Big props to Mario Hezonja tonight for not only scoring 18 points (which is a good amount for him), but for accepting the task of guarding Giannis Antetokounmpo and not getting as obliterated as one would think he would. He couldn’t really stop him, because no one really can, but he did what he could…
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Mario Hezonja 15 Points Knicks Debut Full Highlights (10/17/2018)
I’m pretty sure the Knicks commentators had never seen Mario Hezonja play before tonight. Not during the preseason, not during all the times the Magic came to visit, never. Otherwise they wouldn’t have been showering him with all the faint praise that they were. They wouldn’t sound so cautiously optimistic. Anyone who has watched Hezonja’s…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 14 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
Mario Hezonja might have improved quite a bit over the course of the season, but he’s not yet good enough to avoid being part of the “scrub lineups” that losing, tanking teams run at the end of games. However, I would say that in those same scrub lineups where he has to play with the…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 19 Points/1 Block Full Highlights (4/3/2018)
One could say that Mario Hezonja was in the… ZONE-ja tonight! I can’t believe that I never thought of that particular pun before. It’s been staring me in the face for all these four (actually three apparently) seasons and it took one of the Magic commentators saying it for me to realize its existence. Congrats,…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 23 Points Full Highlights (3/28/2018)
Mario Hezonja’s tenure with the Magic is drawing to a close. It’s possible that they resign him in free agency, but how likely do you think that is? As the young people say: “he gone”. It’s taken Hezonja almost the entirety of his rookie contract to show that he’s not a bust, but he’s finally…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 14 Points Full Highlights (3/24/2018)
29 other GMs around the league are going to be so impressed by this video. Well, maybe not this video particularly (though I know you’re reading this, Earvin), but the performance that this video showcases. Mario Hezonja only had 14 points, but he accomplished a prestigious feat: the “scrub by five”, where a scrub/role-player gets…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 16 Points/3 Dunks Full Highlights (3/3/2018)
I don’t think I ever realized that Damjan Rudez and Mario Hezonja were simultaneously on the Magic and Croatian last season. I never connected all the dots. I knew they were both on the Magic, and I knew they were both Croatian, but I failed to cognize that that meant that (too many “that”s) the…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 17 Points Full Highlights (2/28/2018)
I know this is a Mario Hezonja video, and I’ll get to him in a minute, but I’d just like to step on the soapbox I have here and let everybody know that Rashad Vaughn needs to be getting 20 minutes per game from here on out. That’s not too unreasonable, the Magic are going…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 15 Points Full Highlights (2/22/2018)
Mario Hezonja has been pretty good for a decent amount of the year now, so I’m wondering if these 15 points are even highlight-worthy anymore. I almost thought so, then I thought “oh yeah all the other Hezonja vids I made just got deleted so I’d better get going on some more” so here we…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 21 Points Full Highlights (2/13/2018)
This is audition time for Mario Hezonja. Each game the Magic play, he gets to face a new team, a team that might be willing to open up their checkbook for him in the summer. Two games ago, the Bucks, last game, the Bulls, tonight, the Hornets. He scored 20 or more against all three,…
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