Luke Kornet says his career changed when he stopped placing expectations on himself and learned to enjoy the collective success of his team over his own. It happened during the 2021-22 season, when he mostly played in Maine, and took pressure off himself to perform. He developed a complementary role, a bizarre-looking defensive strategy and stopped shooting threes after his string of injuries in Chicago. It all led to his best play last year.
This season, that freedom showed in Saturday’s win where he tapped his head after a put-back and playfully waved his finger after a successful Kornet Kontest.