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Suppose that your son flashed a penchant for basketball. Suppose that through raw talent, dogged perseverance and just plain hard work, he blossomed into an outstanding college player. Suppose that he envisioned himself an NBA player in the mold of, maybe, Ben Wallace, or Bruce Bowen, or Avery Johnson. Would you sign up for that?
Though Wallace, Bowen and Johnson have had respectable NBA careers, they share an uncommon trait: They were not drafted. They all negotiated the thicket of NBA obstacles as free agents.
The plight of players like that resonates loudly and deeply right now with the ascension of the Knicks' Jeremy Lin to the pinnacle of public consciousness. The son of two engineers from Taiwan, the 6-foot-3 Lin has risen from the obscurity of the ...
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Shaquille O'Neal, still sweating following a Heat practice one day, had just made a point to reporters, but he wanted to make sure everyone knew he really meant what he said. So he accentuated his final sentence by saying,... more »
The Mavericks trailed by just six, Terry was about to make it a four-point game and American Airlines Center was ready for liftoff. Enter Serge Ibaka. Air Congo flew in from behind, let Terry release the ball and swatted the... more »
During the regular season, the 76ers won only eight games in which they both outrebounded and made more free throws than the opposition. Those are the building blocks of professional basketball, but they are not what the Sixers... more »
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