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Orbit_Established
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"Which NBA players NOTICEABLY improved their ball handling skills?"


  

          


Since college? During their NBA career.

As in, CLEARLY

I'm thinking that ball handling might be the most difficult
skill to teach past a certain age

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Durant's improvement has been insane.
Feb 26th 2013
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I think its more his willingness to attack and craft
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      He does show better control of the ball since his Texas days though.
Feb 26th 2013
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           That's b/c he was dunking and shooting over everyone at Texas.
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                It really was.
Feb 27th 2013
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                college basketball has become nearly a total joke altogether
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                yup he wasted time playing vs amateurs
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Besides Corliss? :-)
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JJ Redick is a given.
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^^^^^....and hendo too
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      Hendo was a one-handed player at Duke.
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Off the top of my head I'd say Durant and Griffin
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Jared Dudley?
Feb 26th 2013
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^ the best example in this post so far
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Aaron McKie, Reddick, Paul Pierce kinda, I dunno, there are ...
Feb 26th 2013
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If Lu Deng got a better handle, he'd be the 4th best SF in the L
Feb 26th 2013
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if you ain't got it, you ain't go it
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Oh nah fam I ain't holding out hope or nothing
Feb 26th 2013
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Dribbling looks so unnatural to him
Feb 27th 2013
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Somebody shoulda mentioned him in the old man game post
Feb 27th 2013
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Mike Conley
Feb 26th 2013
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nah he always had a tight handle...nm
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vince carter
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Harden/Paul George
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harden been at that handle since he was 17.
Feb 27th 2013
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      I didn't see much of it in his 1st year
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Blake Griffin has noticeably improved on his handles
Feb 27th 2013
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Derozan
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BrooklynWHAT
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1. "Durant's improvement has been insane."
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it made a big jump after that lockout summer.

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Orbit_Established
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3. "I think its more his willingness to attack and craft"
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DC niggas been saying he had handles since forever

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6. "He does show better control of the ball since his Texas days though. "
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I will say that.

  
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Orbit_Established
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7. "That's b/c he was dunking and shooting over everyone at Texas. "
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College basketball was a total joke to Kevin Durant


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22. "It really was."
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One of the best college players ever.

  
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25. "college basketball has become nearly a total joke altogether"
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but yeah Durant was silly at UT.

  
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26. "yup he wasted time playing vs amateurs "
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could have been honing his nba game during that year

  
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2. "Besides Corliss? :-)"
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Vince, Rip, Tony Allen. That's all I got off the top.

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4. "JJ Redick is a given."
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He started to show signs of it his senior year, but he never looked like a guy with any pro handle at all. Not that he's crossing dudes up in the league or anything, but he can drive to the hole and create some space for himself far better than he could at Duke.

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8. "^^^^^....and hendo too"
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11. "Hendo was a one-handed player at Duke."
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He's definitely improving.

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5. "Off the top of my head I'd say Durant and Griffin"
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9. "Jared Dudley?"
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Dude pretty much played a lot of his college career at power forward, he's a 2 guard in the NBA now, he started moving to the perimeter in college but that's a serious change.

  
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27. "^ the best example in this post so far"
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10. "Aaron McKie, Reddick, Paul Pierce kinda, I dunno, there are ..."
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some guys. It just seems to me like if you're in a position where you need it, it's something that (mostly) will already be there when you hit the pros. and no one is turning dwight howard into god shamgod, nor would anyone want to.

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12. "If Lu Deng got a better handle, he'd be the 4th best SF in the L"
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behind Bron, Durant and Melo.

Wouldn't be NO argument. And he'd be on Melo's ass cuz he's a MUCH better defender.

That's the only part of his game that he hasn't improved.
He needed 3pt range, got it.
He was a decent defender and I think he's elite now.

If dude could create off the dribble with both hands and had a nice pull up...Bulls would be title contenders without Rose and a fav with him.

That 18&7 would be like 25&8.

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14. "if you ain't got it, you ain't go it"
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i dunno why y'all think people can develop elite skillsets. deng got average handles, dogg. always has. they ain't gettin no better.

luol deng is all length and basketball IQ...that's his entire game.

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17. "Oh nah fam I ain't holding out hope or nothing"
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I just peeped that about 3 yrs or so ago.

I knew it prolly wasn't gonna happen. I was hoping for the 3pt range tho and when he added that I was happy as hell.

But I see it, if he had the handle...boy would make us super dangerous.

But you right, he is what he is, which is still pretty damn good.

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18. "Dribbling looks so unnatural to him"
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He just to awkward to be a good ball handler. Athletic as hell yet no grace

  
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20. "Somebody shoulda mentioned him in the old man game post"
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13. "Mike Conley"
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16. "nah he always had a tight handle...nm"
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15. "vince carter"
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i mean he still had janky handles for an nba 2 guard, but at carolina, did they even let him dribble?

  
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19. "Harden/Paul George"
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WHAT'S GOOD *****? What's REALLY good?!?!????!!! Ha HA!
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21. "harden been at that handle since he was 17. "
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24. "I didn't see much of it in his 1st year"
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WHAT'S GOOD *****? What's REALLY good?!?!????!!! Ha HA!
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23. "Blake Griffin has noticeably improved on his handles"
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28. "Derozan"
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