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UI basketball player provides his own players’ dictionary

As you while away the months until the men’s Illini basketball team begins fall practice — or the hours until we learn whether Demetri McCamey will keep his name in the 2010 NBA Draft — you can bone up on your court lingo at Tyler Griffey’s blog. The soon-to-be sophomore forward for the Illini has provided a “players’ dictionary” of terms he has picked up in his first year on the court. The St. Louis-area native reveals the language of his peers to be both enduring (“bounce,” “G,” “chu,”) and creative (“burner,” “salty”).

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