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Duncan was a "sneaky athlete" but not in the racist "that white guy can actually jump" kind of way, but in a ""he only moves as fast or jumps as high as he needs to in the moment" so he would randomly turn up his speed and surprise the opponent by being just a little quicker or jumping a little higher than they expected, allowing him to make a play they may have avoided if they were more accustomed to his actual athleticism.
“racist” 😭😂
John Stockton played like this as well. He was known for his longevity over athleticism but when you go back and watch clips he absolutely had a turbo button when he needed it.
Athleticism is insanely hard to guard against when you don’t know when you opponent is going to actually use it