It took 21 second-half points from Coby “Froby” White for the Bulls to squeak by the Grizzlies (notice how I didn’t say “blatantly tanking Grizzlies”, I don’t think they’re going to start that until next week), but they managed to pull it out and earn themselves their first W of the season. Things were looking grim in the first half, aside from Zach LaVine, and then White just came in and starting hitting shot after shot until the Grizzlies fans in attendance could do nothing but boo weakly as their prized rookie (Ja Morant) got his booty whipped by a far superior neophyte.
Honestly, I’m finding it very hard to contain my hype levels right now. I will try to remain objective, but what I just saw White do made me think his name was spelled a little differently, maybe with a “K” instead of the “C” and a different-but-similarly-pronounced vowel at the end. And if I’m feeling this way, imagine how Bulls fans feel right now. They’ve gone from Kris Dunn (who is still on the roster and getting minutes but for how much longer) as their PG of the future to Froby. Dunn did some exciting things, sure, but so far White is 2 for 2 on having good games for the Bulls. It’s never too early to anoint someone as the future of the franchise, but we’re going to wait a few more games before removing Lauri Markkanen from that position.
Right now I am having fun searching Google for pictures of him without his gigantic puffy afro. There really aren’t that many, maybe a few where it’s kinda pulled back into a puffy ponytail or where it’s slightly less puffy, so I think I’m going to start making my own. Will it make people mad if I start photoshopping all of his future thumbnails so that he has no hair? Last thing I want to do is make anyone mad.