NBA.com: Rip Hamilton's Blog

wow... anyways, whadda team player; i loved this snippet from rip; shows how he knew how to defer to others, and as a result? he's maybe the best offensive player who moves w/o the ball:

"I just received the news that the NBA General Managers voted me No. 1 in the NBA.com poll as the player who best moved without the ball. It's quite an honor and also a little crazy considering that Reggie Miller, a legend, didn't get the nod. Reggie is still the Godfather of that distinction, especially coming off screens. I will admit that I stole a few tricks from him. A lot of tricks, actually. He's constantly in motion. You really don't want to guard a guy like that.

I first started to learn to move without the ball when I went to Connecticut. Although I never really took much pride in it until I got a chance to play with Michael Jordan when we were in D.C. together. When I played with him, he dominated the ball. Since I like to have the ball in my hands, too, I knew we both couldn't play with both of us dominating the ball. If we were both going to play well together, someone was going to have to move without the ball. Guess who that was? I had to figure out another way to make things work so I can still be effective. My coach at the time, Doug Collins, taught me how to make backdoor cuts and try to get easy baskets and eventually I learned how to feed off of M.J. Ultimately, that one season I spent with him really helped my game. Being voted No. 1 by the GM's really tells me how far my game has come."

and...

Ben Wallace Interview

here's to the warriors making the playoffs... good luck gsw...
here's to the pistons repeating...