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Originally Posted by buddahfan  Thats why I love this kids game. He is a "Natural". I noticed this the first time I saw him play. He just is gifted with an incredible natural set of basketball instincts and talent.
A perfect example of what Joe D. is talking about happened as I recall in the Orlando game when they pressed us in the back court and AJ got the pass in the back court. He was immediately double teamed along the sidelines. He quickly looked for someone to pass to but both defenders had his passing lanes cut off, so what did he do? He dribbled along the sideline right pass both of them until in got in the front court and then passed off.
Almost all rookies and a lot of veteran big men would have turned the ball over in that situation. PISTONS: Taking the Temperature |
I forgot to mention. In effect he was triple teamed when you count the sideline as a defender. Yet he was able to dribble out of it beat the clock and pass the ball to another Pistons player.
Not a heck of a lot of 6'11" guys can effectively break a triple team by dribbling out of it.
