Post by doc on Oct 19, 2008 10:17:23 GMT -5
Here are some quotes from the Insider article.
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He uses the pick-and-roll to put you in precarious positions," says Piston Chauncey Billups. "Then he makes you pay."
As an overwhelmed rook, he shot just 42% from the field and 16% from behind the arc. "Confidence is everything in the NBA," he says, "and I had none."
A rubber band helped. In the summer of 2006, he began to practice shooting with an elastic contraption that forced him to keep his elbow from flailing. That September, he led Spain to the FIBA world title - and Jose 2.0 was born.
A rubber band helped. In the summer of 2006, he began to practice shooting with an elastic contraption that forced him to keep his elbow from flailing. That September, he led Spain to the FIBA world title - and Jose 2.0 was born.
"I'm not really good at making fancy plays," says the guy whose lower back features a tattoo of the Japanese word for humility, "so I don't try to do it." Instead he's all John Stockton efficiency, bounce- and chest-passing defenders into submission.
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