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		<title>By: latchbeam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@ money  Rando has a torn ACL... You are better than him right now!  To all the others talking about the Lebron&#039;s decision, if you think it wasn&#039;t about him primarily feeding his ego, then you don&#039;t have enough common sense to talk about Lebron.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ money  Rando has a torn ACL&#8230; You are better than him right now!  To all the others talking about the Lebron&#8217;s decision, if you think it wasn&#8217;t about him primarily feeding his ego, then you don&#8217;t have enough common sense to talk about Lebron.</p>
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		<title>By: troy10</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[troy10]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WELL progress,

That&#039;s great you don&#039;t have knowledge.. but you really didn&#039;t answer my question..  all you did was attempt some tired old internet tough guy routine.  I guess you told me!  
You must REALLY have a man crush on LeBron, because even people still like him admit that the decision was in poor taste.  Hell, he HIMSELF has  admitted he wishes he would have handled that differently.  And he regrets &quot;The Decision&quot;.   
So what does that say about you?  HA]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WELL progress,</p>
<p>That&#8217;s great you don&#8217;t have knowledge.. but you really didn&#8217;t answer my question..  all you did was attempt some tired old internet tough guy routine.  I guess you told me!<br />
You must REALLY have a man crush on LeBron, because even people still like him admit that the decision was in poor taste.  Hell, he HIMSELF has  admitted he wishes he would have handled that differently.  And he regrets &#8220;The Decision&#8221;.<br />
So what does that say about you?  HA</p>
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		<title>By: thekingdave</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[thekingdave]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 04:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t remember you rebuking any point I made. Alas, I guess I&#039;m just a &quot;hater&quot;.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t remember you rebuking any point I made. Alas, I guess I&#8217;m just a &#8220;hater&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: progress2011</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[progress2011]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 04:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[YEP...self proclaimed king of NOTHIN !!!

They should start with you cause ALL of your attempts at making a LOGICAL point have been shot down with force. 

Come back when you are 17&#039;ish !!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>YEP&#8230;self proclaimed king of NOTHIN !!!</p>
<p>They should start with you cause ALL of your attempts at making a LOGICAL point have been shot down with force. </p>
<p>Come back when you are 17&#8242;ish !!!</p>
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		<title>By: thekingdave</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[thekingdave]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 04:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man, they really should start requiring people to be at least 16 years old to be eligibility for a Wordpress account.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Man, they really should start requiring people to be at least 16 years old to be eligibility for a WordPress account.</p>
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		<title>By: progress2011</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[progress2011]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WELL Troy,

I only re-stated Queen Daves comment, about sneezing a million dollars. 

I don&#039;t have working knowledge of LBJ&#039;s accounting. I don&#039;t do his taxes. 

To end the discussion....why don&#039;t all of LBJ&#039;s critics about &quot;THE DECISION&quot; donate a Million Dollars on his behalf....then you can tell another grown man how to handle his business.

OH....&quot;You Don&#039;t Got A Million Bucks To Spare&quot;......then please shut your face !]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WELL Troy,</p>
<p>I only re-stated Queen Daves comment, about sneezing a million dollars. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t have working knowledge of LBJ&#8217;s accounting. I don&#8217;t do his taxes. </p>
<p>To end the discussion&#8230;.why don&#8217;t all of LBJ&#8217;s critics about &#8220;THE DECISION&#8221; donate a Million Dollars on his behalf&#8230;.then you can tell another grown man how to handle his business.</p>
<p>OH&#8230;.&#8221;You Don&#8217;t Got A Million Bucks To Spare&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;then please shut your face !</p>
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		<title>By: clevelandschronic2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[clevelandschronic2]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why would kyrie leave. Have you read any of the comments he makes about how he loves his team and the organization. Read his comments from yesterday all he talked about was representing the city and the organization this weekend. You&#039;re insane.!!

