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Message: [QUOTE="TinyManInside, post: 2985171, member: 1251"] Blackwell never had that 'extra gear' to rev up his game to the next level. He was an incredible pickup player and practice player, but he could never really adjust to the higher intensity level that somes with playing in real games. That era had 2 guys like that - Jason Hart was an all-time practice player great too. I sat in the stand at Manley and watched him make 44 of 50 three pointers in a drill with Mike Hopkins after practice once. He rarely missed shots during scrimmages. I never really understood why his shooting form would break down when he was playing in real games... I think he just always rushed his shots. One of the things about the championship team was that they had guys who could actually turn it up a notch in real games. Pace, Warrick, Edelin... all guys who could respond to the higher intensity level, and who often looked better in games than in practice. [/QUOTE]