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Ode to the old-schoolers

By Ray Ratto
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

So if we follow the hip-hop and hoops theory to its logical conclusion, we're left with this: Allen Iverson gets the Wu Tang Clan, which leaves Larry Bird with Delbert McClinton, Magic Johnson with the Ohio Players, Kevin McHale with U2, Bill Russell with John Coltrane, and Jerry West with Ernest Tubb. In fact, this has the makings of a deliciously weird yet very tavern-ready bar game. Name a player, and name the artist that most reminds you of that player. Of course, this trivializes the soc ...

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