With the third pick of the 2002 NBA draft, the Golden
State Warriors selected to turn their multi-million
dollar franchise player into a common power forward.
Antawn Jamison slashes, he dashes in syncopated
stutter steps ending in bank shots and finger rolls at
obtuse angles. No two releases are ever alike but
completely dependent on the one before. When you're
up, he's down. And vice-versa. Right hand on the
orange ball. He is a 6-foot-9 Twister game in three
dimensions.
Twice, he's scored more than 50 points in a single
game. Twice, he's led the Warriors in scoring,
including his 24.9 average in 2000. Twice, he was
named the College Player of the Year after his junior
season at North Carolina.
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