<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Dan Dickau is back in the state where he became a college star, so it's only fitting he return to his roots in search of a word to describe the way he plays basketball. "Stick-to-itiveness," Dickau says, quickly offering a footnote by citing the source: Gonzaga coach Mark Few. "That's one of his words," Dickau says. And that's one way to describe Dickau's emergence in the NBA. It required resolve, patience and more than a little perseverance for a player traded four times since he was drafted out of Gonzaga in 2002. Now in his third season and with his fifth team, Dickau is getting his first real opportunity to prove he was worth that first-round draft pick three years ago. The starting point guard for New Orleans (8-39) has scored 10 or more points in 11 consecutive games, and suddenly his NBA staying power is no longer a question. At least not for his coach, Byron Scott. "Right now, he's in a great position to stay in this league for the next 10 years," Scott said after the Hornets' practice yesterday on the University of Washington campus.</div> Source
