As usual, Nick Young has to go and ruin everything. Typical Swaggy P. Steven Adams has a career-high 20 points, capped off by a go-ahead putback with 13 seconds left. Potentially a catalyzing moment for basketball in New Zealand. A memory etched in the hearts and minds of every Kiwi who dares to dream of balling on the biggest stage.
And then, whoops, here comes big dumbass Nick Young, here to steal a pass intended for his teammate and hit a BS game-winner.
This just set New Zealandian basketball back like two decades, if not more. Maybe it’s done for good. Sure, Adams still retains his 20 points from the game. Nothing can take that away from him, but if his team lost, what does it mean in the end? Nothing. It means nothing. He could have scored 0 and the outcome would have been the same.
This combined with Adams’ sister, Valerie, earning only the silver medal in shot put at the Rio Olympics starkly signals the decline of competitive sports in New Zealand. It was a good run, you god-damn jafas, but it’s over now.