At full speed, Yuki Kawamura can’t be stopped.

It’s not just his first step. Kawamura knocks defenders off-balance from the moment he gets into motion, leaning and weaving before suddenly screeching to a halt. It’s difficult to predict his movements because his vision isn’t fixated in one place; it’s split between the basket and the revolving movement of his teammates, equal parts eager to score and to facilitate.

This is nothing new. It’s who Kawamura always has been. And over the span of his 14 minutes, 22 seconds in Tuesday’s preseason opener against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kawamura posed the same question: Wait, why can’t this guy make it in the NBA?

That’s the question Kawamura hopes to force coaches and general managers to answer over the course of his second year in the league.

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