Nikola Vucevic has now played three straight games, almost 100 minutes of playing time, without shooting a free throw. He has taken 54 shots in that time frame. How is that even possible? I’m freaking out right now. This guy must be the most contact-averse player in the whole league. Right up there with E’Twaun Moore and Thaddeus Young, brothers in not ever drawing contact ever.
If there was a league full of players like Vucevic (like in Europe or something, they could call it Europe-league or Euleague…) who never shot free throws, that would be sweet, because free throws slow the game down and aren’t fun. And since I’m not a Magic fan who desperately wishes that Santa would deliver some balls to Vooch for Christmas, I can enjoy his pure jump shooting without being annoyed at his softness.
He had a bunch of time get the three assists he needed for another triple-double, but he failed. He had like a whole quarter, but seven assists is still really nice. I think, like some other Euro bigs (and non-Euro bigs like Drummond) recently, he’s discovered that hitting cutters isn’t that hard. And, like those other bigs, he’ll find out soon enough that teams will gameplan for it and it will stop working. Until then, though, he can keep doing this Jokic impersonation and I’ll be happy.