‘Zo’ says hoops teeming with new talentshome/Sports/Top Sports/‘Zo’ says hoops teeming with new talentsSeven-time National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star and two-time Defensive Player of the Year Alonzo “Zo” Mourning said that big men have changed basketball for good. Mourning was inducted to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014. “They’re able to shoot the basketball but able to dribble the basketball pretty well. “It started with Dirk Nowitzki — a 7-footer capable of perimeter shooting — and passing the ball extremely well,” he added. “The way the league now calls the games has helped benefit the perimeter players, so now you took the physicality out of the game.

Source: Manila Times December 07, 2018 17:03 UTC