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2015 Year in Review: Al-Farouq Aminu

Exit Interviews: Al-Farouq Aminu

Al-Farouq Aminu reflects on his 2014-15 season with the Mavs.

You don’t often see an NBA player endear himself to an entire fan base after just one season, especially one in which he didn’t play much toward the beginning of the year. But that’s exactly what happened for Al-Farouq Aminu in the 2014-15 season.

After sitting outside the rotation for much of the early parts of the campaign, Aminu eventually seized control of the backup forward spot and never let it go, energizing not only the crowd, but also his teammates when he was on the floor.