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This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things XXV

by Tom Ziller

From ESPN, August 25, 2004:

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The Dallas Mavericks got a big man, completing an eight-player sign-and-trade deal Tuesday that will bring Erick Dampier from the Golden State Warriors.

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In the deal, Dampier will receive a seven-year, $73 million contract, ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher has learned.

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