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February 13th, 2008. Wednesday. Raining. The Dallas Mavericks are tootling along with a 34-17 record. They're pretty good, and perhaps they know it, because they're suddenly overwhelmed with the urge to do something drastic. A veteran team with only one good young player decides on a plan to…
1: The following YouTube video has done the rounds recently, showing an impressive double alley'oop in a highly one-sided high school game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8SKdQYAB2I&ab_channel=JamesCrissman That clip reminded me of this one, featuring the Los Angeles Clippers' "overloaded with potential" era, specifically Darius Miles and Lamar Odom . (Also, is…