We’ll always have those first 34 magical games. Signed during the absolutely bananas offseason in 2016, Jon Leuer was a player nobody expected to make big money and Stan Van Gundy shocked the world by handing him $42 million over four years. For 34 games he looked like a genius.
Then it all came apart.
But those first 34 games weren’t a fluke! Jon Leuer is a good basketball player. A very good basketball player even. What Jon Leuer isn’t is a starter – he proved that AFTER those first 34 magical games.