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          Deng trade shakes up tanking race

          • Chad Ford, ESPN Senior WriterJan 13, 2014, 12:16 AM ET
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          From week to week, Tank Rank can be a little volatile. Catching good teams on back-to-backs, at the end of a long road trip or with their star players injured can really inflate a team's record past where it should be.