Article: The Philadelphia Inquirer David Aldridge column: Dampier and Diop fuel Dallas with big D.(basketball players Erick Dampier and DeSagana Diop)(Column)

Byline: David Aldridge

Jun. 13--MIAMI -- He could have played with LeBron James for the next 10 years. It would have been a breeze: apprentice for a couple of more seasons behind Zydrunas Ilgauskas, then step in to reap all the reflected glory from the Chosen One. But DeSagana Diop chose a different path. "This is great," the fifth-year center said early yesterday morning, in an emptying Dallas Mavericks locker room. "Playing in the Finals? I'll take this over that." It is but one of a half-dozen decisions made in the last couple of years in Big D that have the Mavericks halfway to their first NBA championship. Game 3 of the best-of-seven series is ...

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