Nick Van Exel
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"Nickey Maxwell "Nick" Van Exel" is a former American professional basketball player who is an assistant coach for the Texas Legends in the NBA Development League. Van Exel played for six teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1993 through 2006, and is a former NBA All-Star.

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He?s the zone buster. He?s not afraid to take those shots.

He' s going to be pretty good. Just by hearing him talk out on the court, he can really lead a team. Point guards have to be vocal and have to be heard. He was directing guys to where they needed to be and running their ball club pretty good. Once he gets comfortable he's going to be a pretty good player.

But it took me 15 minutes to get him to say yes.

Definitely. I know I can help the team out more if I'm a little more aggressive. Basically, throughout this season I've been playing not to make mistakes, playing not to hurt the team.

It felt pretty good today. Hopefully, it will feel good (today). I definitely want to play on this road trip, but I'm not going to force it, because I don't want to re-injure it. If it flares up again, I'm probably out for another long period of time. It's just best to let it heal. The stretch run is more important.

When it's playoff time and a guy's known for winning, you expect that person to be there. And that's what we expect from Timmy.