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Found October 05, 2009 on SLAM Online:
(Too Much?) Power to Influence
TEAMS: Memphis Grizzlies,  Boston Celtics,  Los Angeles Clippers,  Milwaukee Bucks,  New Orleans Hornets
PLAYERS: Casey Jacobsen,  Kevin Garnett,  Baron Davis,  Stephon Marbury,  Keith Bogans,  Tyson Chandler
by Casey Jacobsen When I was a boy, all I wanted to do was play sports with my friends in my suburban neighborhood of Glendora, CA. I was tall, but not huge. I wasn’t fast, but not slow either. I could jump well, but that was by “white boy” standards. And although I come from family with basketball history (my father and two older brothers played college basketball), no one in their right mind would have predicted that I would make it to the NBA when they saw me at 13. Even after two years of...
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