“Game recognize game.”
Riley Freeman’s comment rings equally as true for Grandad’s relationship in The Boondocks, as it does in the NBA.
NBA players are at the peak of their craft. Through a myriad of collected stats, finding broken records can happen almost nightly across the Association’s 82-game season.
But every so often, individual achievement needs nothing more than recognition. Stats will never completely describe the Cleveland Cavaliers’ drought-ending championship in 2016, anymore than they can capture Dwyane Wade’s impact on the entirety of South Florida.
The case of Manu Ginobili’s retirement after 16 seasons in the NBA is much the same.