Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda…

by Quinn Peterson / @QwinFNP If you were to talk to someone a half-dozen years ago or so, you’d be hard-pressed in convincing them that between Stephon Marbury, Steve Francis, Allen Iverson, Gilbert Arenas and Baron Davis not a single game would be played in the ’11-12 NBA season. But oh, how quickly they fall—about as quickly as they crossed and darted by defenders. They should have, could have, and would have won multiple Championship rings and endure long-lasting NBA legacies between them… but they didn’t. This is certainly not to bash any of these guys for not being able to make it, but rather to simply point out the unfortunate, yet similar, paths each of their careers has taken. (Thankfully, there’s currently a strong wave of point guards tearing up the League right now to help us forget. Chris Paul, Derrick Rose, Deron Williams, Rajon Rondo, Russell Westbrook, Steve Nash, and young bloods Kyrie Irving and Ricky Rubio are all filling the void nicely.) But as I read...