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…
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Mario 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 MoreJeff Teague 24 Points/11 Assists Full Highlights (11/12/2018)
Jeff Teague could hardly contain the poeticism bursting from within him. Hastily entering his apartment, he didn’t even bother to turn on the lights before walking briskly to his desk. Once there, he lit the two candles which rested upon the flat wood surface, granting him just enough illumination to begin the task at hand….
Read MoreTaj Gibson 18 Points Full Highlights (3/26/2018)
Taj sat in his empty apartment at two in the morning. His sleep had been restless, so he had gotten up to calm his thoughts. However, it became clear after another hour of wakefulness that sleep would not be coming to him again that night. The emotions within him were too poignant, too acute to…
Read MoreNikola Vucevic 25 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (3/3/2017)
Nikola Vucevic retrieved a sheet of paper from the box of fine stationery above his desk. Words this important deserved to be written on the finest paper and with the finest ink. Setting the paper down next to an intricately-crafted ballpoint pen, he only needed to ponder for a few seconds before the words began…
Read MoreBeno Udrih 13 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (10/28/2016)
Beno Udrih sat down at his writing desk, retrieved his finest ballpoint pen and a sturdy piece of stationery, and began to write. “An Ode to Slovenia: Slovenia is the country of my birth Now I will describe its lack of worth While there are truly good people there To ever find them is quite…
Read MoreAndre Drummond All 117 Dunks Full Highlights (2015-16 Season Dunkilation)
“Hey Andre, what’s up with all these iCarly DVD’s?” Andre Drummond jogged over to where Aron Baynes was snooping through his personal movie collection. “They’re my kid sister’s,” Andre explained, snatching the copy of ‘iCarly: the Complete Fourth Season’ out of his teammate’s hand and replacing it on the shelf “You don’t have a kid…
Read MorePatrick Beverley 17 Points/5 Threes Full Highlights (3/25/2016)
Patrick Beverley sat down at his writing desk, his hands tingling with the words that yearned to be written. Pulling towards him an unused piece of stationery, he began to write: “‘An Ode to Russell Westbrook’ How I truly hate him so My eternal point guard foe Smug about his triple-doubles I hope his knees…
Read MoreOtto Porter 15 Points Full Highlights (4/21/2015)
Making the Raptors into his bitches Abandoning the goggles allows him to ball Yes, he is actually decent now Befitting a player picked third overall Everyone was down on him, including me Not Wizards fans, though, who always believed Otto Porter is blossoming before our eyes The tree of stardom grown from the potential seed…
Read MoreEnes Kanter 24 Points Full Highlights (4/3/2015)
Enes Kanter couldn’t help it. He was crying again. These tears, like those preceding them, were shed in memory of Jesseca, the cheerleader that Enes had left behind in Utah. The droplets, each one filled with more emotion than one man could possibly hold inside, splashed onto the piece of fancy stationery which lay in…
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