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Originally Posted by chumdawg
I'm pretty sure that Nellie's willingness to allow the seven-footer to hoist threes (at a time when a lot of coaches, Pops perhaps included, would not have) played a large role in Dirk's development as a player.
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Let's put Nellie's "generosity" into perspective...
23yo Dirk 1.8-4.6 .397
23yo Durant 2.0-5.2 .387
As we can see, it was nothing unusual. Dirk should have taken even more 3's...(and shots)