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According to a source, Patton was a guy that also liked to shoot from the hip and speak his mind when asked. The feeling is that while Karnisovas often asks opinions, “They have to fit his,” the source said.
KC Johnson: Austin Dufault, LD Williams and Peter Crawford remain as coordinators on player development staff that remains important to Artūras Karnišovas and Bulls and that Patton championed. Dufault is expected to be at least one candidate to get consideration for director job, per source
Patton noticed that White had a tendency to snatch his release back on his shot. He noticed that sometimes he would turn his release to the right, like he was trying to look at the ball when he was shooting. That caused his misses to be short right or long right. He helped correct both of those things, and has consistently given him feedback to keep his mechanics true as a shooter. When the shots started falling again, White’s entire skill set fell into place, and his production exploded.
Normally, Dallas would have an “intern army” of 12 people to help out with everything from rebounding to facilitating different types of workouts and drills for rookies. Now, they have no interns, and instead have had to use analysts as rebounders and reconfigure drills to fit the available personnel. “Being creative with the workouts was a big thing,” Patton said. “You have to incorporate yourself into the drill.”
James Edwards III: Sources tell @The Athletic that Patton's deal has a non-guaranteed second year for the minimum.
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Brad Townsend: Patton hasn’t been waived, so Cauley-Stein deal not official. He’s not in SLC, 5 hours to tipoff vs. Jazz, so highly unlikely he plays. Ideal scenario would be to join Mavs in OKC and practice Sunday, but no word on that possibility. Once deal is finalized has 48 hours to report.
Brad Townsend: Patton cannot be waived tonight, so the Cauley-Stein deal won’t go through until tomorrow at soonest. No announcements on that front tonight.
Brad Townsend: Although Cauley-Stein deal hasn't been announced, I'm told there are no wrinkles or holdups, there's an order that must be followed. Notice the Mavs haven't yet waived Patton. That's the roster spot needed to add Cauley-Stein.
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Patton will play for the Wolves' Las Vegas Summer League team that begins competition starting next week. His play there and in training camp come September will help determine how much time, if any, Patton spends developing this coming season with the Wolves' new G-League team in Iowa. "It has been great," Patton said when asked about how far he has come in so little time. "Really, all I've tried to focus on since I've started is playing basketball and just being myself.
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