Mahmoud Abdul Rauf On being Blackballed From The NBA

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MAKAVELI25 said:
The rest of us on Mahmoud Abdul Rauf being blackballed form the NBA
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Mahmoud wasn't blackballed. He played another 2 years after that incident...and it was forgotten at the end of the season. I think his thing was the tourettes and rumored clashes with coaching that reduced his playing time. Remember, he was having problems in Denver before that happened.
 
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nieman said:
Mahmoud wasn't blackballed. He played another 2 years after that incident...and it was forgotten at the end of the season. I think his thing was the tourettes and rumored clashes with coaching that reduced his playing time. Remember, he was having problems in Denver before that happened.
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PRO BASKETBALL;Nuggets Trade Abdul-Rauf, Acquire Pacers' Jackson
By The Associated Press
Published: June 14, 1996
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Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, suspended last season by the National Basketball Association for refusing to stand for the national anthem, was traded yesterday by the Denver Nuggets to the Sacramento Kings for Sarunas Marciulionis and a second-round draft pick.

The Nuggets also made a deal with the Indiana Pacers, obtaining the veteran guards Mark Jackson and Ricky Pierce for Jalen Rose and Reggie Williams. The teams exchanged first-round picks in the June 26 draft, moving the Pacers to the No. 10 position with Denver dropping to 23d.

Abdul-Rauf, a guard who was the third overall pick in the 1990 draft, led the Nuggets in scoring (19.2 points a game) and assists (6.8) last season but missed much of the final month with a sprained left foot.

Marciulionis, also a guard and the first player from the former Soviet Union to play in the N.B.A., has been hampered by injuries in his eight-year career.

Bernie Bickerstaff, the Nuggets' coach and president of basketball operations, said Abdul-Rauf's suspension and late-season injury were not the reasons for trading him.

"I don't know about the subconscious, but we saw an opportunity and Sacramento had an interest," Bickerstaff said.

Abdul-Rauf, known as Chris Jackson when the Nuggets drafted him, converted to Islam in 1991. Aside from occasional battles with Tourette's syndrome and fasting periods that left his playing weight near 140 pounds, Abdul-Rauf rarely caused a stir for the Nuggets until his refusal to stand for the anthem last season because of his religious beliefs.

After missing one game -- and $31,707 of his salary -- he returned to the Nuggets and stood for the anthem as required by N.B.A. rules.
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PRO BASKETBALL;Nuggets Trade Abdul-Rauf, Acquire Pacers' Jackson
 
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