So much of becoming an NBA star has to do with timing—not only when and where you’re playing, but whom you’re playing with, as well.
Would Michael Jordan have authored such a peerless career had he landed with the Portland Trail Blazers? What if the New York Knicks had stashed Larry Bird instead of the Boston Celtics?
Extreme examples though these might be, the question remains: How many would-be stars—by dint of circumstance rather than talent—were relegated to the dustbins of basketball history?
Suffice it to say it’s a logic spinning through the mind of Dion Waiters, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ mercurial third-year guard who in two short months has gone from possible second star in the making to fourth fiddle at best.
With LeBron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving now set as the team’s unquestioned cornerstones, Cleveland faces a confounding dilemma with Waiters: Hope that he grows into a productive complementary piece, or trade him now—while his upside’s still high—in hopes of reeling in players more conducive to its win-now ethos.< ...
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Is Dion Waiters’ Best Chance at Stardom Through a Trade?
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