Giannis’ head was spinning as he drove home after dropping Rachel off at her apartment. Not only had he mustered up the courage to kiss her, a feat which he had not allowed himself to even believe possible, but she had reciprocated by kissing him again after they had said their goodbyes. To steady his…
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Willie Cauley-Stein All 133 Dunks Full Highlights (2017-18 Season Dunkilation)
Willie Cauley-Stein was sitting on his living-room couch engaging in one of his favorite pastimes: browsing basketball-reference on his iPad while stoned. The stats were just so much more interesting, even funny on occasion, when read under the influence of marijuana. It was especially fun to go back to the box-scores of past games he…
Read MoreSteven Adams All 149 Dunks Full Highlights (2017-18 Season Dunkilation)
“Steven, what are you doing?” Steven Adams looked up from his work and raised his goggles from his eyes. “I’m building a time machine with these instructions I found on the internet.” To prove the legitimacy of the instructions, he pointed to the jpeg-artifacted NASA logo in the bottom corner of the printout. “You wanna…
Read MoreDeAndre Jordan All 211 Dunks Full Highlights (2017-18 Season Dunkilation)
DeAndre Jordan was beside himself. He was supposed to have a free agency meeting with Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks, but now that he was in Dallas, he realized he had no idea how to get to the Mavs’ front office. Any time the Clippers had played in Dallas, the team bus took him…
Read MoreLeBron James All 120 Dunks Full Highlights (2017-18 Season Dunkilation)
“You told me that it would happen,” LeBron James growled, standing up from his chair, putting his hands on the GM’s desk, and leaning in with dangerously narrowed eyes. “You gave me your assurance that the team I requested would be formed.” Magic Johnson nervously avoided eye contact with the disgruntled superstar. “I tried, LeBron,…
Read MoreRudy Gobert All 149 Dunks Full Highlights (2017-18 Season Dunkilation)
The rear porch of the estate was quiet, save for the light chirping of birds and the occasional sound of a glass being placed back on an end table. Rudy Gobert, his feet resting on an ottoman, silently pursed his lips as he perused basketball statistics on his phone. Occasionally, he would reach over and…
Read MoreClint Capela All 213 Dunks Full Highlights (2017-18 Season Dunkilation)
“Any time now. Any time,” Clint Capela muttered to himself as he stared through his binoculars at the beach in the distance. “You’ve been saying that for hours now,” Tarik Black whined. “He’s not gonna show. Can we leave now? I’m hungry.” Clint removed the binoculars from his face and gave his teammate an unsympathetic…
Read MoreDTB’s Top 90 Dunks of the 2017-18 NBA Season (2017-18 Season Dunkilation)
Approaching the familiar doorway off the alley, Greg uttered the latest password (“Gordon was robbed”) and was granted entry into the dunk club. His usual excitement was magnified by two factors: he would get to see Emma for the first time since their secretive rendezvous at that far-flung cafe, and progress on his leaping ability…
Read MoreDTB’s Best NBA Dunks of the Playoffs (2017-18 Playoff Dunkilation)
Greg stared at the text message for a while, waiting for his racing thoughts to calm down before he even considered crafting a response. The intent of Emma’s message was clear, but Greg knew he would have to respond in a way that kept their friendship platonic; if anybody monitoring their text conversation had reason…
Read MoreJohn Collins All 121 Dunks Full Highlights (2017-18 Season Dunkilation)
“You remember the plan?” John Collins said into his walkie talkie. “I told you a hundred times, I remember the goddamn plan,” said the voice of Kent Bazemore, a voice which hissed with interference thanks to the cheap communications hardware that John had shelled out for. “You’re getting a big head here and I don’t…
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