Or, my odd obsession with what I now know, as an adult, is a fraught portrayal of cowboys and frontiersmen and their lonesome, but dedicated groups of gangs and padna’s.
That Goddamn 5-year streak of playoff losing really did a number on my arterial integrity.
Each leading playoff-destined teams. Each fawned over by the rest of the League’s fanbase as though they’re some unknown, extraterrestrial entities suddenly landing back over the border to be revealed as really f-ing good basketball players.
The other stuff, like role definition and the x’s and o’s, thrive in that kind of environment.
They’re not yet the most skilled, but the effort and determination has spread like wildfire down the roster.
True, rebounds often go to the tallest, the highest-jumping, the hardest working, the biggest bum, the widest frame, the lowest-centre of gravity, and/or the most aggressive.
I just practiced a lot about the angle of the ball and the trajectory of it.
In truth, he’s an offensive rebounding menace looming the baseline behind enemy lines waiting for the opportune subversion of boxouts.
As play progresses, he tippy-toes hoopward, “innocuously”, not letting on to his ulterior motive.
Yuta’s is a short corner three from the left side – interestingly, corner shots are typically long misses than short, JC still reads it – and Gary’s goes long off a pull-up from the right side.
They disincentivize aggressive, altruistic defenders.
A lot of players nowadays know that when you get dunked on like that, it goes viral on the internet, so they try to avoid those situations.
Not just because of the blocks – though they do exemplify his athleticism, awareness, and timing – but because he’s a superb one-on-one defender, a sixth-sense team defender, and capable of guarding 1 to 4 no problema.
They know the chickens inevitably come home to roost on some crossover or some facial jam in the distant future.
There’s a shared knowledge that he’s got way too much energy and he’s just playin’ with you.
Paul Jones and Leo Rautins – filled in for Matt Devlin and Jacko while in Health and Safety Protocols.
I don’t know if those come out naturally or if Paul sits in his office overdosed on caffeine just listing out anything that sounds remotely like a basketball act.
Toronto Raptor ticket prices are nuts on a normal day.
And then….and then!!!! Their little miser, money-grabbing collective frontal lobes decided to sell additional tickets at inane prices for fans to see the Warriors’ 6,7,8,9,10th best players.
Speaking of, this whole playing through the season until all that’s left are basketballs, twinkies, and Florida is bad news.
