for two ABA teams and eight NBA teams and for 22 years.
	freemansweb.net /sixers/moses50.html (1236 words)

	ThePittsburghChannel.com - NBA - Bulls' Gordon First Rookie To Win Sixth Man Award
		Bobby Jones was named the league's first top bench player following the 1982-83 season, while the only other Chicago player to win the award in its 23-year history was Toni Kukoc after the 1995-96 campaign.
		The third overall pick in last year's draft, Gordon averaged 15.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and two assists in 24.4 minutes per game this season.
		Chicago also clinched the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, marking the Bulls' first trip to the postseason since Michael Jordan led Chicago to the franchise's sixth title in 1998.
	www.thepittsburghchannel.com /nba/4445171/detail.html (261 words)

	NBA.com: Iverson Dominates MVP Balloting
		Allen Iverson on Tuesday was named the winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the NBA's Most Valuable Player for the 2000-01 season.
		In his fifth NBA season out of Georgetown, Iverson led the Sixers to an Eastern Conference-best 56 victories, the most for the franchise since 1985, and their first Atlantic Division title since 1990.
		He becomes the first Sixer to be named league MVP since Moses Malone won his third MVP award in 1982-83.
	www.nba.com /news/mvp_iverson_010515.html (261 words)

	NBA.com: Hubie Brown Coach Info
		Brown, 70, returns to coaching after leading the New York Knicks to two playoff appearances during five seasons (1982-87) and the Atlanta Hawks to three playoff appearances in five seasons (’76-81) and spending the last 15 years teaching coaching clinics and serving as an NBA broadcast analyst for three television networks.
		Brown continued his coaching career with the Knicks and led the team to consecutive playoff appearances (1982-83 and ’83-84), guiding New York to a memorable first-round playoff victory over the Detroit Pistons in ’84.
		The following season, Brown orchestrated a dramatic improvement in his second season as the Hawks became recognized as a Cinderella team with the youngest cast of players and lowest payroll in the NBA to earn a spot in the playoffs for the first time in five years.
	www.nba.com /coachfile/hubie_brown/?nav=page (557 words)

	Albany Patroons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Patroons originally entered the CBA as an expansion franchise in the 1982-83 season, and later became one of the CBA's most popular franchises.
		Former NBA star Micheal Ray Richardson, who played for the Patroons in the 1987-88 season, will be the team's new head coach.
		In the 1990-91 season, the Patroons completed a 50-6 regular season, including winning all 28 of their home games; at that time, George Karl was the Patroons' head coach.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albany_Patroons (557 words)

	orcb4014.txt
		The NBA further states that 736 games were broadcast in the 1992-93 season by local over-the-air stations, representing an all-time high and an increase of nearly 60 percent over the 1982-83 season, the earliest year for which the NBA presented figures.
		MLB states that, in 1994, 28 baseball flagship stations are scheduled to present a total of 1,707 regular season telecasts (1,582 if the two expansion teams are not considered).
		CBS states that short notice provisions are extremely important to networks' realizing their full investment in college sports rights and that these provisions should not be a problem for broadcasters, who are in the business of covering news and events of importance on notice of less than to six to twelve days.
	www.fcc.gov /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1994/orcb4014.txt (20352 words)

	Player Bio: T.J. Cummings :: Men's Basketball
		In his pro career, Terry was the 1982-83 NBA Rookie of the Year with the San Diego Clippers and was a two-time (1985, '89) NBA All-Star...
		UCLA -- Academically ineligible for the 2003-04 first quarter, Cummings, son of NBA and DePaul great Terry Cummings, will miss at least five games (two exhibition/three regular season) but will be allowed to practice with the team...
		Cummings was UCLA's first recruit before the 2000-01 season, announcing his Letter-Of-Intent during the early signing period in November 1999...
	uclabruins.collegesports.com /sports/m-baskbl/mtt/cummings_t.j.00.html (20352 words)

	Philadelphia 76ers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The more noteworthy 1982-83 season was their second championship where they posted a 12-1 playoff record including a four game sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers who had defeated the Sixers the season before.
		The 76ers lost to the Lakers in the 2000-2001 NBA Finals after winning 55 games in the regular season.
		In the 1972-73 season, the 76ers lost 73 games, a record that has been threatened at times, but still stands to this day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philadelphia_76ers (20352 words)

