Here’s a pro-tip if you’re feeling down: search for pictures of tarsiers on the internet. Let me repeat it because phrasing is important: on the internet, search for pictures of tarsiers. I doubt you will find many pictures of tarsiers sitting down at a tarsier-sized computer or using their little tarsier-sized mobile phone and looking at Facebook.
Or, if you’re feeling lazy, just watch this video, because De’Aaron Fox, despite his namesake, looks an awful lot like a tarsier. I think it’s the eyes. Of course, because that’s the most distinguishing feature of tarsiers. Also, the more I type the word “tarsier” the more I think I must be misspelling it because it’s looking really weird to me now and Firefox is underlining all of them with red squiggles. Tarsier. Tarsier. Tarsier.
By virtue of looking like a tarsier, Fox has to be one of the cutest players in the league. Just saying. He’s adorable! He’d better stay clean-shaven, though, because the second he gets a patchy beard all bets are off.
Oh, and he totally dominated tonight’s game against the Mavericks and by extension, Luka Doncic. Another amazing performance in a season full of them. I’ve totally run out of ways to express my excitement and admiration for his prowess on the court. He’s just so good. How did he improve so much over his iffy rookie season? I can’t figure it out at all.