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Article: PERSON'S MIND IS WILLING - QUESTION IS, IS HIS BODY?(Sports)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- October 6, 1999
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The mark of an excellent shooter is usually his undaunted soul.
There isn't a shot he would pass up. The ball feels good on every release. There isn't a moment of self doubt.
Chuck Person has spent the better part of 13 NBA seasons exploiting that theory along with the 3-point line. And not much has changed for the 6-foot-8, 35-year-old small forward.
Despite participating in the Sonics' training camp without a guaranteed contract, Person sees his chances of making the roster almost like he does one of his 3-pointers.
``I know I'm going to make the team,'' Person said yesterday after the Sonics' first practice.
Some might call ...