Originally Posted by oldfan
The comments on Donald Smith indicate why they say you had to be there.
The Flyers were weak in the front court so the opposition would send a tall forward to play out on him but with his fall away jumper he would consistently, over the top of the much taller defender, drain the basket from well beyond the arc.
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This is key. No Flyer, EVER, was as good at creating their own shot. Not B-Rob, not Negel, nobody. He didn't find his own shot by finding a soft spot on the court or dribbling and losing the guy guarding him, or by driving among the trees. He, with his back to the basket and 2 men in front guarding him, would do kind of dribble juke to his left, another one to his right and then fade and let go of a rainbow that swished more times than not. He was impossible to guard.