Statistical Anomaly His greatness is not marked in box scores or at slam-dunk contests, but on the court Shane Battier makes his team better, often much better, and his opponents worse, often much worse.Credit...Robert Seale for The New York Times Out of Duke University. . . . A 6-foot-8-inch forward. . . . He had more or less admitted to me that this part of his job left him cold. ‘It’s the same
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