There are two rather blatant factual errors in that article.
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Nowitzki was drafted by Milwaukee in 1998 before being traded to Dallas later that night for the late Robert Traylor (the Bucks had to include another first rounder, Pat Garrity, to get the Mavericks to bite).
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Get the Mavericks to bite? Dirk was their man all along and the trade was pre-arranged. The Bucks were a willing co-conspirator in order to get their man (Traylor) and were willing to give up what the Suns were asking for (Garrity) for Nash.
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Dirk has never missed a playoff game, so any examination of his team’s W-L records with and without him needs to be made using regular season data.
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The '03 West Finals beg to differ.
The point of the article is correct, but still, I don't know how you write about this stuff without being aware of it.