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Insider Intel: Role-ing away

Why do role players' performances vary so much between home and road games?

Originally Published: May 6, 2009
By Ric Bucher | ESPN The Magazine

So far in these playoffs, Los Angeles Lakers swingman Trevor Ariza has displayed a schizophrenia common for a role player -- vital component at home, seemingly unplugged on the road.


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Ric Bucher

NBA Reporter, ESPN The Magazine Senior Writer
  • Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine
  • Co-authored "Yao: A Life in Two Worlds"
  • Full-time beat writer/NBA analyst since 1992

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