Dooling Feels Blessed

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  1. Shapecity

    Shapecity S2/JBB Teamster Staff Member Administrator

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Keyon Dooling's job description with the Orlando Magic no longer includes part-time point-guard work. He now is a back-up shooting guard.*

    And his role indeed deserves an asterisk.

    * In the event Grant Hill is injured, you're the guy.

    "Keyon is a very important part of our team," Coach Brian Hill said. "Obviously, you don't like to think what if something happens health-wise with Grant . . . But Keyon gives us that flexibility. He can play either guard spot."

    The Magic are covered at the point with Jameer Nelson, Carlos Arroyo and Travis Diener.

    But DeShawn Stevenson's free-agent departure this summer presented a vacancy at shooting guard. Hill, 34, was moved into the spot after playing small forward his entire career.

    Dooling, 26, hopes Hill makes it through 82 games unscathed.

    But he has to be ready to move into the starting shooting-guard position at a sprained ankle's notice, given Hill's medical history. He can also help at the position defensively: The coaching staff considers him the best on-ball defender on the team.

    "I've been primary a point guard," Dooling said. "This year, my opportunity is at the two-guard position and that's what I worked on all summer. I look at it as an opportunity to be a more versatile player."</div>

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    he's a good player and i think this is the year he breaks out if hill goes down
     
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    <div class="quote_poster">d-money12 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">he's a good player and i think this is the year he breaks out if* hill goes down</div>

    *translated: when
     

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