Sorry to be the voice of reason, possible hater and rain cloud on the San Antonio Spurs' victory parade Wednesday, but it's important to maintain perspective when it comes to this Kawhi Leonard coronation.
First, a quick reality check on what just happened:
Leonard's NBA Finals MVP performance was truly uncommon, and not in the way we usually mean. Leonard scored at least 20 points in the last three games, after he'd never put together such a modest scoring streak before in his entire three-year NBA career. As irresistible as his coming-of-age narrative is, the mathematical aberration is irrefutable.
Second, Leonard's success has changed his personal reality forever—and that's not all good for him, considering how little he wants and how ill-equipped he is to deal with the demands that come with fame.
He's on the runway, no doubt. But truly taking off is so complicated—a pressure-packed jumble of eyeballs and expectations and beyond-gravitational pulls clouding the air space that once could be breathed so fresh and easy.
Leonard just wants to put his ...
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