Jonathan Isaac, Magic Agree To Four-Year, $80M Extension
You see someone who can do a bit of everything at age 24 and figure he’ll develop linearly and remarkably, until you’ve talked yourself into a player like Josh Richardson becoming Tony Allen crossed with Bradley Beal. It’s fun to get carried away.
There are players who come along every decade or so, and they invent a new grammar, sometimes even a new language of basketball. With Zion Williamson, we merely want the time to understand it.
While the Mavericks appear to be the only playoff lock in the division, the Rockets, Spurs, Grizzlies and Pelicans should all at least be in the Play-In mix.
Being heedless, when you can still afford to be, is one of the great pleasures of being young. And seeing Ja Morant romp and rage- it’s a kind of metaphor for being young, a heightened representation of it.
