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We were going to rip the meetings, but ...

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

NAPLES, Fla. -- We must admit, we came to the GMs meetings fully expecting to savage the league for its decision to hold this get-together after the trade deadline, thus sucking the life out of any buzz that might otherwise have surrounded the event. In the previous two years, the GMs' midwinter meetings were held about a week before the trade deadline, providing no end to story lines surrounding the game. The number of media in attendance in those two years was significantly greater than the h ...

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