Diaw, hypothetically, offers much of the same offensive dynamism as Bonner, though with the added benefit of deft feet on defense.
The word nonentity has appeared in six New York Times articles in the past year, including on Dec. 14 in the Off the Dribble blog post "Spurs Mystery: Where Is Matt Bonner?" by Beckley Mason: Diaw, hypothetically, offers much of the same offensive dynamism as Bonner, though with the added benefit of deft feet on defense.
On Monday, he used the traditional party leader's speech at the Liberal Democrats' annual conference here to mount a deft and confident defense of his calculated entry into power — saying that his party had banished irrelevance and was, for once, in the exciting position of being able to affect policy in Britain.
In the first half, he carved up the Magic's defense with deft inside moves.
An intelligent and graceful player, he invented the modern position of the attacking sweeper who initiates the offense from central defense with deft passes and long runs.
Maryland, a collection of old souls, mixed wisdom with elbows, deft shooting with determined defense, and is the team to beat in the N.C.A.A. tournament.
He has since molded a gem of a squad that depends on three graceful scorers and employs a conservative game plan characterized by deft passing and tough defense.
It is predicated on running the football, and at times on Saturday night Thomas looked like a illusionist, befuddling the Stanford defense with a deft flurry of fake hand-offs and shoulder pumps that froze defenders.
Lidstrom's smooth game, which turned defense to offense with deft outlet passes and flawless skating, was so perfectly tuned to the Red Wings' system it appeared that the team had designed him in some sort of lab.
Plata's 71st minute pass sent in Alvaro Saborio to poke home the opener, while the familiar face of RSL 1.0 (technically Kreis RSL 1.0) added a second after a typically deft ball touched in behind the defense from Kyle Beckerman.
Deft lineup changes, tactical maturity on defense and an efficient counterattack produced a 2-0 victoverover Mexico today, establishing regional superiority for the Americans and propelling them into the quarterfinals for the first time since 1930.
