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It became a ritual for Williams and his teammates at Illinois: Someone would talk trash randomly about getting an edge in practice knowing the dispute would be settled on the court after hours.

Sports history is full dominate teams such as the 1995 Cleveland Indians and 2007 New England Patriots whose monumental seasons ended without a championship banner to hang following year.

The latest was Aaron Brooks being released Friday as part of a buyout. But that came after the Kings spent most of the last four months trying to sort through options at point guard among current candidates and a good portion of the last several years scanning the globe for a solution.

It didn't take Matt Dickey long to learn about the huge differences between college and pro basketball.