Lost Time Is Not Found Again is what the MPS blog crew has been reading today. Maybe.

+ Henry Abbott tries to make sense of the Luol Deng situation. Henry raises some fair points, but maybe the question that begs to be asked here is this: Are the Bulls intentionally trying to make Deng look bad? {TrueHoop.}

+ The Garbage Time All-Stars ink up The_Real_Shaq. {Ball Don’t Lie.}

+ Your dad is now playing for the Timberwolves. {The Blowtorch.}

+ Who was the best: Mike Piazza, Johnny Bench or Pudge Rodriguez? {The Hardball Times.}

+ Non-sports: The Sears Tower is getting a new name. {Chicagoist.} Promotional shot for the new NBC show “Parks and Recreation.” {Aziz is Bored.}

Quotable:

“Then again, not all teams share this philosophy, and Pedro’s celebrity status may very well come into play. Based on his work ethic, and on his proven ability to adjust in terms of repertoire and strategy as he’s grown older, I’m comfortable with the assessment that Pedro Martinez is not exactly running on empty, but rather on a quarter-gallon in a vehicle with a faulty transmission. Some team is going to decide to take a chance and bring him aboard, but Martinez will likely need to get past his ego and accept a smaller role and an incentive-laden deal. When he does sign, the 13-year-old inside me who witnessed the dominance in that 1999 All-Star Game will be pulling for a career renaissance, but at this point, Pedro Martinez is a fifth starter with just a little bit left to contribute, whose past success may garner present and future opportunities even if the actual production fails to justify the playing time.” – Eric Seidman