Playing for an NBA team means playing in relation to its stars. It’s the reality of a league where the very best players can shape so much of the action—enough to pull an entire game into their orbit. The new and improved Clippers now find themselves in balance between two such forces. Kawhi Leonard is the indomitable lead, skilled and physical. Paul George leapt at the chance to join him, and to see where their individual styles could meet. Every other Clipper will be responsible for finding their own fit in the tension between them.
This is quite a different existence from anything the L.