Found July 20, 2009 on
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Going through some leftover material from the Las Vegas Summer League I found this tidbit from assistant coach Mario Elie on Donte Greene interesting.
I wanted to know Elie's take on Greene's potential as a defender. With Greene's size and athleticism, I mentioned the possibility of Greene defending at least three positions (shooting guard and both forward spots).
After the Kings finished their summer league schedule with Greene starting at shooting guard I figured it was a topic worth looking at again.
Here was Elie's take:
"That's going to be some work. This is my first real dose of Donte. He's still a young player and that's his thing. A lot of young players have got to understand offense is not going to get you on the court every time. Sometimes it's doing the little things. Playing defense, making hustle plays and that's how I got on the court. I got out there and Rudy T (former Houston coach Rudy Tomjanovich) would tell me 'Ma...
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