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Nic Claxton’s college coach says rookie can be ‘absolute force for long, long time’

Tom Crean was Nic Claxton’s college coach his second year at Georgia when the near 7-footer made enormous progress, going from averaging 3.9 points and an equal number of rebounds in 14.7 minutes as a freshman to 13.0 points and 8.6 rebounds in his second year.

He’s always been a fan of the Nets big man and over the weekend, Crean laid out just how big...

Of course, his Nets teammates have been saying much the same since training camp opened way back in October. Spencer Dinwiddie, who said that he thought Claxton was the second most talented player on the team, pointed out that Crean is not alone.