Ps hes under team control til like 2017, Cavs are the talk of the allstar wknd. All those picks are gonna be only adding to this talented roster. So future is only getting brighter]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why would kyrie leave. Have you read any of the comments he makes about how he loves his team and the organization. Read his comments from yesterday all he talked about was representing the city and the organization this weekend. You&#8217;re insane.!!</p>
<p>Ps hes under team control til like 2017, Cavs are the talk of the allstar wknd. All those picks are gonna be only adding to this talented roster. So future is only getting brighter</p>
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		<title>By: ecreech410</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ecreech410]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The future is bright in Cleveland. Whether or not LeBron comes back (and I think he does) we have Dion, Tristan, Kyrie ,Tyler, Andy and a 2013 top 5 pick as the core. We also have a ton of cap space in 2014 (LeBron?) and all our own first round picks forever along with Miami&#039;s first rounders in &#039;13 and &#039;15, Memphis&#039; 1st round pick sometime from &#039;15-&#039;19 and that Sacramento pick we got for JJ Hickson. Plus, I bet Chris Grant takes on a bad &#039;13/14 contract for more first rounders..


So if LeBron does come back it would be:

PG Kyrie
SG Dion
SF LeBron
PF Tristan
C Andy / Tyler
+ 2013 top 5 pick 

Not too shabby from where we were after LeBron left...plus conceivably we could trade Andy&#039;s $9.8 million expiring contract in &#039;14 and some of those first rounders for a decent player...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The future is bright in Cleveland. Whether or not LeBron comes back (and I think he does) we have Dion, Tristan, Kyrie ,Tyler, Andy and a 2013 top 5 pick as the core. We also have a ton of cap space in 2014 (LeBron?) and all our own first round picks forever along with Miami&#8217;s first rounders in &#8217;13 and &#8217;15, Memphis&#8217; 1st round pick sometime from &#8217;15-&#8217;19 and that Sacramento pick we got for JJ Hickson. Plus, I bet Chris Grant takes on a bad &#8217;13/14 contract for more first rounders..</p>
<p>So if LeBron does come back it would be:</p>
<p>PG Kyrie<br />
SG Dion<br />
SF LeBron<br />
PF Tristan<br />
C Andy / Tyler<br />
+ 2013 top 5 pick </p>
<p>Not too shabby from where we were after LeBron left&#8230;plus conceivably we could trade Andy&#8217;s $9.8 million expiring contract in &#8217;14 and some of those first rounders for a decent player&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: adoombray</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[adoombray]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Players are not in Phoenix, they are in Houston. If they were in Phoenix, i&#039;d be buying you a beer and urging you to proofread your site better in person. You miss the proper pronoun in almost every article you post man, and i&#039;m not trying to be a troll here, i&#039;m legitimately hoping someone at NBC reads this and gives the &quot;lead editor&quot; an editor...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Players are not in Phoenix, they are in Houston. If they were in Phoenix, i&#8217;d be buying you a beer and urging you to proofread your site better in person. You miss the proper pronoun in almost every article you post man, and i&#8217;m not trying to be a troll here, i&#8217;m legitimately hoping someone at NBC reads this and gives the &#8220;lead editor&#8221; an editor&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: money2long</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[money2long]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[i said rondo had the edge on him at the moment, and apparently kyrie may subtly agree when saying in 3 yrs he&#039;d be the best.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i said rondo had the edge on him at the moment, and apparently kyrie may subtly agree when saying in 3 yrs he&#8217;d be the best.</p>
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		<title>By: troy10</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[troy10]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like you said... LeBron sneezes out a million dollars.   So... instead of that LOOK AT ME thing he did with Jim Gray.. and the &quot;Decision&quot;.  Why didn&#039;t Lebron donate the 3 million dollars (that was raised) to the charity and just leave quietly with out all the hoopla??  
Imagine how good he would have looked like then.... he just quietly announces he&#039;s going to Miami and he&#039;s donating (since he sneezes millions) 3 million to the boys and girls club.  He would have been praised instead of rightfully vilified!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like you said&#8230; LeBron sneezes out a million dollars.   So&#8230; instead of that LOOK AT ME thing he did with Jim Gray.. and the &#8220;Decision&#8221;.  Why didn&#8217;t Lebron donate the 3 million dollars (that was raised) to the charity and just leave quietly with out all the hoopla??<br />
Imagine how good he would have looked like then&#8230;. he just quietly announces he&#8217;s going to Miami and he&#8217;s donating (since he sneezes millions) 3 million to the boys and girls club.  He would have been praised instead of rightfully vilified!</p>
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		<title>By: progress2011</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[progress2011]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your lack of Business Economics 101 does not help you to understand that a Million Dollars, is still a Million Dollars....then you are beyond help. 

