It happened again. Boban Marjanovic faced Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets, and again he/they had absolutely no answer for him. He was dunking without jumping, he was rebounding without jumping, should I have put “/0 Jumps” in the video title? I should have. Along with “1 Rim Bent”. I didn’t show it because it messed up the flow of the highlights so bad, but the arena had to bring out a ladder and some people to fix the rim that he bent off of horizontal while dunking without jumping.
It was like that time Shaq destroyed the whole apparatus but not quite as impactful.
The way Marjanovic was hammering on people was also Shaq-esque. Once he catches the ball in the paint, either he’s scoring it or he’s getting fouled. Sometimes he’ll turn it over, I guess. But it’s certainly not being passed out of there. He doesn’t hate passing, but why pass it when you can just reach over and deposit it the hole while manlets like Mason Plumlee cower in fear?
I’m not holding out any hope that this is the year that Marjanovic is finally freed and plays consistent minutes. That hope has been removed from me a long time ago. Regretfully, it is enough, now, for him to have the occasional huge outburst, like he did tonight.