Inexcusable. Simply inexcusable. Of all the things not to clue a proud and accomplished newcomer in on, they forgot to give Marc Gasol the low down on the player intros? As if a 7-foot white foreigner didn't stand out like enough of a sore thumb in a new city, the Raptors left him standing solo in uncomfortably watching over their pregame core-crunch like he's Steven f'n Glansberg? Never mind indoctrinating him into the offense, as he's a savvy veteran with a high enough basketball IQ to find the passing lanes and identify the proper time for a pick-and-roll...
The first order of business should have been getting the big man up to speed on the little ways in which to avoid any initial awkwardness. Needless to say, doing what the two-way, 3x All Star was left to do in peaking through the proverbial window at a group workout is awkward enough behavior to get your gym membership revoked. Marc Gasol has been a big name in the NBA for far too long to be left standing on the court wondering what the hell to do with his hands while the rest of his team gets a pump and plays patty-cake, so let that amateurish scene be a lesson to a Toronto Raptors' team that would have been an absolute nightmare for new kids during recess.
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