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Rebuilding starts on offense

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Monday, August 14, 2006

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Sometimes, drafts aren't complicated. Often on draft day, you see general managers and coaches scrambling in their draft rooms like stock brokers in the midst of a massive sell-off. Not in San Francisco. Mike Nolan inherited one of the league's toughest coaching jobs, but in terms of talent acquisition, the decisions have been easy. When the cupboard is bare, the solution is simple -- take the best athletes available. As much as Nolan would love to follow the blueprint o ...

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