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Offense is spacing and spacing is offense.

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Chuck Daly
Age: 78 †
Born: 1930
Born: July 20
Died: 2009
Died: May 9
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
St. Marys
Pennsylvania
Charles Jerome Daly
Spacing
Offense
Coaching
Basketball

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