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An idea the NBA should consider: Team LeBron should wear No. 8. Team Giannis, No. 24. All of them.
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Mike D’Antoni, asked about his teams lack of size: “All our guys can touch the rim.”
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Sabonis is good. But moving Haliburton, a second-year, 21-year old guard who hands out seven-plus assists and shoots 40% from three ... I don't know.
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That LeBron James is likely going to break the NBA's scoring record and crack the top-five in all-time assists (passing Mark Jackson and Steve Nash) in the same week is pretty compelling evidence that James is the GOAT.
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From
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pushing for someone else to take the shot (because it was better), to Jacque Vaughn going along with it to Kyrie making it — this was great.
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Danny Green says his fiance has received death threats in the aftermath of Green's missed three in the closing seconds of Game 5. Get a grip, Lakers fans.
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A very different statement from Cavs owner Dan Gilbert.
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A decade from now, I hope Bill Belichick, Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski do a televised special where they explain exactly what happened in New England these last two years.
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Michael Jordan, in tears, says Kobe is making him become another crying meme for three of four years.
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Masai Ujiri fired the coach of the year, rolled the dice on a rookie NBA head coach, traded away a franchise stalwart for an injured star on an expiring deal, and won a championship. That's about as good a year as you will ever see.
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Gregg Popovich on Texas lifting its mask mandate: "Getting rid of masks seems ignorant to me. It's like we have to have instant gratification. We have to act like the pandemic is over. We already went through this once. We have to do it again?"
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Steven Adams, in Oklahoma City's warmup lines, stops to boo the Celtics as they take the floor.
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Players spoke passionately about voting and police reform, per sources. There's a sense from some that if owners don't come up with something that makes them believe staying will help move these important issues forward, this season is done.
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The NBA is still discussing how to handle its slate of games today, per sources.
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Daryl Morey, in a Philadelphia radio interview, confirming what's been widely believed: He will not be pressured into trading Ben Simmons. "People should buckle in," Morey said. "This is going to go a long time."
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All Utah Jazz players and personnel -- including Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell -- have been cleared by the Utah Department of Health, per team. DOH has determined that no Jazz player/staffer poses a risk of infection to others.
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You just can’t throw Draymond out for that. None of it happens if Sabonis doesn’t grab Green’s leg. Flagrant one, tech, whatever. But you can’t toss him from a game like this over a play like that.
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On the Lakers first offensive possession, they run the triangle offense, the Phil Jackson system Kobe Bryant thrived in for years.
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Football-like collision, with Walker's head down and going full speed into Semi's chest.
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Kyrie reacting to the Nets being unwilling to meet his contractual demands by effectively blowing up its season is a hell of a way to sell his next team on giving him a long term contract.
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Lakers get Davis without having to surrender Kyle Kuzma, important as they fill out the roster for next year. Pelicans get a haul, but this is a big day for Rob Pelinka. Lakers get their man.
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LeBron James exits Cleveland in 2018 and in four years Koby Altman -- through the draft and some shrewd trades -- has assembled a young, versatile title contender for years to come. Tremendous work by the Cavs GM.
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We gotta stop getting caught up in losses in boxing. Ryan was never finished after the loss to Tank. Devin isn’t somehow a lesser fighter now. Fighters win. Fighters lose. When you dare to be great at young ages—like Devin and Ryan have—nothings easy. That was an absolutely…
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Damian Lillard: “Something that’s missing in our league, the passion, the pride, not just for the name on the back but the name on the front.”
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That none of the cap space teams offered Austin Reaves $100 million over four this summer is looking dumber by the day. Lakers getting Reaves back for $56 million an outrageous bargain.
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Tom Brady, 43, has three touchdown passes in a conference championship game and LeBron James, 36, leads the defending champs and is a frontrunner for MVP. This era has a pair of incredible athletes.
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Column: In a single tweet, Daryl Morey highlighted the NBA's relationship with an oppressive government and shined a light on a reality: The NBA is fine with personnel engaging on social issues, just not ones that affect the bottom line
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Ime Udoka has considered the possibility of resigning, sources told
@SInow
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Arguable the best round in boxing history
The pride of Brockton, MA.
