Leadership requires more than charisma. It’s something that a player earns when his personal achievement translates to big wins for his team. Baron Davis has been the nominal leader of the Clippers since he signed his five year, $65 million contract in July 2008, but neither Baron nor the Clippers have approached anything resembling real and sustained achievement. Responsibility for that failure can’t be assigned to Baron exclusively, but it’s hard to cultivate leadership beneath any part of that shadow.
Tonight at the buzzer, Baron Davis starts that process in earnest.
