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The Great Basketball ExodusWhat would happen if America's best high-school hoopsters went to Europe? A Slate thought experiment.
Posted Thursday, July 10, 2008, at 4:03 PM ETSlate has conducted two previous thought experiments. Daniel Engber asked what would happen if we banned polling during election season. Engber also wondered what the consequences would be if professional sports allowed doping. Slate readers weighed in a few days later.
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