“You take the best darned player. If...
“You take the best darned player. If you have two players who are equal, take the bigger one.... Hopefully, you learn to speak Chinese.”
Jerry West, president of the Memphis Grizzlies, on 7-foot-5 Yao Ming’s prospects in the NBA draft.
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