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COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — You should have seen MarJon Beauchamp last night.

Never mind, for a moment, his opponent (although even writing something like that, anymore, is slightly misleading). Just consider what the 6-foot-7, 200-pound-ish, former NBA first-rounder was doing on the court, in a game, wearing a USA jersey, no less.

It was the third quarter of a FIBA World Cup qualifying game against Nicaragua (yeah, yeah, again, leave that to the side for the moment). There were maybe a few hundred people in the stands at the arena where the Atlanta Hawks’ G League team plays, right next to the airport. The Americans were up 14 and had play

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