It’s very seldom I find myself completely whiffing on this subject while the likes of FS1’s Nick Wright hit the nail on the head and basks in the glory. I’ll chalk it up to it being 2020. But indeed, ahead of this year’s NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat, myself and plenty of others are eating crow with a slice of humble pie.
The reason being is for declaring Kawhi Leonard the baddest man playing basketball on planet Earth since his stellar 2019 championship run and maintaining that belief up until the Clippers’ recent untimely collapse.