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It was February 9, and Darko Milicic was awakened by the sound of the telephone. He was fast asleep. As he fumbled for the phone, he looked up at the clock. It was 2 a.m. 2 a.m.? Milicic didn't know anyone who would call at that hour. He had practice in a few hours, and, heck, he was only 17. He needed his sleep. This had better be good, he thought.
Turns out, it was better than good. Semi Pajovic, who works with Milicic's representatives, was calling to say he had just gotten a phone call from Marc Cornstein, Milicic's agent. About 5,000 miles away in Atlanta, NBA commissioner David Stern had announced during a press conference that the league had come to an ...