“Silence! The King is making his entrance!” Garrett Temple announced as he strutted into the locker room, shirtless. “Please make way for the King!” Vince Carter smiled. “You know, man, technically we’re all kings, since we play for the…” “SILENCE! Who talked while the King was talking? I do not remember giving anyone permission to…
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Jusuf Nurkic 19 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (1/22/2018)
Jusuf Nurkic sat in the back row of the team plane. The mood was subdued; they had just lost, and his teammates knew that this game had meant a lot to him. Occasionally one of them would glance back to where he was sitting by himself, see his stony glare, and quickly snap back to…
Read MoreDirk Nowitzki 21 Points Full Highlights (1/20/2018)
When Dirk Nowitzki heard his doorbell ring, he strongly considered not even getting up from his couch. It was only when he remembered that he had a large shipment of German meat products arriving soon, a shipment that he would have to sign for, did he slowly lift his tall body off the comfortable sofa…
Read MoreKelly Oubre 26 Points Full Highlights (1/19/2018)
Driving slowly through a rough area of Washington DC, Kelly Oubre peered through the windshield at the passing street signs, struggling to discern them in the weak glow of the street lights. The place was supposed to be right past Jefferson Street, but it seemed like he should have gotten to it by now. Not…
Read MoreClint Capela 20 Points Full Highlights (1/18/2018)
“Hey Clint, we need you to do a huge favor for us.” Clint looked up from his phone to see Trevor Ariza, James Harden, and Gerald Green standing in front of him. All of them wore identical looks of determination on their faces. “Uh, sure. Maybe. What’s up?” “Trevor here says that he knows of…
Read MoreTaj Gibson 18 Points Full Highlights (1/16/2018)
Taj Gibson and Nemanja Bjelica sat at a table in the Orlando nightclub. Bjelica was high-fiving every patron that recognized him and making loud, drunken comments at women that passed by, but Taj did nothing but take an occasional sip of his beer. Even the basket of mozzarella sticks in front of him was untouched….
Read MoreKelly Oubre 19 Points Full Highlights (1/15/2018)
Kelly Oubre walked through the front doors of Washington D.C.’s central public library and stopped to assess his surroundings. He had never been in this library before. As far as he could remember, he had never been in any kind of library before. He didn’t know where the books he was looking for would be…
Read MoreKelly Oubre 17 Points Full Highlights (1/13/2018)
John Wall arrived early to practice, thinking he would be the first one in the gym. His dreams of having an undisturbed warmup session where dashed, however, when he saw Kelly Oubre sitting cross-legged at center court, surrounded by yarn and knitting needles. “Do I even want to know?” John asked as he walked up…
Read MoreMontrezl Harrell 17 Points Full Highlights (1/13/2018)
There is an impatient knock at my door. Annoyed that somebody is disregarding my clearly posted “no solicitors” sign, I ignore the demand of my attention and continue the consumption of my gourmet breakfast: a personal creation called a “Pop-Tart Sandwich”, which is two of one flavor Pop Tart sandwiching one of another flavor Pop-Tart,…
Read MoreJulius Randle 22 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (1/9/2018)
Julius Randle and Alex Caruso sat a table along the wall of a Los Angeles nightclub. Both had multiple spent drink glasses in front of them, and both were keeping a keen eye on any woman that walked past. “You know what, dude?” Julius asked his teammate. “What?” “I don’t think any of these women…
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