Brendan Haywood
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And the very next game, he got right back to the paint and the rest was history.
They won.
You know, they would dominate throughout the rest of the series.
And so I expect Wimby to correct his mistakes.
Two for nine from three.
That's not where he wants to be.
Obviously, at 7'4", he has the ability to shoot the three-point shot, but he's 7'4".
He has to understand the other team wants you to take nine, 10, 11 threes.
Unless you're hot at...
Unless you're going to go 7 of 9, 6 for 9, at 7-4, you shouldn't take 9 threes because your superpower is that you're 7-4.
You got to make teams feel that you're 7-4, and that starts from 15 feet on in in the pan.
You know, you played with Dirk Nowitzki in Dallas, won a championship with Dirk.
How would you compare the uniqueness of Victor Wimbonyama to the uniqueness of Dirk?
Um...
It's different because Wimby is unique on both ends of the court.
So for Dirk, Dirk was truly unique because a seven footer that can shoot the ball as well as he did in that timeframe was considered unique.
It's not like it is now.
It's not like every team had all these stretch fours.
And then Dirk was unique in he developed
a go-to move that the rest of the league would try to copy and emulate still to this day.