online.wsj.com - 5/25/2008
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. . . in 1987, before the advent of the Bad Boys, Mr. Johnson was just an everyday sixth man. I was 9 years old. My father, a car salesman, was selling Fords at the biggest dealer in Phoenix and the upstart Pistons were in town to play the lowly Suns.
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