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“I don’t get that. I don’t understand that. … One minute he’s gonna take on the whole world, and then, 12 hours later, he’s sucking down pills. Why?”
“Why? ‘Cause people are f—–g incomprehensible. (That’s) why.”
Marty Bach, “Michael Clayton,” 2007
There is rarely a surprise in the NBA. When a coach is about to be fired, a lot of people know it’s coming, starting with the coach. When an elite free agent is about to enter the market, the smart people in this league know 18 months ahead of time where he’s going.
The connected, often incestuous network of players, families, friends and
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