<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">n the next two evenings, Jason Terry will face Baron Davis and Mike Bibby, two of the toughest point guards in the NBA, as the Mavericks complete a quick, back-to-back road trip to Golden State and Sacramento. Terry feels more capable of handling the challenge than he would have a year ago, he said Tuesday. Don Nelson and Avery Johnson took Terry out of his comfort zone as a player in his first few months in Dallas, and the former Atlanta Hawk is grateful they did so. It's changed the way he plays the game. "I owe a lot to Don Nelson because he added probably ... years onto my career, because now I know I'm a point guard and I know how to run a ball club," Terry said. "I was a 'tweener,' and that's what I was labeled. Knowing deep down that I had to be a point guard to maintain in this league, coming to Dallas and getting the coaching that was needed to hone my skills has helped tremendously." With the Hawks, Terry was a scorer first and a passer second. After 65 games with the Mavericks, he's learned the value of playmaking. "They wanted to bring in a big point guard at Atlanta and make me a [shooting guard] because of my scoring abilities," he said. "In that situation, Allen Iverson's the best. And look where he's at now ? back at point guard. </div> Source
