With the big names out of the way—Kevin Durant, Mike Conley, Dwyane Wade and so on—this is the time of year you’ll see some peculiar free-agent stories.
Comebacks. Ring chases. The pursuit of redemption.
Below, we’ll touch on all three of those themes.
Stephen Jackson
The last time we saw Stephen Jackson in an NBA uniform, he played nine games for the Los Angeles Clippers in 2013-14. LAC was the 38-year-old’s fifth home since 2010.
Though Jackson never made an All-Star team, he did average 15-plus points eight out of his 14 seasons in the league. He’s a career 33.3 percent shooter from distance and hit 41.4 percent of his field-goal attempts.
After dabbling in NBA analysis, he’s coming back—at least according to The Jump co-host Rachel Nichols:
It was odd to see the Golden State Warriors supposedly offer a training camp invite in July. We’re in the heart of the NBA Summer League, so floating an offer to a near-40-year-old who hasn’t played competitively in two years ...
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