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    "He's the most unique," Saunders says. "I mean going back, I've had Stephon Marbury, Terrell Brandon, Chauncey Billups, and when you look at all those guys, Gil has the ability to bring almost all the strengths of those guys, and that's what Gil is. None of those guys have his ability as far as scoring ... Marbury could score, but him being a scorer was his ability to get to the basket. Chauncey was more of a set-up guy who was not really a guy that's going to break you down and push you up the floor, but [Arenas] has that. He has unbelievable speed up the floor, so he has the ability as far as the total package." We should see another display of the total package tonight. Full Article at Washington Times Blogs
    I mean going back, I've had Stephon Marbury, Terrell Brandon, Chauncey Billups, and when you look at all those guys, Gil has the ability to bring almost all the strengths of those guys, and that's what Gil is. None of those guys have his ability as far as scoring ... Marbury could score, but him being a scorer was his ability to get to the basket. Chauncey was more of a set-up guy who was not really a guy that's going to break you down and push you up the floor, but [Arenas] has that. He has unbelievable speed up the floor, so he has the ability as far as the total package.
    SOURCE: Washington Times Blogs 3 weeks ago
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Saunders: Arenas the 'total package'
  1. Those are things that you have a feel ... He's got a great feel of knowing when we're in the bonus and he can be aggressive, going and trying to get to the free throw line and get a couple easy points. When maybe we haven't scored a couple and we're struggling to do something to be aggressive and create...
    SOURCE: Washington Times Blogs 3 weeks ago
  2. He's doing good, he's being aggressive with the ball. He had about as good a game as you can have in Dallas. He controlled the tempo of the game ... You know you controlled the game when you're on the road and you can't remember the crowd ever really getting into it aside from the [pre-game] introductio...
    SOURCE: Washington Times Blogs 3 weeks ago
  3. That set the bar on how if you want to win on the road, that's how you have to play ... You can't turn the ball over, you have to play solid defense, you've got to try to control the tempo of the game, and if you can, take the other team out of their offense as much as possible, which is often easier sa...
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