Rick Pitino

Nobody did right by Darius Miles, and he didn't know how to do right on his own. So of course he ended up struggling, foundering, and eventually fading away.

Thirty Histories: Atlanta Hawks

by Colin McGowan

The Hawks didn't do poorly during the Steve Belkin and Bruce Levenson era. They put together a few decent seasons. But there was a ricketiness to the entire enterprise and the on-court product was steeped, somehow almost immediately, in sour, doomed competence.

Thirty Histories: Detroit Pistons

by Colin McGowan

Rasheed Wallace and his Detroit teammates found each other at just the right time in 2004. It is the kind of Perfect Deal you dream about.

Thirty Histories: Toronto Raptors

by Colin McGowan

Vince Carter wasn't everything Toronto wanted him to be, but he was its first love. Like a lot of first loves, he was both singular and not enough, an unclipsable unit of measurement unto himself.

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