Watching Nick Young play basketball last season for the Philadelphia 76ers was one of the hidden joys of an otherwise worthless season. Behind Jrue Holiday’s breakout All-Star campaign, the unpredictability of the one they call ‘Swaggy P’ was reason enough to tune in.
But holy hell, I never thought he’d become a national phenomenon. Yet here we are, with the talent-deprived Lakers keeping pace with the two-time defending NBA champion Miami Heat on Christmas day … and all the talk is about Nick Young, his ridiculous nickname and the fact that the poor man’s version of Kobe Bryant is leading Kobe’s team in scoring. This is stupid. And crazy. And magnificent. Just like Nick freakin Young. His Kobe-sized confidence is impossible to ignore, and damn near impossible to dislike. Particularly when he’s not on your favorite team.
Long live Nick Young.
Watching
Nick Young play basketball last season for the Philadelphia 76ers was
one of the hidden joys of an otherwise worthless season. Behind Jrue
Holiday’s breakout All-Star campaign, the unpredictability of the one
they call ‘Swaggy P’ was reason enough to tune in.
But holy hell, I never thought he’d become a national phenomenon. Yet here we are, with the talent-deprived Lakers keeping pace with the two-time defending NBA champion Miami Heat on Christmas day … and all the talk is about Nick Young, his ridiculous nickname and the fact that the poor man’s version of Kobe Bryant is leading Kobe’s team in scoring. This is stupid. And crazy. And magnificent. Just like Nick freakin Young. His Kobe-sized confidence is impossible to ignore, and damn near impossible to dislike. Particularly when he’s not on your favorite team.
Long live Nick Young.
- See more at: http://www.thesportsfanjournal.com/sports/basketball/nba-christmas-day-open-thread-sleeved-uniforms-happens/#sthash.JQDtJyAx.dpuf
But holy hell, I never thought he’d become a national phenomenon. Yet here we are, with the talent-deprived Lakers keeping pace with the two-time defending NBA champion Miami Heat on Christmas day … and all the talk is about Nick Young, his ridiculous nickname and the fact that the poor man’s version of Kobe Bryant is leading Kobe’s team in scoring. This is stupid. And crazy. And magnificent. Just like Nick freakin Young. His Kobe-sized confidence is impossible to ignore, and damn near impossible to dislike. Particularly when he’s not on your favorite team.
Long live Nick Young.
- See more at: http://www.thesportsfanjournal.com/sports/basketball/nba-christmas-day-open-thread-sleeved-uniforms-happens/#sthash.JQDtJyAx.dpuf
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