RIP, Marvelous Marvin Hagler.
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That
@JoelEmbiid
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Knicks are taking a public beating, but I've talked to several rival execs tonight who think the Knicks did the right thing. Kyrie wanted to be a Net. No one has any idea how Durant, at 32, will bounce back. Weak free agency class in 2020. Bad optics. Maybe not a bad decision.
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The problem with the anti-Jokic crowd isn't that they favor another player. It's that they think everyone that favors Jokic is stupid. Jokic had 24-18-13 last night against two elite big men in a close win over a top-five (record-wise) team. Do we just ignore that?
@JoelEmbiid
is the MVP. 6 blocks last night. I know some other MVP candidates would’ve gone Ja Viral😂on this play. Keep fooling yourself if you want😂
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You know who could use LaMarcus Aldridge?
The Portland Trail Blazers.
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At this point, Boston should take a flyer on
@IsaiahThomas
. Passion isn’t there. Energy isn’t there. Mental toughness, by the coaching staff’s own admission, isn’t there. Why not take a shot on a guy who keyed one of the better post-title runs in recent Celtics history?
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Miami re-signing Victor Oladipo, allowing him to rehab all season and then deploying him in a sixth man role in the playoffs could turn out to be one of the biggest offseason moves.
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James walks slowly to the locker room after taking that shot to the jaw. An aside: Grown men who run down steps to tell an injured player he sucks--like I just saw--are among the bigger losers out there.
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The Draymond situation feels like it's being adjudicated twice. He was ejected -- that should have been enough. This feels excessive, punitive and personal
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A reminder: This sherrif’s deputy filed a lawsuit against Masai Ujiri. What a joke.
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This has to be one of the more embarrassing moments in Chicago sports. Jerry Krause, whatever you think of how the Bulls dynasty ended, built a six-time champion. Worthy of this honor ten fold. Disgraceful to boo while his distraught widow watches on
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The most astonishing part about Paul George staying in OKC is that he didn't even meet with the Lakers. Speaks to how strong the bond was with Thunder, Westbrook.
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There’s nowhere you can go, your kids can go, your friends and family can go that isn’t at risk of getting shot up.
Not a political statement. Just a fact.
Our leaders need to do something.
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Logan Paul is 26, and used YouTube to become a social media star with the following that got the biggest boxing star of this generation in the ring with him.
He's right: He already won.
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What IT did in the 2016 playoffs was one of the most inspiring things I’ve ever seen. But the idea that the Celtics should have passed on the Irving deal because of it is ludicrous. Put 29 other teams in Boston’s position—they do the exact same thing.
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Preventing spread keeps getting framed as this unanswerable question. The NBA, NHL have shown the U.S. how to do it: Mandate masks, rapid testing, social distancing, no large gatherings. There is, literally, a blueprint.
Trump's COVID-19 infection shows "no lockdown" can prevent spread, Matt Gaetz says
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Lillard on the chants from the Philadelphia crowd, “the City of Brotherly Love … they showed me love.”
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Personal observation: Players are visibly shattered the last 48 hours. Many believed coming down to Orlando, using the platform would inspire change. See what happened in Wisconsin — it’s made many wonder if it was worth it.
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Boston might not be done-- the Celtics have Malcolm Brogdon's contract and a handful of first round picks to deal -- but on paper they flipped Smart and Grant Williams for Porzingis. A contract year version of Porzingis. If that's it, they got worse.
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Loma, Usyk, Klitschko, all in Ukraine, fighting for Ukraine. Amazing.
Vasyl Lomachenko has joined the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky Territorial Defense Battalion in Ukraine to defend his country from Vladimir Putin’s invasion by Russia…
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Incredible story from
@MuhammadAli
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Texting with a league exec who is monitoring the Simmons situation: "When sh-- goes south, this is how he reacts? Who wants a guy like that?"
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Wilder can exercise a rematch clause ... but I'd like to see Fury-Joshua first. The biggest fight in British boxing history for the undisputed heavyweight championship.
