No great surprise here, especially after Knick's coach Mike Woodson called him a project, but New York has cut C.J. Leslie. A nice bit of compensation: the Knicks will pay him for a year.
It's living proof of a simple fact, and that fact is this: natural talent will only take you so far. The essence of being a great basketball player, of being a professional, is to work relentlessly to master as much of the game as possible. That's why guys like Stephen Curry rise and guys like Leslie fall. That's why Steve Kerr had a longer career than did Harold Miner.