re: The Spurs win the 2014 NBA Finals!

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"You hear similar tales of awe from those who were with Diaw in Atlanta too. [...] The capper comes from Cleveland Cavaliers general manager David Griffin, who, like Quinter, was an integral part of the Suns' front-office team when Diaw was acquired in a sign-and-trade for Joe Johnson orchestrated by then-Suns personnel chief Bryan Colangelo.

'Boris walks into the gym one day wearing flip-flops and holding his customary cappuccino, which was a staple for him every morning,' Griffin recalled. 'It was during pre-draft workouts, so he sees the Vertec [machine] and asks what it is.

'We tell him it measures your vertical leap by determining how many of the bars you can touch. He asks what's the highest anyone has ever gone, and we tell him Amare' [Stoudemire] cleared the entire rack.

'Boris puts down the cappuccino, takes off his flip-flops and clears the entire rack on the first try. Then he calmly puts his flip-flops back on, picks up his cappuccino and walks away, saying, 'That was not difficult.''"

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