Polarity is a phenomenon we are taught in our first elementary lessons on the science of planet Earth. We learn that the Earth has two poles, and that these two opposite poles control the direction of the magnetic and electric fields on our planet. That’s about all our young, simple brains need to know, so we move on after that. Yet by watching the New Orleans Pelicans these past few years – more specifically, observing the path of Jrue Holiday’s career – we’ve all been done taken to school.
By existing out of the basketball limelight in New Orleans, Holiday has made league-wide consensus the punch line of a years-long joke.