What a time to be alive if you’re a Croatian basketball fan. First, Dragan Bender resurrects his career in Golden State (okay, “resurrects” is too strong a term, but he’s definitely getting minutes that he wasn’t getting in Milwaukee). Second, Dario Saric scores 16 and 24 points in consecutive games for the Suns. Third, Luka…
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Mario Hezonja Career High 30 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (4/6/2019)
Mario Hezonja relaxed in his modest Manhattan apartment. The lights were dim and soft instrumental hip-hop was playing through his sound system: exactly what he needed to unwind after partying with his teammates well into the early morning. Reclined on his modern, minimalist sofa, he let the sounds of the music wash over him, soothing…
Read MoreMario Hezonja Triple Double 16 Pts/16 Rebs/11 Asts Full Highlights (4/5/2019)
Mario Hezonja slipped his light-blocking mask over his eyes, hoping to get some sleep on the flight that was going back to New York. With his noise-cancelling headphones playing some chill instrumental beats to drown out the light amount of chatter that was coming from his teammates, he was sure that rest would be coming…
Read MoreMario Hezonja Career High 29 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (4/3/2019)
Mario Hezonja was sitting on the team plane when he felt an inexplicable feeling overtake his body. After a few seconds spent feeling like he was being jostled by gentle ocean waves, the sensations became mental rather than physical as they directly entered his mind. Somehow feeling compelled by this strange, but soothing, sensation in…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 23 Points Full Highlights (3/20/2019)
Am I…am I detecting some of that Croatian Swagger that Mario Hezonja was playing with at the end of last season while he was on the Magic? I think so! I think I am indeed detecting the Croatian Swagger once again manifesting itself in Hezonja’s play! Perhaps all that was needed to get him back…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 17 Points/1 Block Full Highlights (3/17/2019)
LeBron James sat in the back of the team plane as it flew to wherever their next game was. He didn’t know their schedule anymore, nor did he care. It was all over. There would be no Finals. There would be no playoffs. Would he even play in the rest of the team’s games? That…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 19 Points Full Highlights (1/8/2019)
Nineteen points is Mario “The Croat GOAT” Hezonja’s highest-scoring game this season, despite the fact that he scored twenty or more six times last season. Again, this brings up the eternal question: is he getting misused by Fiz, or does hes just suck? As is usual for me, I don’t know the answer, but I…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 14 Points Full Highlights (12/17/2018)
Just putting it out there: I am not salty at all over the fact that Mario “Crobe” Hezonja dunked “on” Giannis Antetokounmpo and then, on his way back up the court, stepped over his vanquished foe’s dunked-on body laying prone on the hardwood. It’s easy to say that he’s not good enough to do stuff…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 17 Points/3 Dunks Full Highlights (11/28/2018)
I had hopes that a change of scenery would further elevate Mario Hezonja out of “almost bust” status and into “decent role-player” territory. It’s easy to forget now, but he was actually sort of good at times for the Magic last year. Almost kinda consistently, too. I was making fun of the Magic for not…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 15 Points Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
In the interest of transparency and openness, I must inform you of this stat from Mario Hezonja’s performance tonight before you watch the corresponding highlight video: he went 6-of-18 from the field. But if I wanted to fill my quota of Euros tonight, this had to be one of the vids I made. So I’m…
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