FRANCHISE NOTES

          The Braves yesterday announced an average ticket price
     increase of 7.5% for the 2000 season.  In Atlanta, Carroll
     Rogers reports that the increases are between 6.1%-9.1%,
     "depending on location."  Tickets range from the cheapest
     Skyline seats ($1) to the most expensive Dugout seats ($33
     and $35) (ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, 11/30)....Last night's
     Rockets-Grizzlies game at General Motors Place drew 15,086
     fans, "better than the seasonal" average of 13,166.  In
     Edmonton, Mark Spector writes that fans "came to boo"
     Rockets G Steve Francis -- who was originally drafted by the
     Grizzlies but later demanded to be traded -- "as much as to
     cheer" the Grizzlies (EDMONTON JOURNAL, 11/30).  It was the
     Grizzlies' "second largest crowd" of the season after
     opening night (CP, 11/30)....In Philadelphia, Phil Jasner
     reports that the 76ers "plan to unveil their new" alternate
     road uniforms against the Knicks at the First Union Center
     tonight.  The game is on TNT (PHILA. DAILY NEWS, 11/30).