Damian stared at the discarded abacus as if had burned him. Of course, nothing of the sort had happened. He had been overcome with a vision of something, a moment of startling clarity among the recent confusing events, but the origin of the abaci remained just as unknown as before. It lay there on the…
Read MoreDamian Lillard All 227 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2017-18 Season Three-ilation Part I)
Damian Lillard woke up feeling refreshed and tranquil, but this was no surprise to him; tranquility was an easy state of mind to reach when one had relocated to a remote cabin in the Oregon Cascades for the off-season. Morning sunlight, filtered by a thick pine forest, served as a much more peaceful alarm clock…
Read MoreBogdan Bogdanovic All 129 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2017-18 Season Three-ilation)
Bogdan Bogdanovic exited the restaurant feeling somewhat disquieted. His food had been good and the service impeccable, but there had been a pair of besuited men sitting at a faraway table who had spent their entire meal just staring at him. It made Bogdan wonder if there was some distant family member in Serbia who…
Read MoreAaron Gordon All 92 Dunks Full Highlights (2017-18 Season Dunkilation)
Aaron Gordon was taking part in a summer practice with his teammates, and, on the surface, everything appeared to be fine. However, Aaron’s mind was in another place entirely, and it was not a good place. He ran, dunked, and looked engaged, but only did these things because he knew there were members of the…
Read MoreDwight Powell All 96 Dunks Full Highlights (2017-18 Season Dunkilation)
“Hey Dwight, thanks for coming in today,” Mark Cuban said, welcoming Dwight Powell into his office. “Sit down, we need to talk about next season.” “Sure,” Dwight said, taking the seat across from Mark. He usually felt relaxed and at ease around the Mavericks GM, but Mark seemed more serious than usual, and that made…
Read MoreJoe Ingles All 204 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2017-18 Three-ilation Part II)
Joe followed behind Elon as they walked to other side of the rocket. The tour group was dispersing, but Donovan, after some uncertainty about where he should go, followed his teammate. “I’m serious, mate, I’m not trained for this,” Joe said. “This is seriously the first I’m finding out about my supposed trip to Mars.”…
Read MoreJoe Ingles All 204 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2017-18 Three-ilation Part I)
Joe Ingles walked through the halls of the SpaceX launch facility with an expression of awe on his face. “How’d you know I wanted to tour this place, mate?” he whispered to his companion, trying to keep his voice low out of respect for the tour guide. Donovan Mitchell shrugged his shoulders. “Well, for starters,…
Read MoreJaVale McGee All 72 Dunks Full Highlights (2017-18 Season Dunkilation)
“I’m bored,” JaVale McGee announced, throwing his controller on the ground. “No, you’re just butthurt because you suck at Fortnite,” Nick Young replied from his relaxed position in a recliner, a bag of Doritos resting in between his legs. “That’s not the same as boredom.” “I’m not even mad right now, for real” JaVale retorted,…
Read MoreRussell Westbrook All 57 Dunks Full Highlights (2017-18 Season Dunkilation)
“Hey man,” Russell Westbrook said to Paul George as the latter walked into the gym where they were holding their off-season practice session. “You know, it’s funny, sometimes I can’t believe you’re still here playing with me in Oklahoma City and not off with LeBron in LA.” Paul raised his eyebrows as he set down…
Read MoreAndre Drummond All 144 Dunks Full Highlights (2017-18 Season Dunkilation)
“When I agreed to hang out at your house and watch TV with you, dude, I didn’t sign up for the additional ‘listen to Andre strum out-of-tune chords on his guitar’ package,” Stanley Johnson said in an annoyed voice, turning up the volume on the TV to partially drown out the amateurish music coming from…
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