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This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things XXXVIII

by Tom Ziller
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This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: An NBA Lockout Explainer (Of Sorts)
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In November 2008, the Golden State Warriors signed 30-year-old Stephen Jackson to a three-year extension worth $28 million ... despite the fact that Jackson was already locked up through 2010.

↵The Warriors finished the 2008-09 season with a 29-53 record. A year after signing the extension, Jackson was traded to the Bobcats for an injured Raja Bell and a Vladimir Radmanovic-y Vladimir Radmanovic.

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