In the context of NBA players coming out of retirement, they won’t be setting off fireworks for Larry Sanders. This isn’t Jordan after baseball or Allen Iverson’s renaissance with the Sixers. Larry Sanders is an ex-Milwaukee Bucks centre, a skinny 6’11” dirty work player who plays big and blocks shots.
The Situation
Sanders, if you remember, hung up his sneakers in 2015. After a pair of marijuana-related suspensions, he explained that he had entered a program to deal with anxiety, depression, and mood disorders. He said that his relationship with basketball was strained, that it was “consuming so much of my life right now.