Based on the simple fact that, the network was willing to donate a Million Dollars on his behalf, he can deduct that contribution from his taxes.........WOW !!!

That&#039;s a marvelous Business Economic plan! 

Dude I&#039;m gonna shut it down here because I need you to pay me, if I&#039;m gonna be your economics instructor (that&#039;s also a great business decision to get paid for your services). 

I will leave you with a free tip - Sign up for some economics or business classes.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If your lack of Business Economics 101 does not help you to understand that a Million Dollars, is still a Million Dollars&#8230;.then you are beyond help. </p>
<p>Based on the simple fact that, the network was willing to donate a Million Dollars on his behalf, he can deduct that contribution from his taxes&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;WOW !!!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a marvelous Business Economic plan! </p>
<p>Dude I&#8217;m gonna shut it down here because I need you to pay me, if I&#8217;m gonna be your economics instructor (that&#8217;s also a great business decision to get paid for your services). </p>
<p>I will leave you with a free tip &#8211; Sign up for some economics or business classes.</p>
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		<title>By: thekingdave</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[thekingdave]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, you absolutely need to get your head checked if you truly believe the SOLE PURPOSE of the decision was to raise money. If that was the case, why not get a respected journalist to moderate a &quot;great cause&quot; such as Mike Tirico as opposed to slime ball Jim Gray. The charity was a cover. It represent&#039;s the height of LBJ&#039;s narcissism. Luckily his inner circle has learned their lesson.

Your broke athletes argument holds zero weight. These former players&#039; career earnings pale in comparison to what LBJ brings down in one year.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, you absolutely need to get your head checked if you truly believe the SOLE PURPOSE of the decision was to raise money. If that was the case, why not get a respected journalist to moderate a &#8220;great cause&#8221; such as Mike Tirico as opposed to slime ball Jim Gray. The charity was a cover. It represent&#8217;s the height of LBJ&#8217;s narcissism. Luckily his inner circle has learned their lesson.</p>
<p>Your broke athletes argument holds zero weight. These former players&#8217; career earnings pale in comparison to what LBJ brings down in one year.</p>
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		<title>By: wwttww</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[wwttww]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regardless, Kyrie ain&#039;t sticking around with the Cavs too much longer.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regardless, Kyrie ain&#8217;t sticking around with the Cavs too much longer.</p>
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		<title>By: clevelandschronic2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[clevelandschronic2]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love everything thats being done by GILBERT &amp; Grant.  Stacking all these draft picks and the trades that have been made is smart. Save the cap space for irving and lets maybe package some picks to move up the draft and get a star SF or C. Or just save em and wait til another team decides to trade their star and we will be a contender as all these young players continue to grow  either way i have full faith in Gilbert and Co.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love everything thats being done by GILBERT &amp; Grant.  Stacking all these draft picks and the trades that have been made is smart. Save the cap space for irving and lets maybe package some picks to move up the draft and get a star SF or C. Or just save em and wait til another team decides to trade their star and we will be a contender as all these young players continue to grow  either way i have full faith in Gilbert and Co.</p>
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		<title>By: progress2011</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[progress2011]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Queendave,

Why should I check myself?  

