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Meyers Leonard 23 Points Full Highlights (12/1/2015)

Meyers Leonard heard the telltale chime his phone made when it received a text. This sound used to fill him with excitement as he would wonder which one of his friends wanted to hang out. However, in the past few weeks, this wonder had been ousted from his mind, only to be replaced by dread….

Andrew Wiggins 27 Points Full Highlights (12/1/2015)

After an uneventful evening that was mostly occupied by Andrew practicing his jumpshot with a slightly-less-than-inflated basketball, he returned to his room to find Dooby already asleep. Being as quiet as possible, he slipped into his own bunk, thankful that Dooby, as cool as he seemed, wasn’t awake to call him a fag. The next…

Clint Capela 18 Points Full Highlights (11/29/2015)

Clint Capela and Dwight Howard, in the midst of a rather vehement disagreement, approached their interim head coach, J.B. Bickerstaff. “Coach, Clint’s being a dummy. Tell him to stop being so dumb!” Dwight whined. J.B. sighed. This was not the first time in his short coaching stint that he had dealt with his team’s childish…

Jerami Grant 18 Points Full Highlights (11/27/2015)

Jerami Grant frantically dialed the number of his former teammate, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute. “Luc, we got issues over here in Philly.” Luc laughed. “Yeah, I’ll say. Oh-and-seventeen, that’s not so good.” “I don’t even care about that right now,” Jerami replied. “The locker room is imploding as we speak. You gotta calm things…

Giannis Antetokounmpo 21 Points Full Highlights (11/25/2015)

The next day, thoughts of smoothies continually popped into Giannis’ head, and he was itching to go back to the mall to get another. It was a game day, though, so he had a strict nutrition and activity plan to follow, prepared specifically for him by the team’s trainers. His breakfast of granola and a…

Ish Smith 20 Points/11 Assists Full Highlights (11/25/2015)

Now, this is a story all about how My life got flipped-turned upside down And I’d like to take a minute Just sit and watch I’ll tell you how aliens replaced Ish Smith with Steve Nash Southern Wisconsin born and raised On the internet was where I spent most of my days Posting YouTube highlights…

Raul Neto 10 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (11/25/2015)

“Psst, Raul! Over here!” Raul Neto, walking out to the team bus after a well-executed victory over the Clippers, stopped in his tracks. He could have sworn that somebody had just whispered his voice… “I’m in the trash can, you dummy!” said the voice. There was a trash can nearby, and the voice indeed did…

Markieff Morris 28 Points Full Highlights (11/23/2015)

Devin Booker trudged aimlessly through a vast expanse of featureless Arizona desert. There was little to distract his troubled mind; the looming mountains on the horizon, the intermittent squawks of vultures, occasional human-shaped cacti. He had not seen a real human for days, maybe weeks. He could feel his sanity slipping away, like sand through…

Andrew Wiggins 32 Points Full Highlights (11/23/2015)

“But mommmmm, I don’t want to go to this stupid basketball camp. It sounds super gay,” said thirteen-year-old Andrew Wiggins, who sat, arms crossed and scowling, in the back of his mom’s minivan. “We can turn back right now and I’ll forgive you.” “But Andy honey, it will be fun!” his mother responded cheerily, not…

C.J. McCollum 19 Points Full Highlights (11/22/2015)

C.J. McCollum was interrupted from his Game of Thrones marathon by his phone ringing. He took a quick glance at the screen, planning to ignore the call, but when he saw that it was Blazers GM Neil Olshey, he reluctantly paused the show and answered the phone. “Hi Neil, what’s up?” Neil’s voice sounded breathless….