1.   After starting the year in major rebuilding mode, the Pacers are quickly morphing back into a playoff team under Isiah Thomas.

2.   CBS, then, is in a serious rebuilding mode, especially since its purchase by Westinghouse.

3.   For a guy taking over a program in serious rebuilding mode, it was a curious grin to say the least.

4.   If they all leave, the Bulls will be in a rebuilding mode.

5.   In fact, for a Cleveland team that is clearly in a rebuilding mode, the first-round pick may have been a bigger hook than Majerle.

6.   In Los Angeles, the Lakers are in rebuilding mode, and the Clippers, as usual, are in trouble.

7.   Joe Smith will most likely leave via free agency, leaving new G.M. Garry St. Jean and new coach P.J. Carlesimo in a serious rebuilding mode.

8.   The defending National Football Conference East champions are in a rebuilding mode.

9.   The Rockets probably should be in a rebuilding mode.

10.   The rookie point guard Bobby Jackson may be viewed as a draft steal, but the Denver Nobodies are in the rebuilding mode.