It’s a widely-known fact that Fred VanVleet ascended into a new level of basketball-playing beastdom when his son, Fred VanVleet Jr., was born into the world. But that was just a temporary boost. The glow of being a new dad doesn’t last forever (I don’t have personal experience with this, but I asked my dad and that’s what he said). If it DID last forever, then players would just have kids rapid-fire, essentially applying a multiplier to their own basketball stats until they were better than Wilt and LeBron combined.
So, if the bump in ability was transient, how come VanVleet is still so good? The answer is simple:
There are are hundreds of Fred VanVleet Jr.’s running around in the world right now.
If VanVleet impregnated a woman at every single away game for the duration of his four-year career, that would be like 150 impregnations. And there’s no rule that says he couldn’t make more than one FVV Jr. in a night. There’s also no rule that says he couldn’t continue his impregnation spree over the off-season. There’s basically no rules to any of this. Simply put, FVV is the most prolific impregnator this side of Wilt.
Actually, there is a rule in place here. While in the bubble, VanVleet has no access to women other than perhaps his wife. There is a biological limit to how often she can be impregnated. So, while he’s trapped in The Bubb, his prodigious babymaking ability will sit unused. Luckily, the babymaking that he undertook back in November, when the world was normal, is just paying dividends now. Hence, the effortless 30/11 game.
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