Is this some sort of record? Former UVa. hoops star Sean Singletary is now on his third NBA team in three months … and he’s only a rookie! Drafted by Sacramento, traded to Houston, and then yesterday, he was shipped to Phoenix. For the eight Singletary fans – including the reader who sent in this link – this is phenomenal news. The Suns PG depth chart is as follows: Steve Nash, combo guard Leandro Barbosa … and Singletary. (In looking at a subjective and silly list like this, it is a travesty Singletary isn’t mentioned. Greg Anthony without LJ and Plastic Man? Swap schools between Singletary with Jennings and then what? Ugh.)

Don’t know if we’ve documented our fondness of Singletary, but it dates back to our newspaper days. (Apologies in advance for the ramble.) We were covering an AAU basketball team in Vegas that was teeming with future college and NBA talent (JR Smith of the Nuggets was the team’s best player). Naturally there were massive egos, led by Sean Banks, the troublemaker who went to Memphis (we’ll never forget how Travis Outlaw of the Blazers absolutely abused him in one game; it was filthy stuff), but also nice kids like Villanova grad Will Sheridan and former Rutgers guard Marquis Webb.

You could tell Singletary was different. Once, while sitting in the hotel with these kids as they made moves on every female that moved (hey, that’s what teenagers do), Singletary just laughed them off and talked in depth about school, AP classes, what he was doing to get better as a player, what his individual workouts were like, and basically everything you’d want to hear from a grounded basketball talent. We’ll never stop rooting for this kid.