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A power outage at the four

By Chad Ford
ESPN Insider

Thursday, June 17, 2004

What do Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett, Chris Webber, Ben Wallace, Karl Malone, Jermaine O'Neal, Kenyon Martin, and Pau Gasol have in common? It just so happens that this year, the top-nine teams in the league (according to record) also have, arguably, the top-nine power forwards in the league. What a coincidence. The big guys matter, folks. That's why teams go nuts over power players in the draft. In 2002, six power forwards were drafted in the lottery. In 2001, the first thr ...

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