	Rick Carlisle Honored As NBA Coach Of The Year :: Former Virginia player receives the award in his first year as head coach of the Detroit Pistons.
		Carlisle is a native of Ogdensburg, N.Y. He averaged 10.3 points a game for Virginia during the 1982-83 season and 11.1 points a game in 1983-84.
		Rick Carlisle Honored As NBA Coach Of The Year:: Former Virginia player receives the award in his first year as head coach of the Detroit Pistons.
		Carlisle led Detroit to 50 wins, 18 more than last season, and its first division title since 1990.
	www.fansonly.com /schools/va/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/050902aaa.html (20352 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Calvin Murphy
		Murphy led the NBA in free throw shooting percentage with.958 in 1980-81, an NBA record, and.920 in 1982-83, his last season as a player.
		Murphy averaged 20.4 points a game in 1973-74, the first of five seasons in which his average was above 20 points.
		In 1,002 regular season games, Murphy scored 17,949 points, an average of 17.9 per game, and had 4,402 assists and 1,165 steals.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/murphycalvin.shtml (354 words)

	JS Online: Bucks are all ears
		He played with seven NBA teams in 11 seasons, and averaged a career-best 18.2 points per game with the Kansas City Kings during the 1982-'83 season.
		Woodson, who served on coach Larry Brown's staff in Philadelphia last season, is currently ticketed to work with Brown in Detroit next season.
		Woodson, who starred at Indiana University, was selected by the New York Knicks in the 1980 draft with the 12th overall pick.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/buck/jul03/157005.asp (354 words)

	Articles - Philadelphia 76ers
		The more noteworthy 1982-83 season was their second championship where they posted a 12-1 playoff record including a four game sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers who had defeated the Sixers the season before.
		The first was in the 1966-67 season when they won a then-league record 68 games with hall of famers Wilt Chamberlain, Billy Cunningham, and Hal Greer, along with all-stars Chet Walker and Lucious Jackson.
		The Sixers won two NBA titles in Philadelphia.
	www.greensky.biz /articles/Philadelphia_76ers (354 words)

	WGNTV.com Chicago's WB Johnny "Red" Kerr
		His NBA record for most consecutive games played (844) remained unbroken until the 1982-83 season when it was surpassed by Randy Smith.
		Kerr is also one of the select members of the NBA club of players who totaled more than 10,000 points and 10,000 rebounds during his career.
		Kerr coached the Phoenix Suns and also held administrative positions in both the NBA and ABA.
	wgntv.trb.com /sports/wgntv-kerr-johnnybio,0,6477892.story (201 words)

	Sports Celebrity Birthdays a2z
		3-time college Player of Year (1972-74); led UCLA to 2 national titles (1972-73); led Portland to NBA title as MVP in 1977, regular season MVP in 1978.
		led Georgia to national title as freshman in 1980; won Heisman as junior in 1982 then jumped to USFL in '83; signed by Dallas of NFL after USFL folded; led NFL in rushing in 1988; traded by Cowboys to Minnesota in 1989 for 5 player and 6 draft picks.
		or LN:Rathgber?; 3-time LPBT Player of Year (1983,88,93); 1980s Bowler of Decade; entered 1994 season with 28 pro titles.
	a2z.davesdatebook.com /651az157.htm (201 words)

	BBC SPORT Other Sport US Sport Grizzlies go for Fratello
		Fratello was an assistant under Brown for four seasons in Atlanta (1978-81) and one season in New York (1982-83).
		Brown, 71, was coach of the year last season after leading the team to its first play-off appearance.
		His overall NBA record is 592-499, including 20-34 in the play-offs.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/sport1/hi/other_sports/us_sport/4063953.stm (201 words)

	Family Tune - Family Fun and Harmony - - NBA Dynasty Series - Philadelphia 76ers - The Complete History
		Also included are brief looks at key seasons in the team's history, such as the 1966-67 season when they defeated the Celtics and the 1982-83 season when they won the championship.
		That's the best I could come up with."), and franchise ones, like the long-standing grudge matches between the Celtics and the Lakers.
		But I could put up some speed bumps.
	www.familytune.com /index.php/trade/productinfo/ASIN/B0007VY47M (841 words)

