One thing is for sure. Shane Battier is not an All-Star type player, or not even a player fans or general managers in NBA look forward to see him playing in their team. But all these facts don't mean that he can't make a difference in a team where he plays. Especially, he can be very impressive in defense and is easily capable of decreasing the efficiency of the most scorer and dangerous player of the oppenent. Whether he is Kobe or LeBron, it doesn't matter.
His stats have never been remarkable during his career in NBA. For instance, he has scored 10,1 points and grabbed 4,8 rebounds per game up until today, whereas these figures are 6,8 and 4,9 respectively in this season. But the interesting thing, which still looks astonishing, is that he manages to stay on the court 33,4 minutes per game despite all these states given above. He is still proving that he deserves to be regarded as "a valuable part of the team". He can add important value to his team that can't be easily observed in the stats sheet.
There is a long but very interesting and highly informative article about Shane Battier of Houston Rockets written by Michael Lewis on NY Times Magazine. You can read the all via this web-page.
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