The Schaub Memorial Orphanage was dark. Donatas walked the silent halls, halls which had been decorated by the children’s artwork. It was a much more modern place than the orphanage in Lithuania had been. There were just two children in each room, instead of twenty or thirty. There was no fireplace, and even if there…
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Donatas Motiejunas All 150 Post Moves Full Highlights (2014-2015 Season Post Move-ilation Part I)
“I would now like to bring up to the podium Mr. Donatas Motiejunas, the new honorary director of the Schaub Memorial Orphanage!” To a rousing chorus of applause, Donatas sheepishly got up from his seat and walked up to the front. His dream was coming true. When he got to the podium and squinted through…
Read MoreTrevor Ariza 22 Points/3 Dunks Full Highlights (5/12/2015)
Trevor Ariza sat at his locker before the game. He thought about all the fans out there who wanted to see the Rockets win, not just this game but the whole series against the Clippers. But he knew it would be hard, and he tried to get himself in the zone. James Harden walked up…
Read MoreGiannis Antetokounmpo All 95 Dunks Full Highlights (2014-2015 Season Dunkilation)
(Jan. 20, 2014) Dear diary, Today my friend Ersan took me to the mall. There were malls in Greece too, but I never got to go. I never had the money to spend in them. Now that I have money, Ersan and I went just to hang out. I could have done that in Greece…
Read MoreStephen Curry All 286 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2014-2015 Season Three-ilation Part II)
Stephen listened with annoyance at the voicemail message on Klay’s phone, giving his teammate a long opportunity to answer the call. “You’ve reached Klay Thompson’s phone, but he’s not available to take your call. Please leave a message…” Hanging up, Stephen shook his head. The messages he had been leaving were all being ignored. Even…
Read MoreStephen Curry All 286 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2014-2015 Season Three-ilation Part I)
Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson sat in their getaway car, almost uncertain what to do next. They had just sneaked into Steve Kerr’s house, into his very bedroom, and stolen the magical three-point shooting amulet which he had been wearing around his neck. Now that they had the enchanted object, they realized that neither of…
Read MoreNicolas Batum 27 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (4/25/2015)
“What are we goings to do?” Victor Claver yelled as he ran. “Shut up and keep running!” shouted Nic Batum as he ran alongside his teammate. Why had he been so stupid as to microwave a basketball? Such a juvenile stunt could never have a positive outcome, and now, here they were, being chased by…
Read MoreRyan Anderson 26 Points Full Highlights (4/23/2015)
Ryan Anderson, Devonte, and several of his gang members rode in Devonte’s beat-up car towards the Smoothie King Center, home of the Smoothie King himself. Turning the flamethrower over and over in his hands, Ryan was lost in thought. How did he know that the Smoothie King wasn’t controlling his own thoughts right at this…
Read MoreRudy Gobert All 134 Dunks Full Highlights (2014-2015 Season Dunkilation)
Rudy Gobert reclined in the chair on his porch, sipping a small glass of chartreuse. In front of him stretched the expanses of his finely-cultivated Victorian garden. Here and there, a dazzling peacock would appear in a pathway, strutting self-assuredly. Rudy could see a few of his gardeners tending to the flora. Sometimes it was…
Read MoreEnes Kanter 25 Points Full Highlights (4/15/2015)
Enes Kanter stood outside the door of apartment 212. He had come here to Salt Lake City all the way from Oklahoma, and now he was too chicken to even knock on the door. The girl he loved was behind that door, he knew it. But what if things had changed? What if things weren’t…
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