AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- There's a reason why Michigan forward Moritz Wagner casts such high-arcing shots from the perimeter and it isn't because anyone has much chance of blocking the 6-foot-11 sophomore's shots from out there.
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It has to do with his idol and German countryman, Dirk Nowitzki, the NBA superstar who also has a rainbow trajectory on his three-pointers despite being one inch taller than Wagner.
"It's the way I got taught to shoot and the habits I have in practice," said Wagner.