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Article: NBA, VEGAS MADE FOR EACH OTHER.(Sports)(Column)

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February 12, 2007
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Byline: NORMAN CHAD Columnist

FOR THE FIRST time in its history, the NBA will hold its All-Star Game in a non-NBA city - Las Vegas.

Who signed off on that one, Charles Barkley?

(Actually, it was NBA uber-czar David Stern, a man so image-conscious, he airbrushes his driver's license photo.)

Las Vegas and the NBA have plenty in common:

The Mirage has a volcano, the Pistons have Rasheed Wallace.

The Flamingo once was run by Bugsy Siegel, the Hornets once were run by Muggsy Bogues.

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