A friend of mine recently asked me how I would explain why certain NBA teams that have been bad for years on end remain bad teams. In other words, after failing to reach the playoffs and getting top tier draft picks year in and year out, how are these teams unable to improve? The answer [...]
Archive for December 1, 2009
Noteworthy Second Acts Leave a comment
Cultural Identity 2 comments
Monta Ellis is on Fire Leave a comment
Last night I stayed up late to watch Golden State host Indiana for no reason other than that turning down a decent game is like saying no to the drink a bartender gives you on the house. It may be late and you may have had too many, but are you really going to say [...]

Now that A.I.’s return to Philly seems imminent, I’ve started to wonder what other players — notable NBA guards, I should say — have had second acts with former teams, and how those acts played out. Here’s what I’ve come up with so far: