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The Sixth Man

As I write this, it’s late September, and we’re staring head-on at the beginning of the NBA preseason. The NBA regular season will start a couple weeks later. And the NCAA regular season isn’t far away, either. It’s all happening.

Which is to say that, Wow, OK, yeah: Summer is

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