Extracting all words that begin with "(" and ending with ")"

Jtwa

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SentenceExtracted Words
I want this word (Michael) and this other word (Jordan) extract(Michael) (Jordan)
I want this (Lebron) as well as (Kobe) and finally (Curry)(Lebron) (Kobe) (Curry)
Simple (NBA)(NBA)

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I'm not sure how to do something like this. The best i could do was just one 1 word using this
=TRIM(LEFT(SUBSTITUTE(MID(A1,FIND("(",A1),LEN(A1))," ",REPT(" ",200)),200))
 

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1SentenceExtracted Words
2I want this word (Michael) and this other word (Jordan) extract(Michael)(Jordan)
3I want this (Lebron) as well as (Kobe) and finally (Curry)(Lebron)(Kobe)(Curry)
4Simple (NBA)(NBA)

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B2=IFERROR(TRIM(LEFT(SUBSTITUTE(MID($A2,FIND("|",SUBSTITUTE($A2,"(","|",COLUMNS($B2:B2))),LEN($A2)),")",")"&REPT(" ",LEN($A2))),LEN($A2))),"")

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Put the formula in B2 and drag down and across as needed.
 
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