As a sagacious person once said: “With great power comes great responsibility”.
That quote frames nicely my disappointment in Gerald Green tonight. Some may be impressed by his alley-oop to himself off the glass against the Blazers. And to the uninitiated, it certainly was. While he may have been pretty much eating the rim like a giant orange doughnut, he can do better.
Is it so much to ask that he do a windmill while performing the self-oop? Or do a full-body rotation? Or both? Paul George did a 360 windmill in-game. And we all know that Gerald is the superior dunker. No reason he couldn’t have pulled it off. Except for lack of effort.
Hear that, Gerald? I’m calling you out on your blatant and disrespectful laziness. You heard me: blatant AND disrespectful. I deserve more, Gerald. We all do.