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A lucky fan stumbled upon a Mavs scouting report for the Spurs in a hotel. Each player has a section with stats and his tendencies. The term elephant is used for players that are targets offensively.

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The day before the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the San Antonio Spurs, one fan got lucky and gained access to one of the teams' scouting reports.

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A Redditor u/sunshine60st posted a photo on r/NBAspurs subreddit of a scouting report the Mavericks distributed to their players. The user claims to stay in the same hotel in San Antonio as the visiting team and says he stumbled upon the sheets of paper.

After posting the initial stats page of all players during the preseason, the user later provided additional material.

On other pages, each player is given a separate section with his tendencies and stats from both the preseason and the last season.

For example, this is how Tre Jones is described:

Ball handler off the bench - Good distributor - Led team in AST last season (5.5 APG) Distributor - Looking for throw aheads and Drive/Kicks - Don't overreact to his drives - Active hands on his drives RIGHT Driver - Loves floater with RIGHT hand when he gets into paint Low Volume 3PT Shooter - 28.6% on 1.8 3PA's in preseason ELEPHANT - We can attack him

It can be pretty quickly determined that the word elephant is used for players whom the coaching staff has determined are targets offensively for the Mavs. The report also emphasizes which hands the players like to use the most and in which situations.

The main page details which players should be fouled, as they shoot free throws the worst on the team, as well as top scorers from the preseason.

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