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Originally Posted by Underdog
In the preseason game, Collison had 9 assists while only attempting 9 shots (hitting 6)... Everyone keeps calling him "pass-first", but in a one-game sample he's proven to be rather balanced in this system (and I hope that's how Rick plans on using him this season). He'll figure out when and where to get Dirk the ball eventually, since every practice in the next year will be focused on doing exactly that. Gotta give the kid some time - he's never played with someone like Dirk.
As for the open looks:
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Agreee. We'd be lucky if he continued his 3/1 A/TO ratio, too.
A/TO was great.
Assist/FGA was great.
He still needs to gel with the team and learn how to pass it in to Dirk, but he's been impressive.