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Old 12-13-2009, 03:24 PM   #69
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Originally Posted by dude1394 View Post
I do not think so and if it were not for holger, he wouldn't have this skill either. He'd be sitting on the block getting bulky and being a mid-level big.

I'm not sure enough people give handles the credit they deserve (I know I haven't until recently). Watching hump/bass for example is startling. Bass has NO handles and hump has some pretty good ones, allowing him to get the ball at the ft-line extened and still take it to the hole.

If I were Howards (and Jets) coach I would ask holger how to improve their handles, it would be a tremendous benefit to their games.
I agree that ball handling is an underrated skill. Michael Finley would have been a completely different player if he'd been able to handle the ball in traffic.
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