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Dave D’Alessandro on the Lakers<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Two millennia and four centuries ago, Pericles observed that an empire, once acquired, is a very dangerous thing to let go. Of course, he was more preoccupied with establishing a democracy while fighting off the plague, so his problems were different from Phil Jackson’s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unfortunately, I think the Lakers are going to win the finals in 5 games, which is much better than the Athenians ended up doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dave D’Alessandro on the Lakers: Two millennia and four centuries ago, Pericles observed that an empire, once acquired, is a very dangerous thing to let go. Of course, he was more preoccupied with establishing a democracy while fighting off the plague, so his problems were different from Phil Jackson’s. Unfortunately, I think the Lakers are … <\/p>\n

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