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WALSH, THOMAS NOT WAIVERING IN POSITION ABOUT CBA AGREEMENT

          Pacers President Donnie Walsh "denied" Friday that CBA
     Owner Isiah Thomas is using funds from a coaching contract
     with the Pacers to pay a debt of about $750,000 to former
     CBA owners, according to Phil Richards of the INDIANAPOLIS
     STAR.  Walsh: "There is no contract. ... We have not given
     him any money."  Meanwhile, the NBA on Friday "denied" a
     report that it has granted Thomas a waiver from a
     restriction requiring him to divest himself of his CBA
     interest before taking a job in the NBA.  NBA Dir of Sports
     Media Services Seth Sylvan: "We have no idea of any waiver
     or even a request for a waiver."  Former Fury Managing
     Partner Jay Frye said that certified checks to former CBA
     owners "were supposed to be in the mail Friday."  Frye:
     "Isiah's people have told us on a couple of occasions that
     his deal with the Pacers is done and signed and they're
     going to use it to pay us off and sell the league to the
     [NBPA].  I hope he gets a job so he can pay his bills." 
     Frye "plans to file a lawsuit against Thomas" if he is not
     paid soon (INDY STAR, 7/15).  Meanwhile, Thomas told Lacy
     Banks of the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES that his CBA debt "had been
     settled."  Thomas: "It was settled with my own money and not
     from any loan or from any so-called future coaching salary. 
     Frye is a disgruntled former owner who is upset because he
     could not help buy the league back from me.  I am discussing
     these scandalous statements with my attorneys" (7/16).

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