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James didn't wait until the playoffs to crack a couple of spines in L.A. After Pelinka recommended "Leadership: In Turbulent Times," by Doris Kearns Goodwin, James turned the pages on the collection of stories from the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson, hoping to glean lessons from some of the great leaders of the past. This season he also has read "Havana Nocturne," T.J. English's nonfiction account of the mob's expansion to Cuba. "I watch mob movies; I'm [a] huge mob movie [person], either fiction or nonfiction," James said. "Meyer Lansky, Lucky Luciano. All those guys. It's just who I am. 'The Godfather' is one of my favorites."

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Odds are that Porzingis will remain a Knick, and he views this dreadful season as a stepping stone. "I think this is really good experience for me, actually. It's a tough year, it's a tough everything. There's a quote, 'If the sea is smooth, you're never going to become a great sailor,'" Porzingis said, invoking Franklin D. Roosevelt. "So that's how I always take it. As a challenge."

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