Brunch (1896); Dime (1995)---(Question)

[Dennis R. Preston]

One does something precisely 'on the money' and even more precisely
'on a a dime' ('to stop on a dime'). A good assist has that accuracy
component.

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>This is no doubt a naive question, but what's the connection between
>an assist in basketball and a dime?
>
>Gerald Cohen
>
>
>At 9:54 AM -0500 2/27/04, Fred Shapiro wrote:
>>On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Tom Dalzell wrote:
>>
>>>    From the Chicago Sun-Times, March 18, 1994, page 132, by Dan Cahill:
>>
>>Here's a little earlier:
>>
>>THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
>>April 2, 1993, Friday, HOME FINAL EDITION
>>SECTION: SPORTS DAY; MAVERICKS UPDATE; Pg. 4b
>>
>>Harper stressed he doesn't have to have the ball in his hands to be
>>effective and added that he wants, "to be on the end of some of those
>>dimes (assists) he's dropping. ' Jackson said he felt the two showed in
>>the five games they did play together that they are compatible.
>>
>>Fred Shapiro