I am issuing a warning right now: if anyone comments “top 10 pictures taken before disaster”, referencing the thumbnail of this video, I will not hesitate use my constitutionally-guaranteed right to delete your YouTube account. I want to get that out of the way right now. The founding fathers put that provision in the constitution for a reason. You think you’re funny, punk? Posting ancient memes? Not so funny when it’s your entire YouTube account getting deleted.
If I were Malik “Monastic Massacre” Monk, I don’t think I’d be very happy getting water poured all over me just because I made a tough game-winning three as time expired. Shouldn’t that be, like, a punishment? Like, you miss the game winner so you get the water poured on you as a sign of how bad you did and how you’re metaphorically drowning in shame? The NBA’s got it all backwards, sometimes. The reward for hitting a game-winner should be the eternal glory the shot confers to you, as well as the privilege of staying dry and warm.
Monk’s shot was a doozy, all right, definitely deserving of something other than an ice-water bath. The Hornets had some sort of insanely horrible close-game record while Kemba Walker was around, with Kemba shooting 0-for-some-huge-number on game-winning attempts. Turns out, all they needed to be clutch and to win close games was ship that choker out of town and have some real winners play the clutch-time minutes.