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Originally Posted by loosekanen
two quick notes about Dantley:
He had a reputation for being one of the most meticulously focused guys in the league but he also was frozen out of Detroit as their leading scorer just before two championships which always confused me seeing as Detroit seemed to be a team that took pride in characteristics like that.
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Originally Posted by aejones
iirc people said he just didn't "fit," they shipped him out of town for fiddy cent on the dollar, ppl thought they were nuts, but they built chemistry or something
dantleys reputation has been unfairly tarnished bc they won a title after shipping him out for undrafted role player. all accounts that go beyond the superficial indicate bolded is most likely the case.
dude is an elite all time scorer, proly top 5 for a wing. just absurd efficiency given his volume and he didnt even shoot 3s.