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When Stanley Roberts travels home, he prefers the more time-consuming route.
“I usually like to drive,” Roberts said, “clear my head.”
It takes him 10 hours to get from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Hopkins, South Carolina. He said he hasn’t made this drive — his preference over a three-hour flight — in a couple of years, but when he returns to a place where he once dominated on the basketball court, the 7-footer can feel like a stranger.
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“I’ve been gone for so long,” Roberts said, “only the big basketball people recognize me.