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An interesting side note, is that this goes back to a previous discussion that good leapers are overrated. I heard one of the Mavs' coaches say Donnell's shot wasn't even at "high-school" level yet. Why can't Donnell shoot a basketball? Because he never had to, he always jumped over everyone. Then he plays one year at Florida, has an okay Freshman year. But he jumps really high and kicks his legs like Rodman when he runs down the court, so he gets people whispering in his ear about coming out early.
And, he made the right decision, simply because riding the pine in Dallas and working with Dallas coaches will in the end allow his game to develop more than it would have in the 3 years "lost" at Florida. Why? Because a guy of his size needs a face-to-the-basket offensive game, and he wouldn't have been given the opportunity to develop that playing for Florida. Instead, they would have been using him to win basketball games for Florida, as a "big man," almost only using his athletic ability, by posting him up all the time.
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