But he's a great basketball guy, too.

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He's got a great basketball mind, competitive personality, team guy, a great guy.

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He obviously played football and basketball himself, and he saw that skinny, foreign guy beating him at his own game.

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His reputation among family members was as a clumsy guy with an infectious sense of humor who enjoyed jogging and playing basketball with his friends.

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He wasnt a big guy -- just 5-foot-10 -- but he became a star basketball player in high school.

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Unlike the pros, college-basketball players can't shoot, rebound or execute 15 consecutive 360-degree reverse slam dunks that make the guy defending Blake Griffin really, really mad.

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