I only was spurred to make this Malik Monk as quickly as I did because I made a Devonte’ Graham video earlier where he assisted on two of Monk’s dunks and I was struck by how devastatingly sick those dunks were. Both of them were absolute assassinations of the rim. I’m surprised Iran didn’t nuke us in response to these dunks given that seismographs worldwide totally looked like nuclear warheads had gone off in rapid succession. I’m actually cowering in a nuclear bunker right now thanks to Monk and his throwdowns of fury. Luckily my home-made survival kit of Pop Tarts and Kool-Aid powder is keeping me stocked up with all the nutrients I need. Kool-Aid has nutrients, right?
Anyway, the Hornets seem to have fully embraced their youth movement by moving on from both Marvin Williams and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. Nic Batum and Cody Zeller are the two old guys left. Oh yeah, and Bismack Biyombo, but who knows how old that guy is anyway? He could be anywhere from 14 to 60. Whether or not this youth movement actually results in a more consistent role for Monk remains to be seen, but now that the Hornets have seemingly given up on trying to win games, I see no reason why Monk can’t be a thirty MPG getter from here on out.
Now that I’ve spoken those forbidden words (“Malik Monk thirty minutes per game”), I probably accidentally invoked some kind of ancient magic spell which will give Nic Batum all of Monk’s minutes so he can score four points and get two rebounds. Either that or the magic spell will cause the Hornets to sign Corey Maggette for the rest of the season. I’m sorry, Hornets fans.