Isaiah Thomas has been there before. The Boston Celtics point guard was drafted by the Sacramento Kings in 2011, but their breakup wasn’t exactly amicable. So when the Kings reportedly inked former Celtic Rajon Rondo to a one-year, $ 9.5 million contract Friday, leaving starting point guard Darren Collison in the dust, Thomas took a jab at the team on Twitter. While Thomas’ situation in Sacramento didn’t play out exactly like Collison’s, it wasn’t much better. Thomas became a free agent after the 2013-14 season, during which he enjoyed a career year with 6.3 assists and 20.3 points per game. Despite that (and the fact that Sacramento went 28-5...
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Would signing with Gibbs bring out the real Carl Edwards?
Carl Edwards is one of a kind. He’s the only guy who will answer an e-mailer by name when he’s the in-car analyst for a race. (“Oh, thanks so much for that question, Billy.”) And yet, he’s the only driver in recent years who has been caught on camera nearly punching out a teammate. This isn’t to say that Edwards’ congenial way is just a show. But it’s not a stretch for someone to see similarities between him and guys like Curt Schilling or Alex Rodriguez, athletes so willing to try and say the right thing that the word “pandering” could reasonably enter a conversation. Edwards tries to wear the white hat largely due to car owner Jack Roush, a