5 NBA Superstars with the Most on the Line Entering 2014-15

September 26th, 2014 by Grant Hughes Leave a reply »
It's not just "what have you done for me lately?" in the NBA. It's "what have you done for me in the last five seconds?"

Thanks to the hard annual reset that comes with every fresh season (and a news cycle perpetually starved for narratives), there are always ways to manufacture stakes for the league's top players—even the ones who've already demonstrated their worth many times over.

No matter how many championship rings or MVP awards, no matter how many ridiculous statistics or how much technical skill, no matter how obvious the historical greatness—there's always something to prove.

Ironically, those who have already proved the most are the ones from whom we ask even more. 

From everyone who was given much, much will be required. Luke 12:48.

With great power comes great responsibility. Spider-man.

Deep, huh?

Anyhow, guys like Kobe Bryant, who we'll discuss at length in a moment, have already done everything there is to do on a basketball court. Yet for the Los Angeles Lakers' aging superstar, the simple act of taking the court this season brings new challenges. And fair or no ...

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