Thursday, August 12, 1999

Newell brings
Big Men to town

By Pat Bigold
Star-Bulletin

He coached San Francisco to the first NIT title when Harry Truman was in the White House.

He led California to an NCAA title the year Hawaii became a state. And he took the U.S. basketball team to an Olympic gold medal the year John F. Kennedy was elected president.

Basketball Hall of Fame coach Pete Newell will turn 84 on Aug. 31, but he's not history yet.

The pied piper of hardwood giants announced plans for his 22nd Pete Newell Big Man Camp yesterday at a Waikiki hotel.

The camp, featuring NBA and college players, will begin on Monday and run through Aug. 21 at Kamehameha's Kekuhaupi'o Gym for the second year in a row.

This is the sixth year Newell has brought the big men to town.

It is free and open to the public.

There will be 24 pros this year. The Dallas Mavericks' 7-foot-6 center Shawn Bradley will be making his first appearance at the camp, and so will the Indiana Pacers' No. 5 overall draft pick out of high school, Jonathan Bender.

The college registration list of 34 is what especially pleased Newell.

"The college camp is better than ever," he said. "We had to cut off enrollment three weeks ago."

Newell said he thinks Bradley will be a more effective player next NBA season because of an expected rule change allowing zoning on the strong side.

"The game will help him this year because he will be able to stay in the paint," said Newell. "He won't have to go out and cover a guy 15 to 18 feet from the basket."

College players pay $1,000 for tuition at the camp while NBA clubs pay $2,500 to enroll their players.

Big Man Camp Rosters

NBA Players

Jonathan Bender -- Pacers -- 6-11
Cal Bowdler -- Hawks -- 6-9
Shawn Bradley -- Mavericks -- 7-6
Mike Brown -- Free agent -- 6-10
Jason Caffey -- Warriors -- 6-8
Kelvin Cato -- Trail Blazers -- 6-11
Keon Clark -- Nuggets -- 6-11
Austin Croshere -- Pacers -- 6-9
Andrew DeClercq -- Cavaliers -- 6-10
Chris Dudley -- Knicks -- 6-10
Jeremy Eaton -- Free agent -- 6-11
Jeff Foster -- Pacers -- 6-11
Adonal Foyle -- Warriors -- 6-10
Al Harrington -- Pacers -- 6-9
Antawn Jamison -- Warriors -- 6-9
Raef Lafrentz -- Nuggets -- 6-11
Todd MacCulloch -- 76ers -- 7-0
Shawn Marion -- Suns -- 6-7
Brad Miller -- Hornets -- 6-11
Leif Nelson -- Free agent -- 6-11
Cherokee Parks -- Grizzlies -- 6-11
Leon Smith -- Mavericks -- 6-11
Michael Smith -- Grizzlies -- 6-8
Ryan Stack -- Cavaliers -- 6-11

College Players

Changa Adams -- Northeastern -- 6-9
Nick Alexander -- Cal Poly Pomona -- 6-9
Malik Allen -- Villanova -- 6-10
Joshua Asselin -- Michigan -- 6-11
Sah-U-Ra Brown -- LeHigh -- 6-10
Reggie Butler -- Xavier -- 6-10
Jules Camara -- Kentucky -- 6-11
Andrew Coates -- Pennsylvania -- 6-9
Daniel Gadzuric -- UCLA -- 6-11
Donnell Harvey -- Florida -- 6-8
Jason Heide -- Oregon St. -- 6-10
Chris Heinrich -- St. Louis -- 6-11
Jacob Jaakes -- Iowa -- 6-11
Jay Jenckes -- Dartmouth -- 6-11
Tim Johnson -- Pacific -- 6-11
Clifton Jones -- Oregon St. -- 6-8
Kaspars Kambala -- UNLV -- 6-9
Joe Leonard -- Kansas St. -- 7-0
Mark Madsen -- Stanford -- 6-8
Jamal Magloire -- Kentucky -- 6-10
Ross Mills -- Pacific -- 6-10
Sean Mollins -- DeAnza -- 6-7
Adama N'Diaye -- Santa Barbara -- 6-9
Mamadou N'Diaye -- Auburn -- 7-0
Mike Preston -- Pacific -- 6-9
Brian Stewart -- Washington St. -- 6-10
Nick Vanderlaan -- Caifornia -- 6-9
Peter Vignier -- Michigan -- 6-11
Jake Voskuhl -- Conn. -- 6-11
Mike Vukovich -- Santa Barbara -- 6-11
Bruce Weinken -- Akron -- 6-11
Tarvis Williams -- Hampton -- 6-7
Mohamed Woni -- Hampton -- 6-9
Neil Yanke -- Yale -- 6-10

Free viewing of NBA players:

Monday, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Free viewing of college players:

Tuesday - Saturday, 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Free youth clinics schedule:

Monday, Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. for 10-14 years

Monday, Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. for 14 and older