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Old Fri Dec 16, 2011, 04:36pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by letemplay View Post
When they are dribbling the ball and a guy comes in at the last second and throws themselves in front where no player, even with extraordinary skills, could stop or change direction.
If they were paying attention, they'd see the defender coming before the defender got to that spot. Often they do see the defender approaching and try to beat them....sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. But, they do have the choice. It is not like the defender materialized out of thin air.
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