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   Believe it or not, this trip to London has been less rough than your garden variety back-to-back during the regular season. I've had a lot worse weekends going from New Orleans to Memphis on no sleep than going from Salt Lake City to London over two days.    There's a host of logistical issues that would have to be resolved before they could ever bring an NBA team(s) to Europe, but sitting here across the Thames from the O2 Arena, it's not as far-fetched as it might seem.    We got here Saturday afternoon, so we're 24 hours ahead of the Jazz in terms of jetlag. The team arrived midmorning Sunday, having been delayed an hour and a half on the ground at JFK in New York, stuck in a line of 60-plus planes waiting to take off.    The highlights from Saturday included the world's longest/most expensive cab ride from Heathrow to our hotel (checking in at a cool 80 pounds) as well as a stop at a pub/restauran...
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