Eichenhofer write up on AD with team USA with Harden, Parsons, Lillard quotes

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“He’s gotten so much better,” said Dallas forward Chandler Parsons, himself a vastly improved player from his rookie year. “He’s one of my favorite players here. He’s so long defensively that he can get his hands on a lot of things. He blocks a lot of shots. Even when he’s not blocking shots, he’s altering them. He’s a great rebounder, he runs the floor, he’s athletic. There’s not much he can’t do on the basketball court. Like I said, he’s one of my favorite players here. I think he’s got a heck of a future ahead of him.”

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“He’s definitely grown,” Houston guard James Harden said. “He’s gotten a lot better. Last year was definitely a big step. He’s an excellent rebounder who can score the ball, shoot the ball. He was the No. 1 draft pick, but he’s gotten so much better. He’s a great shot-blocker. He does it all...(Davis) looks a lot stronger. When he came into the league, he was still young. He was already skilled, but was frail, kind of like KD was when he got to the NBA. (Davis) just was able to put more weight on himself and get stronger. You can see his development every single day.”

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“His development is impressive, but I expected it from him,” Lillard said. “When I saw him play in college, I was like ‘He should be in the NBA right now!’

“I think he can be great. I think he can be one of the best, because he’s so tall and so long, but he can really move. He can put the ball on the floor, he can shoot, he’s athletic, a great defender, rim protector. And he’s young. He’s already the leader of a team, the best player on a team. He’s only going to grow and only going to get better. I think the sky’s the limit for him.”

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