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Have you heard of Harthorne Wingo, the only documented case of a New York City street baller going from asphalt to NBA?
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Are you aware that teams are forbidden from trading back-to-back first round picks because former Cavaliers owner Ted Stepien traded away five consecutive first round picks in the early 1980s?
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Has it ever occurred to you that the first non-white NBA player was not black, but an Asian-American baller named Wataru Misaka, who played three games for the New York Knicks of the old BAA during the 1947-48 season?
No? Yes? What the heck are these guys going on about?
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