Here’s something for you: if Robert Williams III AKA “Timelord” commits a traveling violation, would that be “Time Traveling”?
It’s a shame to have to waste such creative wordplay on what is unarguably a negative basketball play. Unfortunately, calling Williams’ alley-oops “Time-Oops” or calling his blocks “Time-Denials” just doesn’t have the same ring to it as screaming “Time Travel!” at the top of your lungs when Williams decides to take an extra step or two with the ball.
I would take this idea one step further and create a compilation of all of Williams’ Time-Travels (called a “time-travelilation” or something similar), but Williams impressively had just one turnover violation this season (all the way back on Oct. 25) so it would be a very short compilation. In fact, it could not accurately be called a “compilation” since a compilation necessary implies that two or more things are being compiled into one. With just one clip of Williams committing a turnover, it wouldn’t be a compilation, it would just be me uploading the clip.
I hereby petition Brad Stevens to allow Timelord to take on more ball-handling responsibilities. He is completely unsuited for the task, but it will surely result in him committing more travels. And then we can start accusing him of time travel. Somebody should demand to see his time machine! This is just funny enough to me that a ghost of a smile appeared briefly on my lips before fading into my customary blank, emotionless death-stare.