The three wayfarers reached the base of the Cloudy Mountains early the next evening, just as the sun was dipping below the horizon. Their jagged peaks, usually snow-covered but now barren, cut angrily into the sky. “What say you, old sage?” Karl-Anthony asked Kevin. “Which path shall we take? The one that lies ahead of…
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Karl-Anthony Towns All 625 Field Goals Full Highlights (2015-16 Season Bucketilation Part II)
Karl-Anthony bustled about his bedchamber, throwing a few articles of clothing and some non-perishable foodstuffs into a woolen sack. Ricky stood to the side, watching his king with increasing dismay. “You mean to trek to the abode of the wizard king as a common traveller? Should you not be assembling your army?” Stopping to stare…
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Karl-Anthony Towns, king of the land of Minnesota, glowered as he stared at one of the windows of his hall. He was draped in a vestment made of a whole polar bear pelt, but it was too warm for him, and he cast it aside. “Not all is right with the world, Ricky,” he grumbled…
Read MoreKristaps Porzingis All 373 Field Goals Full Highlights (2015-16 Season Bucketilation Part III)
“You sure this works?” Kristaps asked the bulky, hoodie-wearing man standing with him in the alley behind Kristaps’ apartment. “Of course it works,” replied the man. “But we don’t need to be hiding back here, it’s not like this stuff’s illegal or anything.” “I don’t wants anybody knowing,” Kristaps said, examining the contents of the…
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“Do you really need that whole duffel bag of stuff?” Carmelo asked as Kristaps emerged from his apartment. “We’re just lifting weights. Not going to sleepaway camp.” “I prepared for anything,” Kristaps answered nervously, dragging his bag to the waiting car. “Do you minding if I put on favorite jams on drive there? I need…
Read MoreKristaps Porzingis All 373 Field Goals Full Highlights (2015-16 Season Bucketilation Part I)
Kristaps Porzingis was just settling into his executive-style faux-leather chair for an extended gaming session when his doorbell rang. He strongly considered just ignoring the doorbell entirely, but there was a chance that it was a teammate who had dropped by unexpectedly. And if it wasn’t that, there was a good chance it was one…
Read MoreJahlil Okafor All 397 Field Goals Full Highlights (2015-2016 Season Bucketilation Part III)
“Are you ready for the final exam, Jahlil?” Jahlil and his therapist were standing outside a Boston sports bar. Knowledge of Jahlil’s fight with a Celtics fan was far-spread at this point, and he had already been the target of some unsavory remarks just walking on the street. Now they were about to enter a…
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“So, Jahlil, we both know why you’re here today.” Jahlil, legs dangling off the edge of the too-short sofa in the therapist’s office, sighed and rolled his eyes. “I’m here because I punched a guy.” The therapist, a woman in her mid-forties, peered over her glasses at her patient. “That’s not the only reason, as…
Read MoreJahlil Okafor All 397 Field Goals Full Highlights (2015-2016 Season Bucketilation Part I)
It had all started with wanting to have some fun on the town after a tough loss against the Celtics, one of many losses that had been piling up at the beginning of the season. It wasn’t Jahlil’s style to mope around his hotel room after such a loss; he wanted to experience the NBA…
Read MoreGiannis Antetokounmpo All 383 Field Goals Full Highlights (2014-2015 Season Bucketilation Part IV)
Fourth and final installment of my Giannis rap series. Regret overcomes me like a black death-cloud Sorrow so acute I sob and wail aloud The abyss is deep like an ocean of fear I stare down, can I end it all here? I used up my good description idea too soon Giannis addicted to smoothies,…
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