Still, after a hard year spent with the Nets since the trade that brought him here, Marbury admits to some pangs of emotion, feelings that will surely resurface when he returns to face his former team for the first time on Sunday afternoon.
And so to this weekend, when Mourinho will return to face a manager who is similar in one way and utterly different in so many others.
Hirst will be hoping for a better result in London when Batley return to face the Broncos in the Qualifiers on 14 August, six days before Leeds find themselves at the humble Trailfinders Sports Ground.
Young urged his team-mates not to be intimidated when they return to Glasgow to face the other half of the Old Firm on Saturday.
But when they returned to Florida to face the Sooners, a share of a national title under their belt from the 2003 season, the partnership was strained.
Like Radford, who was the assistant coach at the time, Shaul admits the occasion overwhelmed Hull – and like his coach, the 24-year-old says this squad, who are rated as the club's most talented in years, will be better prepared on Saturday when they return to Wembley to face Warrington.
When astronauts return to Earth, they face long days of rehabilitation as they reorient themselves with "up," "down," "to the side," "behind" and "front".
But if the Yankees are indeed too good for the Red Sox this season, there is always the case of the violated mound and the big showdown in early July, when the Yankees return to Oakland to face the A's in a three-game series.
The 2-3-2 Tigers will hope to even out their record on the season when they return home to face Dartmouth next week after playing three games on the road.
The Knicks (3-13) dropped all three of their games on their trip and will find no reprieve when they return home to face the Orlando Magic on Sunday.
