For a guy who technically only spent one season of his ten-year career playing in Oklahoma City, Tyson Chandler has a strong link to this town. Acquired by trade from the Chicago Bulls before the 2006/2007 by the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, Chandler played arguably the best season of his career while in the 405, then left with the team to return to New Orleans full-time the next year. Two years later, with the Hornets attempting to cut costs, Chandler was traded to the newly arrived Thunder. That trade lasted two days before team management rescinded the trade due to concern about Chandler's surgically repaired toe (operated on by the same doctor who did the physical).
This voided trade has been the subject of rampant speculation for more than two years now. While the team improved dramatically, many people pondered just how much better team would have been if they had not chosen a take-backsy instead of rolling the dice on the rebounding savant. With the hometown guys facing Chandler's Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals, there will be lots of discussion about this event for however long the series lasts.