Often overlooked, Dyson's career and 2016 contributions are simply remarkable.
This is the first in a series of essays involving members of the 2013-2016 Royals with a wider lens than usual.
The National Basketball League held its 69th draft on June 23rd. There are 60 draft positions, and since the league consists of 32 teams, not every team will even average two players. In comparison, the National Football League draft has grown into a behemoth of an event, an unwieldy enterprise that somehow manages to extremely commercialize what is really just a purely functional device for divvying out amateur talent.