EL SEGUNDO — On Monday night, I went down to El Segundo to check on the South Bay Lakers’ newest addition, Darren Collison. When the final buzzer sounded, the squad had just concluded their best impression of the parent franchise, suddenly squandering a double-digit lead down the stretch and flipping what would have been a comfortable win into a loss. After the final buzzer, with the sour stench of an ugly defeat still lingering, I met with Collison to talk about where he’s been, and what he has in store.
Ever since calling it quits in 2019, he’d had been linked to his hometown Lakers for a potential comeback, until finally, the two parties made it happen.