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Playoff performance matters not

By Jordan Brenner
ESPN Insider

Monday, June 8, 2009

This article appears in the June 15 issue of ESPN The Magazine. Let your mind wander back a year. Immerse yourself in the sensations of late spring -- in particular, the tension and exhilaration of the 2008 NBA playoffs. Feel yourself lean closer to the TV, just as you did each time a certain young star broke from the pack, pushed the ball into the open court, one more highlight about to happen. Remember how in those moments, still palpable today, his ascension seemed inevitable. A golden ...

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