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Trade clock ticks for players' union, too

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Monday, February 3, 2003

Editor's note: As part of "The Stein Line" every Monday, ESPN.com senior NBA writer Marc Stein takes you around the league for the latest news in "Coast to Coast." The trading deadline is 17 days away, so we know what you want to see. Trades. Problem is, almost everyone in the league is trying to do the same thing these days -- stockpile expiring contracts largely for the purpose of dropping below the luxury-tax threshold. As Hawks general manager Pete Babcock told our own David Aldridge rece ...

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