For a league that’s supposedly slogging through the dog days of a January polar vortex, the NBA never ceases to exhibit a remarkable gift for generating storylines.
You’ve heard the buzz. Toronto’s Kawhi Leonard bought a swanky luxury estate near Los Angeles, which is where Pelicans star Anthony Davis would prefer to be traded, which is where Celtics guard Kyrie Irving would be open to reuniting with an all-world puppet master named LeBron James. And if those plot twists haven’t been enough to fuel the conversation, there’s always the annual all-star-snub debate. The lead-up to Thursday night’s Raptors-Bucks game, to be broadcast on U.