One of the most beautiful things I've seen in creation is a Black man winning on beautifully Black terms. Fuck them, leprechauns; the ancestors are smilin

It's not a hard push. Chess player, guitarist, political activist, a thinker who likes anime. His bag includes an invitation to join NASA. In reality, he's a cool nerd that hoops in Boston. An enclosed encampment of closet klansmen who love their homegrown negroes. He has haters. Grown-ass black men who think smiling more would enable the ability to hype overpriced sneakers or 2000-calorie bags of potato chips

Too smart for his own good. He took graduate-level courses as a freshman while negotiating his first NBA contract without an agent. Now the highest-paid baller in the league. The scout's overseers of the NBA plantation thought he was too much of a thinker with numerous interests just to shut up and dribble.

My earliest critique of him. A strong wing who tried too much. Weak going to his left and unwilling to play the most extraordinary Robin in basketball history next to Scottie Pippen. He was hesitant to play to his strengths, which included cutting to the rim. A poor passer who forced terrible shots. Lack of understanding of the pecking featuring burn or bust Kyrie Irving and the great white hope Gordon Heyward. An alleged attitude problem with the league's elite stars. The higher echelons of Celtic management failed to commit substantially to him, allowing heresy to dominate. The final act is Jason Tatum and make-believe allegories surrounding their relationships.

Fortunately for us, he is the most intelligent man in the room. Able to define himself with what he brings to the Celtics. An aggressive energy personality who defends the opposition's best player. Through the years, he's made better choices with the ball. Unwittingly, Irving and Heyward hampered his game. Next to Tatum, he has thrived.

It's Batman and Batman. He's nobody's sidekick. He's in his universe. Maybe the rest of us, particularly black people, the most misaligned, frustrated folks in America, need to pay closer attention. We need cool nerds who are comfortable anywhere and can be everywhere. Hopefully, the current accolades are the first of many. He's already one up on the only dynamic duo comparable to him and Jason are West and Baylor.