Outside of his own parents and maybe himself, I might be the biggest Alexis Ajinca backer in the entire universe. Every time I see him play he’s dominating other teams with his combination of size, shooting touch, flabbiness, and looking like a drunk fifty-year-old. But that’s because I only see him play when I’m making…
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Alexis Ajinca 16 Points Full Highlights (12/18/2016)
Let’s play a fun game: name the centers in the NBA who definitely have more skill offensively than Alexis Ajinca. -Anthony Davis -Karl-Anthony Towns -Enes Kanter -Maybe Pau Gasol -Jahlil Okafor -Brook Lopez -Joel Embiid (not really but if I didn’t put him here everybody would get all mad) That’s it. You think I’m being…
Read MoreAlexis Ajinca Career High 28 Points Full Highlights (4/8/2016)
If there has been a more devastating display of midrange jumpshooting this season than what Alexis Ajinca pulled off tonight, I haven’t seen it. The Lakers either didn’t read the scouting report on this guy, or willfully chose to ignore it, or are Robert Sacre, because they were just letting him shoot those things without…
Read MoreAlexis Ajinca 16 Points/4 Blocks Full Highlights (4/3/2016)
Once again we are treated to Alexis Ajinca basically being Anthony Davis minus the unibrow and the hype. Ajinca does all the same things that Davis does, and he does them just as well, and he’s taller…so why does Kendrick Perkins of all people get the same amount of minutes as him? It’s too late…
Read MoreAlexis Ajinca 18 Points Full Highlights (3/30/2016)
How does this phrase sound to you: “Alexis Ajinca” Not very exciting, right? Just another basketball player whose only notable attributes are that he’s foreign and gigantic. What about a slightly modified version of that phrase: “First-option Alexis Ajinca” Now we’re talking! It has always been a want of mine (and, surely, also a deeply-held…
Read MoreAlexis Ajinca 22 Points Full Highlights (3/25/2016)
It’s been over a year since I made Alexis Ajinca highlights. And it’s not like I was constantly passing up primo opportunities to showcase him; no, he’s been missing-in-action for pretty much the whole season. A few 10 or 12 point games, but that’s it. You’d think that on a team that has to START…
Read MoreAlexis Ajinca Career High 24 Points/1 Game-Winner Full Highlights (2/27/2015)
Let’s be honest with ourselves here: if Alexis Ajinca received the same minutes and leeway that Anthony Davis receives, he would put up comparable stats. Ajinca have it all: length, a smooth jumper out to the Euro three, a couple usable post moves, a rad tattoo, defensive acumen, and, most of all, Frenchness. His conditioning…
Read MoreAlexis Ajinca 17 Points/2 Dunks Full Highlights (1/30/2015)
Asserting Length, Evading Xenophobia, Ideal Shot-blocking Always Jousting In NBA Contests, Ascendant
Read MoreAlexis Ajinca Career High 22 Points Full Highlights (1/18/2015)
Alexis Ajinca has straight gangstered the last two games. However, for a guy named after the most dominant leader in all of antiquity, Alexander the Great, this is to be expected. With such a powerful and conquering nominal lineage, anything less than a constant display of post move prowess would be a disappointment. Did you…
Read MoreAlexis Ajinca 16 Points Full Highlights (1/16/2015)
There must be some large flaw to Alexis Ajinca’s game that I’m not seeing. He gets only the most meager of backup center minutes, despite his seeming ability to score in a variety of ways and provide some defense. Is his conditioning still really bad? You wouldn’t think so, since he’s been on the Pelicans…
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