	MAGIC JOHNSON
		1982-83: Magic won his first of four assist titles and again led the Lakers to the finals against the 76ers, but with injuries to Nixon, Worthy, and McAdoo, the 76ers swept the series.
		1989-90: For the second consecutive year and third time overall, Magic was the NBA's MVP, but the Lakers suffered their earliest playoff loss in 9 years to Phoenix in the Conference Semis, despite having the best record in the division in the regular season.
		1980-81: Magic missed 45 games due to torn cartilage in his left knee, but returned for the Laker's best-of-three playoff series loss to the Houston Rockets.
	grove.ufl.edu /~cwarner/people/Magic.html (592 words)

	Magic Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Johnson was a consistent statistical leader, leading the Lakers in scoring three times (1986-87, 1988-89, and 1989-90) and in rebounding twice (1981-82 and 1982-83), as well as leading the league in assists four times and in steals in two consecutive seasons.
		Johnson garnered his third MVP award in the 1989-90 season and maintained his string of years being named to the All-Star team, a consecutive 11 times (12 total) extending from 1982 to the year after his retirement in 1992.
		Johnson was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, being the only rookie to have ever won the award.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magic_Johnson (3075 words)

	SIXERS: 76ers Hire Mike Woodson as Assistant Coach
		He averaged a career best 18.2 points per game in 1982-83 with Kansas City.
		A former player, Woodson spent 11 seasons in the NBA, including part of the 1981-82 season with Coach Larry Brown at the New Jersey Nets.
		Woodson was drafted out of Indiana University by the New York Knicks in the 1980 NBA Draft with the 12th overall pick.
	www.nba.com /sixers/news/pr_woodson_010910.html (3075 words)

	News - Adirondack Wildcats
		Sanders also played two seasons in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) with Montana (1982-83) and Sarasota (1983-84), earning CBA Rookie of the Year honors in 1983 and averaging 22.3 ppg over two seasons.
		Sanders becomes the seventh former NBA player to become a head coach in the USBL this season.
		Sanders received his undergraduate degree from UCLA with a concentration in history in 1982.
	www.adirondackwildcats.com /news/020218coach.htm (582 words)

	NBA Development League: Jeff Malone
		In college, Malone played four seasons (1979-83) at Mississippi State, where he averaged 26.8 ppg his senior year and is still the school’s all-time leading scorer with 2,142 points.
		The nations’ No. 2 scorer as a senior (26.8 ppg), Malone was chosen UPI’s 1982-83 SEC Payer of the Year in addition to being named a first-team All-American by the Sporting News.
		Known as one of the NBA’s most renowned shooting guards and consummate professionals during his 13-year NBA playing career, Jeff Malone’s returns for his fourth season as head coach of the Columbus Riverdragons.
	www.nba.com /nbdl/coaches/jeff_malone.html (582 words)

	NBA History: Top 10 Coaches in NBA History
		Joins Pat Riley as the only coaches ever to be named Coach of the Year three times (1982-83, 1984-85 and 1991-92)...
		The ten coaches have combined to win 741 playoff games and 13 Coach of the Year Awards, which the NBA first awarded for the 1962-63 season.
		Coach of the Year for 1975-76 and 1979-80.
	www.nba.com /history/top_10_coaches.html (582 words)

	NBA.com: Coach's Corner: The UCLA Cut Flourishes in Utah
		Guokas won another ring as an assistant coach on Kevin Loughery's 1982-83 76ers squad, and served as head coach for the 76ers (1985-86 through part of 1987-88) and the Orlando Magic (1989-90 through 1992-93).
		Now in his sixth season broadcasting games for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Guokas shared his insights with NBA.com on the Utah Jazz and The U.C.L.A. Cut Set in the fourth edition of the NBCA Coach's Corner.
		NEW YORK, Jan. 16 -- Former coach Matt Guokas has seen a lot of offenses in more than 25 years as a NBA player, coach and broadcaster.
	www.nba.com /features/Coachs_Corner_030116.html (582 words)

	Magic Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Johnson was a consistent statistical leader, leading the Lakers in scoring three times (1986-87, 1988-89, and 1989-90) and in rebounding twice (1981-82 and 1982-83), as well as leading the league in assists four times and in steals in two consecutive seasons.
		Johnson garnered his third MVP award in the 1989-90 season and maintained his string of years being named to the All-Star team, a consecutive 11 times (12 total) extending from 1982 to the year after his retirement in 1992.
		Johnson was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, being the only rookie to have ever won the award.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magic_Johnson (3059 words)

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