There was James Worthy and his devastating turnaround jumper, and that beard made him look like a 40-year old.

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Led by Magic Johnson, James Worthy and Kareem Abdul Jabbar, the Lakers played electrifying fast break basketball and dazzled the fans.

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The 1982 team lost to eventual national champion North Carolina led by Michael Jordan, James Worthy and Sam Perkins 52-50 in the final minute.

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Stern fined the Los Angeles Lakers in 1990 after coach Pat Riley rested Magic Johnson and James Worthy in a regular season finale against Portland.

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He still does: At a fantasy basketball clinic in 1998with NBA icons James Worthy and Clyde Drexler, Jacobs got faked off a dribble by a colleague and, in frustration, threw an elbow that almost hit a woman player.

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The new collection is comprised of nine different pairs of socks in various team colors, featuring iconic photos of 10 basketball greats: Larry Bird, Julius Erving, Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dennis Rodman, Kenny Smith, Bill Walton, James Worthy, and one pair that features both John Sockman Stockton and Karl Malone.

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Only Christensen and his co-authors, James Allworth and Karen Dillon, hope that goal is a worthy and fulfilling life.

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