Dan Dickau feels pulled in a couple of directions. There's the sharp tug of knowing that his wife, Heather, is at their home in Battle Ground, Wash., temporarily corralling their three young children. Dickau has been away only a couple days and misses them already. Then there's the game of basketball, which grabs Dickau and won't let go, compelling him to take one more shot at returning to the NBA. “It's hard on both of us,” Dickau said. “I know it's probably harder on her because she's handling things on her own right now. But, 10 years from now, I don't want to sit back and (say), ‘Man, I should have given it one more shot.' And she knows that.” Dickau's “one more shot” starts in Fort Wayne tonight. After being cut by the Phoenix Suns in training camp, the six-year NBA veteran looked into playing in Europe but decided last week to put his name in the D-League pool/Reggie Hayes, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. More here. H/T: SportsLink.

Question: Why haven't former Zag players made a bigger splash in the NBA?