Brian was stumped.
"His character... admittedly isn't great."
Scratching his head awkwardly, Brian said, "But he's still a player. We can't expect everyone to be Grant Hill."
The NBA has never been a particularly wholesome place.
The NBA of the eighties and nineties was rife with chaos.
It only cleaned up its act a bit after Stern took over and cracked down.
But for stars like Ma Long who came up in the eighties and nineties, how many of them were saints like Grant Hill?
In fact, Hill was once criticized and ostracized for being *too* much of a good guy.
And even on the Suns, guys like Oakley, O'Neal, and even Hardaway had pretty messy private lives.
Even Ewing still frequented the Golden Club.
Chen Yu said, "I get all that, but if you sign Ma Long, are you really not worried about issues in the locker room?"
Locker room conflicts have dismantled more than a few teams.
