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LOS ANGELES — In some respects, Jordan Clarkson has already arrived.
The 23-year-old University of Missouri product earned first-team All-Rookie honors last season while bringing hope to forlorn fans of the Los Angeles Lakers. He's spent the summer touring around Asia, including a week-and-a-half in the Philippines (his mother is half Filipino) and working out with longtime trainer Drew Hanlen, whose growing list of clientele is littered with the NBA's elite.
But in so many other ways, Clarkson is still climbing uphill.
The Lakers, fresh off of their worst campaign in franchise history, spent...
He's 81 years young today. A legend, a pioneer, and maybe the most forgotten player given what he did and was capable of doing on the floor. He was Dr. J before Julius and MJ before Michael.
