This week a big, sophisticated North American city went out of its mind over the future of a basketball player. A local news helicopter followed his suspected movements and carried them live. Fans swarmed the hotel where he was supposed to be having meetings. A sports broadcaster carried a breathless “Kawhi Watch.”
Let’s not be so hard on ourselves. Everyone needs a hero from time to time. Kawhi Leonard fits the bill. He helped give Toronto its first professional basketball championship. He brought the whole city to its feet with his death-defying buzzer beater. He inspired countless kids to take to the court and work on their skills.Mr. Leonard has a quiet way about him. In interviews, he often seems close to catatonic. He reserves all his intensity for the court, where he is relentless.
Like the championship run, the Kawhi Watch brought the city together. Neighbours chatted about it on sidewalks. Office coffee corners buzzed over it. Cabbies offered their opinions. All week, the city was on the edge of its seat again. Would he stay or would he go? Were the pleas to get him to stay a little much? Of course they were. That was part of the fun. Long before the final buzzer, restaurants were posting Kawhi Eats Free Here signs. They called it Ka’wine and Dine. A condo broker offered him his choice of luxury penthouse. A food company said he could have as much of their macaroni and cheese as he wanted. T-shirt slogans displaying his image proclaimed Kawhi Believe, Kawhi Me a River and Fun Guy, a reference to how a deadpan Mr.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
So long Kawhi. Thanks for the memories. Sadly Toronto can’t be LA. (It’s not THAT cold in Toronto!)
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