Bill Simmons in ESPN the mag talks about Jasikevicius
Got my ESPN the magazine today and in Bill Simmon's column he talked about why he loves sports. Guess what number 930 was?
None other than our favorite Love-him-or-hate-him dub, Sarunas!
Anyways, I'd thought I'd write it out here so we can all see.
No. 930: Sarunas Jasikevicius
Until this spring, Jack Haley was the greatest 12th man in NBA history. Mark Madsen was the poor man's Haley and Sean Marks was the poor man's Madsen (which makes Marks the homeless man's Haley, if you're scoring at home). But right before G-State's improbable, semi-euphoric playoff run, Sarunas apparently broke out his Karate Kid DVD to study the intensity of the Cobra Kai kid, who screamed, "Get him a body bag.....yeahhhhhhhh!" After Johnny Lawrence nearly crippled Daniel-san in the climatic match at the All-Valley Tournament.
In time, Jasikevicius actually became that kid on the Golden State's bench. When a big Warriors play was punctuated on TV by a shot of their subs, you could see everyone cheering except Sarunas, who instead was yelling with balled fists, like a UFC fighter after he'd vanquished someone in the octagon. His consistency was incredible: He never missed a chance to provide the "body bag" moment. Davis was great, but Sarunas was just as valuable in the way he fired up his teammates. He made Haley look like Chuck Nevitt, redefining the unintentional comedy ceiling for bench players and bringing the 12th man to a higher place. Just one more reason why I love sports.
This FanPost is a submission from a member of the mighty Golden State of Mind community. While we're all here to throw up that W, these words do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSoM Crew. Still, chances are the preceding post is Unstoppable Baby!
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Good for Cabbages!
And hey, if nothing else your diary finally pushed that "Totally Ludicrous Trades" diary down the list. (If I were Atma I'd delete that one even quicker than lame X-rated one from a few days ago...)
by Sleepy Freud on May 24, 2007 8:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
For realz
by Zorgon on May 24, 2007 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let Him Count the Ways....
by commish on May 24, 2007 9:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
10 to 1 odds that...
Best fan ever.
by sadleavy on May 25, 2007 3:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
the thing that i really like about runas
by stevenro59 on May 28, 2007 12:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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