Word of the Day: The Dantley

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 Word of the Day: The Dantley
Dantley's about to draw the foul. And McHale knows it. The Dantley (thuh dant'-lee) noun . Describes those performances in which a player scores a significant number of points and more than half of those points come from the foul line. Usage example: Kobe Bryant had a Dantley in Game 1 of ... [link]

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Tuesday Bullets
Published 10/14/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Scoring more points from the free throw line than the field can be called, I just learned, a Dantley. Adrian Dantley did it many times. And how about Dwyane Wade in his famous ref-friendly 2006 NBA Finals? He must have had a lot of Dantleys, right? Wrong. Not a single one. ...

The 10-man rotation, starring CP3-to-Chandler 'oop magic
Published 10/14/2008 by J.E. Skeets at Ball Don't Lie
... 9th: Basketbawful. The Dantley (thuh dant'-lee) noun. "Describes those performances in which a player scores a significant number of points and more than half of those points come from the foul line." ...

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