I knew, when he started the season off with an 0-of-13 performance, that Stanley Johnson was going to be in for a long year. Things just aren’t getting better for him; he’s the same player he was his rookie season minus some confidence and plus a starting gig (at least until recently). He’s still a good defender, which counts for a lot in Stan Van Gundy’s eyes, but his scoring is something else. Something else in a bad way.
And even when he has had decent scoring games, I’ve been ignoring him. Sorry about that. I think my standards for him were a little too high to start the year and it’s taken until now to get them recalibrated. 18 points is way more than enough for him now, and I’m excited that he’s made his return to my channel.
Not too excited though because I have gone for weeks this season without really remembering that he even exists.