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Eaton named Defensive Player of Year has." didn't have to pay the Warriors United Press International Mark Eaton, who once aspired to being a "good backup center,' yesterday was named Defensive Player of the Year in the National Basketball Association. Eaton, a 7-foot-4 center for the Utah Jazz, became the first player in NBA history to lead the league in blocked shots by a 2-1 margin. He had 456 blocks; Houston's Akeem Olajuwon was second with 220. "I just wanted to be a good backup center," said Eaton, who was drafted in the fourth round out of UCLA after playing a total of 41 minutes in his senior season. "I really felt I could affect the game, but I needed to improve. Frank (Layden, Jazz coach) gave me that chance." Said Layden: "He has become a force in the league. We used to go through airports and people would say, 'Look at that big lug.' Now they say, 'Hey, there's Mark Eaton." Eaton's 456 blocks broke the record of 393 set by Elmore Smith. Eaton also topped Smith's per average of 4.85 blocks with a 5.56 average. In addition to his shot-blocking, Eaton led the NBA in defensive rebounds with 720. In the Houston series, won by the Jazz, three games to two, Eaton broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA playoff records for most blocks in a game (10) and in a five-game series (29). Eaton said he wishes the NBA kept blocked-shot records nba news during the Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain era. "To an extent, I'd like to compare myself against them," he said. But Layden said Chamberlain was never a great shot-blocker and that Russell, "while a great player," didn't compete against "the caliber of players now in the NBA." "Mark has earned this award with hard work, with a lot of hard work during the summer," said Layden, who termed Eaton "a project" upon drafting him in 1982. "It's his willingness to work that has paid tremendous dividends. I really didn't think he would become as good as he Eaton got 32 votes from a nationwide panel, consisting of three media members from each city who regularly cover the NBA and nine national members. Milwaukee Bucks guard SidMoncrief, who won the ney award the past two seasons, was second with 13 votes and teammate Paul Pressey was third with 10 votes. Elsewhere in the NBA: • Because Sacramento is about 80 miles from San Francisco, the newly arrived Sacramento Kings will pay the Golden State Warriors $850,000 over the next five years to soften the impact of moving into Warrior territory next Bob Whitsitt, Kings assistant general manager, said the team anything under NBA rules. But he said the Kings decided to do SO to "show the good spirit of cooperation, to develop promotions. The Kings moved from Kansas City on April 3. • The Detroit Pistons are a game away from elimination in the playoffs, but Pistons guard Isiah Thomas said the pressure is on Boston. "There is no pressure on us," he said. "All the pressure is on Boston. We weren't supposed to get this far." The Celtics have a threegames-to-two lead. The series resumes tonight in Detroit. The winner of the Boston-Detroit series plays Philadelphia in the Eastern Conference finals. Mark Eaton Leader in blocked shots
Article from 10 May 1985Honolulu Star-Advertiser(Honolulu, HI)
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