It’s slight, but am I detecting a tiny bit of improvement from Emmanuel Mudiay? No, no, nevermind. That’s just the residual afterglow of his game-tying shot with two seconds left in double OT messing up my improvement-sensors again. I gotta get those things recalibrated so that clutch moments don’t send them haywire.
Still, nice game tonight for Mudiay. I’ve been pretty down on him for a few years now, along with every other fan who even has the faintest inkling of efficiency as a concept. I was legitimately surprised to see him stick on the roster; I guess some option got picked up or something a while ago. But he’s still only 22. That’s younger than some rookies probably, and young enough for a team to maybe take a flyer on him next year. Perhaps there is some shred of good-basketball-player-ness still residing in there somewhere. I’d check his cheeks first, they’re way puffed out.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go grab my burner Twitter account and taunt Nuggets fans with this video, reminding them of what they could’ve had.