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Weekend Dime: Scouts' view from quarter pole

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Friday, March 6, 2009

It's a common mistake made by sports writers who like to make incremental sweeps through the leagues they're covering. I messed it up more than once until a few patient readers woke me up. The quarter pole in the NBA is not reached 20-ish games into the season. The quarter pole is where we are now, with 20 (or so) games to go.

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