My phone buzzed, a text from my wife. I didn’t look at it immediately, but when I finally got around to it my heart hurt. It was a photo of my oldest son when he was much smaller. The feeling of nostalgia was suddenly overwhelming.

If you’ve ever seen Mad Men, in the episode The Wheel , Don Draper describes the Greek translation of nostalgia as “pain from an old wound.” The pain was sharp and real and today, it’s lingered. A variation of this pain has been on my mind in some way for months.

The photo was of my son, using block letters to spell the name of his favorite basketball player: Luka.

I couldn’t be more excited for the Dallas Mavericks to draft Cooper Flagg. He’s a special talent, perhaps generational. His defensive instincts are sublime, and if you believe the experts about his

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