[speaker001:] all right Clarice uh what's your favorite basketball team
[speaker002:] well Mavericks probably the one that plays here
[speaker001:] the Mavericks yeah
[speaker002:] the Mavericks uh they're not doing the greatest that I've seen them play before but uh well they're doing okay
[speaker001:] yeah they didn't quite make the play-offs though
[speaker002:] but but no no I I think without uh Roy Tarpley they're he he added something to the team but uh I think they need to let him go maybe
[speaker001:] but yeah
[speaker002:] he doesn't seem to course I have a lot of players that I think are really super I think Isaiah Thomas is just great and uh I think uh he
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] he does really well I like to watch him play he just has a really good moves and uh I don't know I I guess uh
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] uh I guess I like to watch the Mailman play for the the Utah team uh when he delivers he does okay and uh uh
[speaker001:] yeah uh-huh
[speaker002:] I can't think of the name of the team that has Larry Bird on it oh the Celtics I like to watch them play the whole team I like their whole team
[speaker001:] oh the Celtics the they are a team is what's really good about them
[speaker002:] yeah yeah
[speaker001:] they just uh work the ball and uh pass around and make each other look good
[speaker002:] yeah um-hum I you know like I said I like Isaiah Thomas but I think sometimes that uh that uh he he sometimes ends up being a one man team uh whereas the Celtics like you said they play more as a team um
[speaker001:] yeah makes it little more fun to watch at times
[speaker002:] yeah I like Michael Jordan a lot too he's really good uh
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] Danny Ainge he plays I like Danny Ainge okay
[speaker001:] you like Danny Ainge why do you like Danny Ainge that that's I mean you've named like four of the top names in the game and then you come up with Danny Ainge
[speaker002:] well I well I guess because he played at at my alma mater so I I kind of watch him every now and again
[speaker001:] did he play BYU oh you went to BYU huh okay
[speaker002:] yeah yeah yeah and he played really well when he was there so
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] uh it's it's hard to uh name him with some of the very top players I think sometimes but I'm glad he's playing in the in the pros yeah he's a
[speaker001:] yeah he's uh well I have nothing against him I just uh
[speaker002:] you just wondered why I named him huh
[speaker001:] I wondered yeah I wondered everybody has their their favorite you know maybe not the the big name player but uh yeah he's playing a vital role he he's playing for Portland he's playing for Portland he's I mean he's coming in and doing a good job he's it was a great trade how they got him
[speaker002:] Portland um-hum right now yeah they yeah I I liked when he uh he was playing with Celtics and then he traded to Portland
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and uh it was a good trade so
[speaker001:] seems like uh I don't know if it's mainly because of him but it seems that he plays for top teams and uh you know contenders uh he might have uh did he go straight from Boston to Portland or did he hit another team on the way
[speaker002:] um I don't remember I really don't it seems like he went straight there you know because I don't remember him playing for another another team other than straight through
[speaker001:] but uh yeah yeah
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] but uh yeah he's uh I I like to watch him play because he's a yeah he's pretty tough you know he's he's a scrappy guy
[speaker002:] so what's your favorite team
[speaker001:] he's a competitor
[speaker002:] do you have a favorite team yeah
[speaker001:] oh do I have a favorite team uh well I'm from Indiana so I like the Pacers and uh
[speaker002:] uh
[speaker001:] I like Larry Bird because he's from the home state also
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] I just likewatch him play anyway uh
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] let's see I like the Bulls because they're from the Chicago area and uh they've uh suffered through many a hard season before they got Jordan
[speaker002:] yeah yeah yeah
[speaker001:] and uh even then once they got him they didn't make the play-offs for a couple years they had to gradually build up a supporting cast because you can't just win with one player in the NBA you have to have a a you know a good solid team
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] even though one player can carry a bulk of the of the scoring load you know you have to have the other players there to complement him and finally with uh Pippen and some of the Horace Grant some of the other guys are coming right along
[speaker002:] I watched uh well I didn't watch them but I I saw in the newspaper and in on the news the play-off teams and and without Larry Bird and and Michael Jordan when they got injured you know it was interesting I think then how their teams did um
