blogs.mercurynews.com - 5/30/2008
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The king is dead. Time to pick over the remains of the king.
Last time I sorted out the future of the Western Conference, it was Feb. 18, and Shaquille O’Neal, Jason Kidd and Chris Webber had all arrived with new West teams.
Since then… O’Neal and Kidd couldn’t help Phoenix...
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