“Hey Russ, I having big favor to ask you,” Enes Kanter told his teammate immediately after his team’s loss to the Warriors. He had to raise his voice to make himself heard over the continued cheering of the home fans. “It very important.” “Is this about that cheerleader from Utah that you can’t shut up…
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Roy Hibbert 16 Points Full Highlights (1/18/2017)
Roy Hibbert walked through the indistinct foggy realm, searching for anything that would give meaning to his presence in this place. There didn’t seem to be any floor or ground before his feat; underneath him, as above him, stretched an endless field of pinpoints of lights that had to be distant stars. But if he…
Read MoreGorgui Dieng 21 Points Full Highlights (1/15/2017)
“Dear diary, Today the team did a charity event at a local hospital. I am always pleased when we visit the sick children. It feels nice to bring some happiness to their lives when they are beset with such severe diseases and syndromes. It helps to keep things in perspective, that basketball is not everything…
Read MoreDoug McDermott Career High 31 Points Full Highlights (1/15/2017)
Doug McDermott woke up and immediately decided he had simply transferred from one dream into another. The place he was in had a very dreamlike quality about it; a marble hallway extending infinitely in both directions; a pervasive greyish mist; ivory pillars extending vaguely into the hazy sky; indistinct yellow torches lending diffuse orbs of…
Read MoreNikola Jokic 22 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (1/12/2017)
Nikola Jokic walked to his locker and immediately noticed something was very clearly wrong: there were pieces of paper taped all over the inside and outside. He walked up to get a closer look; when he saw what was printed on the papers, his heart was filled with a mixture of sadness and disappointment. On…
Read MoreMarreese Speights 19 Points Full Highlights (1/8/2017)
Marreese Speights was relaxing in his living room with teammate Wes Johnson. They had finished two extra-large pepperoni pizzas and now Wes was looking bored. “Let’s see what’s on TV,” he said, grabbing the remote from Marreese’s coffee table. “I don’t really feel like moving around or getting up after all that pizza.” “I hear…
Read MoreBojan Bogdanovic 23 Points Full Highlights (1/6/2017)
“Dear Father, I am sorry I was not able to come back home for Christmas this year. You know how busy our schedules are as NBA players. The foreign players do not have enough time to get home and back in just two days. Hopefully the presents I sent were well received. I certainly missed…
Read MoreDennis Schröder 23 Points Full Highlights (1/5/2017)
“So, uh, I guess you heard I got traded,” Kyle Korver said awkwardly to his teammate Dennis Schröder. “Yeah, too bad,” Dennis said, feigning sympathy. “But NBA is business. It is not there to protect feelings of players.” “So, I’m saying bye to all the guys, and then I’m outta here,” Kyle continued. Dennis realized…
Read MoreKosta Koufos 18 Points Full Highlights (1/3/2017)
Kosta Koufos, dressed in a heavy black overcoat and with a black ski mask over his face, burst through the front door of the Walgreens brandishing a handgun. “This is a robbery!” he shouted, running up to the nearest cashier, a middle-aged woman, and pointing the gun at her. There were screams as patrons ran…
Read MoreJusuf Nurkic 15 Points Full Highlights (1/2/2017)
“Hey Nikola,” Jusuf Nurkic said, approaching his teammate in the locker room. “We need have conversation.” Nikola Jokic looked up from putting on his shoes and gave Jusuf a wary look. “Sure.” “Everybody on the team hate you,” Jusuf stated bluntly, having already figured out the lie he would tell his teammate to hurt his…
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