This column originally ran in the print edition of The Japan Times on Jan. 22, 1999, approximately nine months before Wilt Chamberlain died.
Well, it's been a week now since Michael Jordan checked out of the NBA for what looks like the last time. Despite his departure, the league and its 29 teams will begin an abbreviated season on Feb. 5.
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