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Old Wed Feb 28, 2018, 01:49pm
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The key used to look like a key:



And then along came Leroy Edwards, George Mikan, Bob Kurland, Bill Russell, and Wilt Chamberlain. As these imposing centers dominated the paint, scoring at will, the key was widened, and widened again. As big men continue to get taller, stronger, and faster, the rules continue to evolve.
And it then stopped looking like a key but the name persists. It looks more like a tombstone now.
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Old Wed Feb 28, 2018, 02:15pm
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And it then stopped looking like a key but the name persists. It looks more like a tombstone now.
Appropriately -- the way kids are shooting FTs these days, it's where games go to die.
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Old Wed Feb 28, 2018, 04:33pm
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Appropriately -- the way kids are shooting FTs these days, it's where games go to die.
Niiice! LOL!
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