He said his goal was to become another Hedo Turkoglu, the playmaking forward from Turkey who helped guide Orlando to the N.B.A. finals.
Jon Clarke has many of the same attributes, even if he would concede that he does not have quite the natural playmaking ability of Monaghan (whose hinterland includes an appearance in the 2007 NRL Grand Final for Manly), which arguably makes his achievements all the more admirable.
The improvement of the attack has been the much-vaunted story of recent weeks: Olmes Garcia has been inspirational, Joao Plata has been a playmaking forward that fits the system perfectly, Devon Sandoval has come up in big moments, and Robbie Findley's even starting to come around.
LaFontaine, one of hockey's best playmaking forwards in the 1980's and early 90's, was drafted by the Islanders after starring with the Verdun Juniors in Quebec's high-scoring amateur league.
Milk sees it as a natural step forward.
A natural step forward took him into the fields of advertising and marketing.
They pose problems for a player the caliber of Amar'e Stoudemire, a natural power forward.
The Knicks tried to turn Anthony into a playmaking point forward, with mostly dismal results.
In 1990, F.C. Barcelona, under the legendary player turned coach Johan Cruyff, signed Michael Laudrup, an imaginative, playmaking center forward whom Wilson describes as a kind of forerunner to Lionel Messi, the player who would come to define the false-nine role.
This season, Hurdle decided to step back and let the club's natural leaders step forward.
