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Dealing with Rejection
CHRIS BALLARD
January 29, 2007
Part art and part science, shot blocking is in increasingly short supply in the NBA. Why aren't more big men doing it? Because it can't be taught
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January 29, 2007

Dealing With Rejection

Part art and part science, shot blocking is in increasingly short supply in the NBA. Why aren't more big men doing it? Because it can't be taught

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As he says this, Mourning is seated at his locker. He's spent the better part of a half hour holding forth on the art of the block, recalling his favorites and dispensing tips, but he can't help himself. There is something he'd like to clear up, a fundamental truth he can't let slip by. "That dunk that Vince had on me?" he says, referring to the YouTube special. "By the way, we won that game. And"--he pauses for emphasis--"I blocked a bunch of other shots."

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