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Doug Christie was in no way "muscled up". He was as skinny as a rail.
Violence and the Sacred Hoops
by Timothy Varner
48 Minutes of
Henry Abbott has a pet theory. Henry thinks the “boring” basketball that followed the Bulls’ championship era was an ugly, unwitting response to the athletic splendor of Michael Jordan. “Muscled-up wing players” like Doug Christie weren’t capable of reproducing Michael Jordan’s offensive genius, but they were capable of shoving people around on defense. Chippy, physical perimeter defense was not only an attempt to corral Michael Jordan, it was an unintended consequence of our fascination with him.
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"Bruce Bowen is the Spur whose adherence to the let-them-bleed credo is most villainized. But what the Spurs need more than anything is a Bowenesque wing defender. If Richard Jefferson is a disappointment, he’s a disappointment in this sense: he has never given the impression that he would delight in suffocating his opponent."
welll....except.....
His wife on the other hand....
Are you a girl?
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