Oh Where Hast Thou Gone, Tyson Chandler?

Coming off a season in which he averaged a career-best 11.8 ppg along with a solid 11.7 rpg, Tyson Chandler looked like he was primed to finally break out and show just why he was worth the second pick in the draft back in 2002. His troubles with Coach Scott Skiles in Chicago were a distant memory. His Hornets were coming off a successful season, in which they took the defending champion Spurs to seven games in the Western Conference Semi-Finals. He was an alternate on the US Olympic team. Life was good for Tyson Chandler. The sky was the limit. Here we sit though, roughly 40 percent of the season complete, and Tyson Chandler has yet to make an appearance on the court. Sure, we see a guy who looks like him, wearing his familiar No. 6 jersey suiting up for New Orleans. Occasionally, we'll check the box score and see a familiar Chandleresque stat line of double-figure rebounds and points with a block or two thrown in, But when we watch the game, the man in the middle for the Hornets is not ... (link)