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Sporting News, The, March 22, 1999 by Ken Amos
"I certainly don't want to freeze Shawn out," says Mavs point guard Steve Nash. "If he improves offensively as well as he has been improving defensively, he could be a great player at both ends of the floor. I want to keep giving him a chance. If he's open or in a position where he can help us offensively, definitely, I'm going to go to him."
Yet Bradley has a cautions mentality and might be sending a message to Don Nelson when he says, "We've got good young talent and hopefully we can grow together like the Chicago Bulls grew together, like the Utah Jazz grew together.... You look at teams that are consistently good throughout the years and they're teams that have really stuck with their people over the long haul."
Mixed emotions
After a night earlier this month when Bradley's linescore against the Clippers read 10 points, seven rebounds and nine blocked shots, Donn Nelson noted the "little things" the center had done that helped in the team's victory.
An aw-shucks grin creases Bradley's face as he allows this much:
"There's a lot of things the stats don't say," he says. "Someone who watches the game and knows the game understands there are a lot of variables that don't show up in those stats.
"I understand there's a certain type of energy that I bring to the game, a certain kind of confidence my teammates can have so they can take a shot at an open ball, or play a little overaggressive on defense, because they know they've got support behind them."
Bradley has a dream--improbable as it might sound--to have a role on the 2000 U.S. Olympic squad.
"I would love to play on the Olympic team," he says. "Absolutely, I would love to be there, but I'm going to leave that in their hands. One of my goals is to continue to improve to a level that I get chosen for those kinds of things."
As for putting it all together, perhaps Green says it best.
"Unless a person gets the revelation for himself, they will never change," he says. "He has to see what he can become, then he has to want that. But first you have to get into his mind and help him understand that without a vision he won't go anywhere.
"He's one of those players who wants to be better, to reach more into his potential. It's just a matter of him applying himself and getting the right opportunities."
Bradley's best 10-game stretch came as a 76er DATE OPP MIN FG-ATT FT-ATT 3P-ATT ORB TRB 03/25/95 Indiana 38 9-15 5-5 0-0 5 14 03/29/95 Charlotte 35 4-9 2-6 0-0 5 15 03/31/95 Portland 40 7-13 0-0 0-0 6 16 04/01/95 @Chicago 33 4-13 2-4 0-0 4 14 04/04/95 @Miami 35 5-14 0-2 0-0 5 10 04/05/95 @Charlotte 40 8-13 5-8 0-0 4 13 04/07/95 @Boston 43 6-17 2-5 0-0 3 12 04/08/95 Orlando 32 7-17 5-7 0-0 2 3 04/11/95 Atlanta 47 6-14 7-10 0-0 3 15 04/13/95 New Jersey 38 6-16 5-8 0-0 4 12 TOTALS 381 62-141 33-55 0-0 41 124 DATE AST STL BLK TO PF PTS W/L 03/25/95 1 1 8 1 5 23 LOSS 03/29/95 0 2 4 0 5 10 WIN 03/31/95 3 0 5 2 4 14 WIN 04/01/95 0 1 2 4 4 10 LOSS 04/04/95 1 1 6 0 4 10 LOSS 04/05/95 1 0 5 0 4 21 LOSS 04/07/95 1 2 7 1 3 14 LOSS 04/08/95 1 2 6 1 5 19 WIN 04/11/95 1 2 4 5 6 19 LOSS 04/13/95 0 0 8 4 3 17 WIN TOTALS 9 11 55 18 43 157 4-6
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