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Here’s one of the best European players of all time. A born winner. Why am I putting him here? Because of his basketball intelligence. Watch his moves inside, that extra step, or quick dribbles with right and left to change direction… his passing.

If anybody doubted whether he could have played in the NBA, search for the videos of Yugoslavia vs. USA in the World Championship in Indianapolis from several years ago. Bodiroga dominated that championship; not with dunks, but with intelligence, efficiency…

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Regardless of the position you play, ball handling is the fundamental skill you have to master. This is a stationery ball handling drill, executed by players of very young age, but don’t take that too lightly: do it, and if your execution is flawless, do it faster…

This drill, or something similar to this, should be integrated into every practice. Since this drill can be done in the driveway, I would recommend doing it every day.

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A variety of post-up moves to work on, presented by Carlos Boozer. One of the points he makes is that you don’t necessarily have to be built like a boulder to be a good post-up player. Chauncey Billups and Gary Payton are an example of good post players without mountains of muscle.

Read your defender, feel him with body contact, make decisions where to go quickly, and go with force.

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