Lu Dort is the undrafted elbow grease of the Thunder

Lu Dort is the Thunder’s designated stopper, always taking the most difficult opponent assignment. It’s an on-its-face thankless role that he appears to relish with rare enthusiasm.

At the turn of the 19th century, the French God King Napoleon Bonaparte had a nagging, annoying problem on his hands. It was half a world away in Saint Domingue, on the west end of the Caribbean island known as Hispaniola. It was a wealthy, prosperous producer...