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Seeing the Mavericks now makes it impossible not to think of the Lakers then, whether it’s Anthony Davis hitting mid-range jumpers or Vogel, Kidd, Handy, Penberthy and Anthrop all sitting together on the bench. Between last February’s Luka Dončić trade and Kidd’s coaching staff mirroring Vogel’s in 2020, the two franchises are tightly intertwined. “It was the pinnacle of my coaching career,” Vogel told The Athletic on Wednesday after Dallas beat the Lakers in a preseason game. “I haven’t been back on top since, and so I just cherish the opportunity that the Lakers gave me back then with that team. I’ve been talking to Kyrie (Irving) a little bit this year about how we had such a strong coaching staff but also the talent that we had and how the pieces fit. …We were able to do something special.”
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