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Point Not Taken

By Ric Bucher

Friday, October 10, 2008

They're all waiting. The father who made him do push-ups at 5 a.m. when he was 9. The high school coach who battled with the young phenom, only to see him win two state titles elsewhere. The current coach who refused to trade him for a seventime All-Star. The teammates who long for a new floor leader, current floor leader included. The notoriously chintzy owner who is—was?—all set to give him a seven-figure extension even though, three years in, he has yet to lock up a starting spot. ...

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