I’m not ashamed to admit that when I first heard about Ivan Rabb, I assumed he was some sort of Euro import playing college ball in the States. That was fair of me to assume, I think, because I have never heard of a US-born person with the name “Ivan”. That’s a name reserved for czars or at least Russians.
Rabb does not look like an “Ivan”, he looks more like a Dollar Store Westbrook, but it’s all good now. I can deal with this, as long as he keeps getting his buckets like he has been the last few games. After tonight, he is now shooting 74 percent on the season, his crappy-by-his-standards 5-for-8 bringing it down from 79 percent. We all know this isn’t sustainable, but it would be good of the Grizzlies to test that hypothesis out by giving him unlimited minutes and touches next game. What’s the worst that could happen? They lose? They’ve been doing that already. Small price to pay for Rabb maybe scoring 40.