A few days ago, Stephen Zimmerman had to fold himself into a flight from Erie, Pa., to New York City for a game against the Long Island Nets at the Barclays Center.
Zimmerman is 7-feet tall, making those tight commercial flights tough for him to get in and out of. It is extremely different from the private flights he took when he was with the Orlando Magic to start the season.
His knees may have been hurting for that puddle jump across the mid-Atlantic and back, but he was getting what he needed most at the time — some playing time.