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Does losing matter to Dream Team?

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Does losing matter to Dream Team?

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Having already devoted the better part of two blogs to the U.S. men’s basketball team, I will not add anymore to the landfills of newsprint (or in this case, gigabytes of web text) already accordedto the squad’sstruggles (way to lay down the hammer on Angola yesterday guys!). I would, however, like to relate a scene (a parable of sorts) I witnessed some years ago — let’s say, in 1997 — at a rec center in an unnamed Southern city (let’s call it “Jackson, Mississippi”). It was late summer and the regular crew of streetballers had gathered for afternoon pickup games. Most had parked their cars where most people do, that being in the parking lot, between the helpful white lines. One gleaming SUV, however, had been driven right up onto the curb in front of the door to the gym. To get in, you had to walk around the car. Its owner was inside, playing ball. An NBA point guard who shall remain nameless — for the sake of this story, we’ll refer to him as “Lindsey.” He was in the prime of his

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