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Mat Ishbia pushed his front office to go all-in for Kevin Durant and just canned a coach several teams will likely fight for in the coming days. Ishbia is a far, far better owner than Robert Sarver but his inexperience -- and impatience -- is showing.
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Gordon Hayward has to have a long term offer out there. Because that's an enormous amount of money to walk away from.
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UFC boss Dana White has been vocal about Canelo-Kovalev not going up directly against Diaz-Masvidal on Saturday. DAZN apparently agrees with him. I'm told that Canelo-Kovalev won't start until after the Diaz-Masvidal is over. Win-win for crossover fans.
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Lot of scrambling among NBA executives trying to figure out why the Spurs waived Primo. "He's a talent," one exec texted. "Everyone is trying to find out what the hell happened."
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That Election Day isn't a national holiday is insane. We're a democracy: Don't we want to make it easier for everyone to vote? I'll trade you Columbus Day for Election Day, and we'll call it even.
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Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko tells ITV he intends to take up arms in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. "It's already a bloody war," says Klitschko. "I don't have another choice."
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Russell Westbrook thinking he was the last pick in the All-Star draft and responding by dropping 46 on the Wizards is the most Russell Westbrook thing ever.
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With Jokic and Barton on board, the Denver Nuggets will turn their attention to one more free agent: LeBron James. The Nuggets have been in contact with James's agent and will aggressively pursue a meeting.
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NFL remains the ratings king but this Antonio Brown stuff is like a 6 or a 7 on the NBA drama meter. I'm not even sure this is crazier than what Jimmy Butler did to get out of Minnesota.
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Quin Snyder, after Jordan Clarkson picks up a tech, says to one ref, "He got fouled twice on the three. He got fouled -- I haven't heard him say shit to a ref all year." ... another ref promptly t's Snyder up. Snyder: "What'd I say?"
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The continued success of Hard Knocks makes me puzzled why the NBA doesn’t approach an HBO or Showtime about it. The 0-16 Browns prove any team could work. Do one on Orlando or Phoenix or Atlanta—teams that could use the buzz. It would kill.
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Evan Turner (
@thekidet
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I’m here for all of this.
@JalenRose
and
@realchriswebber
did too much for the game together for whatever came between them to last any longer. Great moment.
"You made it to the Hall of Fame! ... Well deserved!"
@JalenRose
and Chris Webber reminiscing after Webber's Hall of Fame 2021 class announcement is so special 🙌
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Nick Nurse recalls telling the team after Game 2 that they would get one back in Oakland. Kawhi Leonard, Nurse said, replied “(Expletive) that, let’s get two.”
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Jaylen Brown has every right to be irritated by more trade chatter. He's an All-Star, a two-way player who just helped (and at times pushed) a team to the Finals. And he's getting better. But whether it's Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis or now KD, he's constantly in trade talks.
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Why plus/minus is one of the dumbest NBA statistics: Duncan Robinson, who missed all five of his shots, was plus-3. Tyler Herro, who scored 37 points on 14-21 shooting, was a minus-4.
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Jokic is 28, an NBA champion, the overwhelming favorite to win his third MVP with a game that should age extremely well. Starting to think that the only thing that could keep Jokic off an NBA Mt. Rushmore is him deciding in his early 30's that he wants to do something else.
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Danny Ainge drafted Robert Williams, Grant Williams and Payton Pritchard, not to mention executing the trade that got Tatum and Brown. Stevens reacquired Horford, got White and Theis at the deadline and will get votes for Exec of the Year.
Funny how the Boston Celtics took off once Danny Ainge and Brad Stevens were out of the way
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This is where I will miss a reaction from Tommy Heinsohn.
Kyrie is back in Boston, burning sage before the Nets face the Celtics:
(via
@NBCSCeltics
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Critics of NBA players speaking out on social/political issues that cite players wealth are completely oblivious to the fact that most of these athletes dug themselves out of abject poverty to get it.
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Golden State could quickly become a frontrunner for Jrue Holiday. Warriors have the contract (CP), blue chip prospects (Kuminga/Moody) and the draft capital to get it done.
