The second Nikola Vucevic grabbed his 20th rebound, giving him the coveted 30-20 game, the very instant he snatched that ball, he graduated from my channel. It’s been a long time coming, Vucci Mane. I’ve been propping you up all these years, and now look at you. Averaging 20 and 10 (well, 12) like I always thought you could! Suffering through an interminable Magic rebuild, you persevered, playing your brand of solid bigman basketball, sometimes regressing due to incompetent coaching (starts with Ski, ends with Les, and no, I’m not talking about Skittles), but usually making incremental improvements to your game.
He’s had 30 and 20 before, but this is different. This is 30 and 20 AND 8, against the “best” team in the league, and it’s the culmination of a whole third of a season of sick basketball. He’s so good. He’s so good. He’s so good. He’s so good.
Maybe if Jonas Valanciunas had played for the Raptors and slowed Vooch down even a little bit, we wouldn’t be talking about this. And, honestly, my decision to excise him from my channel is not set in stone. I have to think about it for a bit, not act rashly based on just one (admittedly awesome) game. Maybe he starts sucking right after this, the Magic lose all their games, and I decide he’s still welcome in my hallowed halls.