For a few days last summer, after professional basketball teams managed to blow through a few billion dollars in a few hours, the NBA abruptly stopped. The flood of deals in free agency slowed to a trickle as the entire league waited for one reclusive superstar to make up his mind. Kawhi Leonard was coming off a title with the Toronto Raptors, and for the first time in his career, he was a free agent with the right to play anywhere he wanted. The fate of the NBA hung on his decision.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 17, 2020 13:18 UTC