Did I spell that correctly? Jonas Valančiūnas? If not, blame it on the Youtuber; I copied and pasted.
Anyway, as the title points out, Toronto’s prized Lithuanian rook recently came through with a slam-dunk spectacle fit for any highlight reel. Maybe you’ve seen it—the video began circulating around the internet at least 12 hours ago—but hey, some of us have been busy. So, for those of you who spent half your day in a van like I did, here’s what you need to see (via BDL):
As much as I love my dude Nikola Pekovic, you don’t see a whole hell of a lot of this in European basketball. As a matter of fact, you don’t see a whole hell of a lot of this anywhere. I mean, off-the-glass dunks, sure… those happen from time to time… but off-the-glass dunks with a defender involved? That’s an entirely different story. The last one I can recall was executed by Earl Watson and Russell Westbrook back in ’09, and before that… Jason Richardson, I guess? I don’t even know what year that one was, but I can tell you it was way back… like when Baron Davis was good.
Dunk rating on the Starbury Nastiness Scale:
9/10 Starbury Nasty Faces
You know something about Iceland? All the ice is actually in Greenland. According to my grade school teacher Mr. Kasper, Leif Erikson is responsible for the confusion. He called Greenland Greenland because he wanted people to show up and colonize. I can only imagine the disappointment of the settlers. Must’ve been somethin’ kinda like drafting Kwame Brown.
I think I’ll call Kwame “Greenland” from now on. Kwame “Greenland” Brown. Does that work?