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] how it it it brought the scoring down a little bit but their teams stayed relatively together you know and so
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] you know I think sometimes it's interesting we we really watch the big name players and but they have to have a solid team underneath or else they really don't don't go anywhere
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] so I I think that's kind of the Mavericks problem they have okay players but sometimes the strongness of the team isn't together
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] you know every once in a while they click during a a game and then it works for them but then it's just not always there
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] so I I guess that's
[speaker001:] well they made a couple trades this this year that uh well Fat Lever was hurt most of the year
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and that so they didn't get to reap any benefits from that and uh I don't know how well Alex English did but
[speaker002:] English did okay he did okay
[speaker001:] okay
[speaker002:] but uh
[speaker001:] see see we don't have a TV so I didn't get to watch any of the Mavericks I think I got to watch probably one game all year so
[speaker002:] oh I think Adubato as the coach of their team uh has done a lot a lot for them
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] I think he he's uh brought some strength to that team um um he he's really trying hard he's a nice guy I like him as the coach of the Mavericks so I don't I don't know a lot of coaches in the in the NBA though
[speaker001:] well they move around so much
[speaker002:] yeah that's true
[speaker001:] can't hardly keep a one coach where he's at for very long enough to get know who he is
[speaker002:] yeah that's true that's true
[speaker001:] yeah I think uh like you said I mean Tarpley if he was had his life straightened up he could really help a ball club but you know the way well he's operating now he's more of a detriment than anything else
[speaker002:] yeah I think they're I think they'll let him go
[speaker001:] they should
[speaker002:] anyway I I uh I like basketball it's a fun sport I I like to watch it I like to um
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] I guess I like it because of of the quickness of it um and and I like it because it takes the players have to be you know it's not a game where you can just not practice I mean they have to be on the top of their game to be I n the NBA I think
[speaker001:] uh-huh right
[speaker002:] yeah or else
[speaker001:] top physical condition too
[speaker002:] yeah yeah
[speaker001:] so do you like college basketball high school ball anything like that
[speaker002:] I don't watch much of that I watch our town Plano uh Plano East is where my children will go I have an eleven year old son and he plays basketball and my son my husband coaches his team
[speaker001:] uh-huh um-hum
[speaker002:] and uh they uh I think they were one off one loss to the play-off
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] and uh I like to watch our Plano East Senior High boys play they are they did really well so yeah
[speaker001:] good
[speaker002:] I like yeah I do like um the the games not only basketball but the other ones too that the high schools play I keep up with that
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] so
[speaker001:] yeah I I it's fun watching basketball at all different levels I mean there are benefits and and bad points of watching it each each different one I mean you may not see a spectacular Michael Jordanish move from a high school player but you know it's more of an accomplishment if if they hit
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] you know some three pointers or something the game is you know it's just a different game pretty much but that's sort of what makes it fun
[speaker002:] yeah yeah well you know what I think is you know like Spud Webb I mean
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] you can really even if you're short like that you know in basketball today they get these huge tall players that
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] that just are you know if you want to do it bad enough I think it's a possibility in anybody's life
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] he's he really goes for it and he's a good little player you know so
[speaker001:] oh yeah he's
[speaker002:] I think if if any of these boys want to do it they really can if that's really their dream
[speaker001:] yeah yeah
[speaker002:] so takes work though that's the big yeah yeah
[speaker001:] takes a lot of working well Spud was just gifted with a exceptional vertical leap and that's what helps him out more than anything else
[speaker002:] yeah yeah
[speaker001:] plus you know he's like you said he's worked hard at it I'm sure
[speaker002:] well I just think that basketball's a fun game and and I guess I still have to stick with the Mavericks I guess as far as
[speaker001:] yeah