07-13-2008, 07:23 AM
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Everything we do is dictated by motive
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 31,377
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Daniel Orton stands 6-foot-10 and glides across a basketball court with remarkabe ease for someone who wears size 16 high tops.
Seven schools, nearly all Final Four regulars, are competing for his services. This summer, he flew a combined 2,200 miles to attend all-star camps in Ohio and Virginia -- where he played with unfamiliar teammates who virtually ignored him.
"I barely ever touched the ball, unless it was a rebound or something," he said.
If that's the sacrifice for post players such as Orton, their reward comes at Riverview Park Activities Center. Playing with their regular AAU teammates in the Nike Peach Jam, a four-day event that began Saturday, they will find it much easier to contribute. That can be hard to do in summer all-star camps, which players and coaches say can turn into guard-dominated, transition dunkfests.
"If you want the ball there, you have to go get it," said Orton, who joins DeMarcus Cousins (Birmingham Storm) and Keith Gallon (Houston Hoops) as the event's top class of 2009 post players.
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