At its core, professional sports are predicated on motion and kinetic energy. During game action, fans are conditioned to keep their eyes on the ball’s kinetic energy and ignore what’s occurring away from the action. Flawlessly orchestrated screens and weakside player motion are the gears that ultimately produce resplendent offensive highlights. Yet, in a profession where torn tendons, muscles and [&hellip

Kawhi Leonard is a uniquely oracular figure in an era where players participate in the year-round, around-the-clock, all-access content generating. Whereas his contemporaries are extremely online, airing out personal drama and planning superteams with one another in plain sight, Leonard has skulked beneath the surface. As a consequence of his social media anathema, his humble beginnings as a mid-first round pick [&hellip

Despite the valiant efforts of Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum and special guest-star Meyers Leonard playing out of his mind, the Golden State Warriors, sans half of their Death Star Lineup(s), imposed Carthaginian Peace upon the insurgent Portland Trail Blazers in a demoralizing sweep. If Durant had a spirit animal, it would be a dog and once he went down, the [&hellip

For the last three seasons, Golden State has been the lone superpower lording over a captive league, courtesy of its long-distance weapons of mass destruction. However, a new world beckons. Spindly upcoming free agent Kevin Durant will be taking overtures from interested suitors. DeMarcus Cousins is thriving, but he was always  a one-and-done experiment and his high-caliber play thus far [&hellip

New Orleans should be much better than its 23-28 record. When healthy, Nikola Mirotic’s perimeter scoring, Julius Randle’s versatility and Jrue Holiday’s presence as an elite two-way point guard should supplement Anthony Davis’ First-Team All-NBA effort. The Pelicans have cobbled together a hodgepodge of talented supporting specialists alongside Mirotic, Randle, Holiday and Davis. Unfortunately, the whole hasn’t been greater than [&hellip