SAN ANTONIO — I asked rookie point guard Dejounte Murray a trick question during the 45-minute player-availability session before the San Antonio Spurs' victory over the Miami Heat on Monday night that was more difficult than it should have been.
Murray is an athletically gifted, 6'5" 20-year-old who is penciled in as the eventual successor to Tony Parker as San Antonio's starting point guard. I wanted to know which floor generals he watched and tried to emulate as he developed his game in Seattle.
Playing in his third straight game since recovering from a hyperextended right knee suffered in the Spurs' stunning season-opening thumping of the Golden State Warriors, Parker had a solid outing Monday, scoring 11 points and handing out six assists as he directed an efficient San Antonio offense that now goes through Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge.