We just witnessed, by far, the most explosive scoring outburst that Frank Ntilikina has ever had. Maybe really ever, usually I mean “in the NBA” when I say “ever”, but not this time. I really think that maybe this was the hottest he had ever been on the basketball court. If you just watched this video, knowing nothing about how he he really is as a player (which is definitely not like this), you would think a Stephen Curry comparison would be warranted.
All 18 points for him came in around seven minutes of game time, and all of them were on jumpers. He didn’t do anything else the rest of the game, but who cares? I would’ve settled for three or four of these jumpers, but seven? Ntilikina has been looking bust-like lately, but this has got me hyped for him again. I have never (okay, exaggerating a little now) been more impressed by a series of jumpers than this.
Do people still say “Chef Curry with the pot boy”? Because I want to say “Chef Ntilikina with the pot boy”, but I don’t want to seem out of touch.