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Nate Thurmond on how the game has changed

Fri, 15 May 2009|

NBA hall of famer Nate Thurmond talks NBA details - past and present.

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Transcript

Did you you have to. Really know the playbook. Like you say on defense -- you gotta go here you had drawback here blah blah blah. You know it's funny I didn't want anybody go real mom -- I wanna do views say it to into the game. I held this guy and I remember. Maybe my twelfth year when the knees were going bad. That's what I said to somebody hey you know we music the ball out of bounds. Come back and sit and Koreans lap until the get a ball inbounds. My first twelve years Noel -- reduced by herself but it but I do think that. -- saying that we. Were better suited offensively. These guys have so much talent with the versatility in the ball handling and between their -- being able to go either way. That there there are able to play one on one a lot better than we work. And I think that a lot of guys in today's game they only wanna scream get out of the way I can take care of -- so off. It certainly has changed game but I still enjoy watching you know.

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