But the proudest kingdom was Los Angeles, reigning golden and supreme in the dreaming west. Hither came Duncan, the captain of the Black and Silver Horde and ruler of the lands of San Antonio, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a wizard, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the N.B.A. under his sneakered feet.