https://youtu.be/g2mqp7-028c
I have to say, a Malik Monk highlight video just isn’t a Malik Monk highlight video unless it has the Charlotte commentators. Sure, these Suns commentators are kind of enthused about Monk’s performance in this game, I have to give them props for at least acknowledging what he was doing on the court (sometimes the opposing commentators are happy to just ignore everything the other team is doing while they talk about whatever random minutiae from their own team). But you just know that those Charlotte dudes would be freaking out. Eric Collins would be screaming about those dunks, Dell Curry would be chuckling and talking about how hard he was dominating in the second quarter, Stephanie Ready would be… oh wait, I forgot that they’re not a trio anymore.
Who even thought that was a good idea? Way too many cooks in the kitchen.
Anyway, yeah, this vid definitely suffers for lack of hyped-up homerific commentary. Normally I’m not a fan of the ultra-homer stuff, but I can make an exception when it’s deliviered in such an animated and heartfelt way. If you want, you can queue up my Monk dunk-ilation (Monk-ilation????) from last year in a different tab, and listen to the audio for that while watching this video. It won’t line up exactly right, it won’t even be close actually, but you’ll get all the hype that your hype-starved psyche so desperately desires.
But if you want the REAL Monk experience, you can add to the above setup a THIRD tab (hopefully your computer can handle it), which will be playing the Doom soundtrack from 1993. Eric Collins screaming, Monk splashing threes, and 90’s MIDI industrial metal? I cannot imagine anything better, or more representative of the ideal NBA-viewing experience.