Even if he does sneeze out a million dollars...doing a televised infomercial that raised a million dollars for his charity is a GREAT &quot;BUSINESS DECISION&quot;. 

Have you not heard of all the ex-atheletes that go broke because they splurge too much. I&#039;m happy for LBJ to keep that Million in his pocket....

But still raise money for his charity ! Which is much more important that the emotions of some Fan-atical fans that don&#039;t understand BUSINESS. 

Check that !]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Queendave,</p>
<p>Why should I check myself?  </p>
<p>Even if he does sneeze out a million dollars&#8230;doing a televised infomercial that raised a million dollars for his charity is a GREAT &#8220;BUSINESS DECISION&#8221;. </p>
<p>Have you not heard of all the ex-atheletes that go broke because they splurge too much. I&#8217;m happy for LBJ to keep that Million in his pocket&#8230;.</p>
<p>But still raise money for his charity ! Which is much more important that the emotions of some Fan-atical fans that don&#8217;t understand BUSINESS. </p>
<p>Check that !</p>
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		<title>By: thekingdave</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[thekingdave]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@progress2011

The decision was done for the sole purpose or raising money for charity? Check yourself dude, LBJ sneezes out a million dollars.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@progress2011</p>
<p>The decision was done for the sole purpose or raising money for charity? Check yourself dude, LBJ sneezes out a million dollars.</p>
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		<title>By: progress2011</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[progress2011]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree Michael,

Hopefully, the emergence of Irving will allow the city of Cleveland to restore their economy, after the departure of Lebron. 

The local economy lost millions (probably a billion) in revenue after LBJ left. Which I believe was the main reason the city was so mad because the guy did everything right, pertaining to his contract. 

Plus his &quot;decision interview&quot; was primarily done to raise a MILLION BUCKS for the boys and girls club. 

I&#039;m happy for Clevelanders. But they better spend some money and put some talent around Kyrie or he&#039;s gonna dip too. 

What franchises, cities and owners have to understand is - players work for you. It&#039;s BUSINESS. 
So all the crocadile tears from fans and owners are irrelevant. 

Owners make business decisions to protect their interests..... Athletes are afforded the same opportunity because their talent is their business and they can take it to the market that will build the best prospectus/ portfolio for their ........BUSINESS !]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree Michael,</p>
<p>Hopefully, the emergence of Irving will allow the city of Cleveland to restore their economy, after the departure of Lebron. </p>
<p>The local economy lost millions (probably a billion) in revenue after LBJ left. Which I believe was the main reason the city was so mad because the guy did everything right, pertaining to his contract. </p>
<p>Plus his &#8220;decision interview&#8221; was primarily done to raise a MILLION BUCKS for the boys and girls club. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m happy for Clevelanders. But they better spend some money and put some talent around Kyrie or he&#8217;s gonna dip too. </p>
<p>What franchises, cities and owners have to understand is &#8211; players work for you. It&#8217;s BUSINESS.<br />
So all the crocadile tears from fans and owners are irrelevant. </p>
<p>Owners make business decisions to protect their interests&#8230;.. Athletes are afforded the same opportunity because their talent is their business and they can take it to the market that will build the best prospectus/ portfolio for their &#8230;&#8230;..BUSINESS !</p>
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		<title>By: Michael DeCicco</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael DeCicco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grant &amp; Gilbert have done a great job giving Clevelanders hope. If Waiters, Thompson and Zeller can grow into above-average, consistent players (which is the big, big if), they may have a shot at becoming a contender in the future... behind Irving of course. That kid is just flat out unbelievable. Believeland!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Grant &amp; Gilbert have done a great job giving Clevelanders hope. If Waiters, Thompson and Zeller can grow into above-average, consistent players (which is the big, big if), they may have a shot at becoming a contender in the future&#8230; behind Irving of course. That kid is just flat out unbelievable. Believeland!</p>
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