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On CNN, New York City mayor-elect Eric Adams says the city will not be changing its vaccine requirements, effectively closing the door on an unvaccinated Kyrie Irving playing for the Nets this season.
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I am taking a victory lap on this one. Been saying and writing all week that Adalaide Byrd was going to do this. Incredibly predictable.
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Heat requested that American Airlines Arena be designated as a polling place this fall.
Miami-Dade County officials declined.
To say the Heat are upset would be an understatement.
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With so many deals likely to be agreed to right at 6:01, it's time for the NBA to revisit it's offseason schedule. Free agency should open before the draft, eliminating much of this tampering goofiness and giving teams a chance to draft based on what happens in free agency.
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Luke Campbell told people in his locker room that Ryan Garcia is the hardest puncher he has ever faced. And that he was impressed with how well Garcia set up that KO shot.
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Toyota Center in Houston will become a vote center this fall, per Rockets. Arena will be open to any registered voter in Harris County from Oct. 13-30 and on Election Day, Nov. 3. Hours of operation will run seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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The drumbeat for Rudy Gobert-for-MVP needs to get louder.
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The Knicks could have double max space and the No. 1 pick this summer. They could have two stars and Zion. Or ... they could have nothing. This is a big risk.
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Both Boston and Holiday have been thrilled with the partnership, I’m told. Celtics knew what it would take to extend Kristaps Porzingis when they acquired him. Similarly, Holiday. Once Tatum gets his deal, the core of the NBA’s top overall seed will be locked in for years to come
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And there it is: The completely unhinged Adrien Broner interview, where he declares he won clearly, says the fix was in to set up Pacquiao-Mayweather, and says he could beat up Jim Gray.
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Law firm Philly hired says they connected the burner accounts to Bryan Colangelo’s wife, Barbara, and that in interviews she admitted to establishing and operating the accounts.
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Hearing in LA there is a strong likelihood that Boston—if it wants it—can secure the NBA’s All Star game in 2022. Boston last hosted the game in 1964.
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So you need a bachelor's degree to be an effective agent? Or does the NCAA think an agent having a bachelor's degree will encourage a player to stay in school? If true, the NCAA needs to walk this awful criteria back.
Sources: The NCAA has officially added criteria for agents who wish to represent student athletes testing the waters for the NBA Draft.
Criteria:
- Bachelor's Degree
- Certified with NBPA for a minimum of three years
- Take an in-person exam at the NCAA Office in Indianapolis
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I'm apolitical here, but: Our government has to stop telling us how awesome it is doing, and actually do something.
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Grant Williams struggled in the second half -- some in Boston believe his looming free agency got in his head -- but was a 41% three-point shooter in 58 games before the All-Star break. Don't forget: Celtics are not in the '22 Finals if Williams doesn't make seven three's in Game…
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This is like next level pettiness.
Bio graphic on MSG Network of Kristaps Porzingis showed during Sunday’s game mentions the exit meeting he skipped at the end of his rookie season.
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That's it for
@paulpierce34
: 19 seasons, 170 playoff games, 26,000-plus points and one title. A first ballot Hall of Famer.
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Question is no longer if players are prepared to boycott one game — that’s happened. It’s how many they will. There have been discussions amongst several teams, notably Toronto, about going home.
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Or a reality check from the best team in the NBA
I'm ready for the OKC hype to get really loud if they beat Denver today. Shai putting up 30, five guys averaging double-figures and Chet coming off a seven-block game against Cleveland. Lets see what they can do with Jokic and Co.
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The Nets and Wizards should just join forces as the eighth seed.
Brooklyn Nets forward Taurean Prince has tested positive for the coronavirus and will sit out the NBA’s restart in Orlando, sources tell ESPN.
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.
@Dame_Lillard
, asked about playing in another market, says "If everybody says I can't do it in Portland or we can't win, what does that mean when we actually do? My whole career people have been saying I should go. If we go and win it, then what? I want that day to come."
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Was there any better intro -- ever?
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