On Darren Collison, Carts and Horses

There’s been countless hours and thousands of words spilled on the Lakers pursuit of Darren Collison. Podcasts! Articles! Video breakdowns! Darren Collison would help the Lakers. I can’t wait until Darren Collison is on the Lakers!

His showing up last week at Staples Center was a huge social media affair that went viral. There he was, sitting next to Jeanie Buss. It does not take a rocket scientist to know that Collison was there to talk about a return. He had several conversations, I’m told, with the key folks in the organization he’d need to talk to in order to see what was on the table.

Here’s the thing, though Darren Collison is retired. Not a free agent whose in the process of continuing…