Most points by a rook since ‘68? Pitch a no hitter on acid? Anything can happen on any given day. Or night.
Dock Ellis achieved the single greatest athletic feat ever accomplished by a man who admittedly was under the influence of psychedelics. Recently deceased, this version of his tale, animated by the good folks at our NYC-based kindred spirits at No Mas and narrated by Ellis himself, is an instant classic. R.I.P. Dock, R.I.P. Watching it made me wonder if Brandon Jennings was loose off of two tabs of Mellow Yellow. See, Jennings torched the Warriors for the most points by a rookie (55) since Earl “The Pearl” Monroe went off for 56–41 years ago. He was clearly out of his mind.
All of which made me a bit unstable myself. I was only saved by the fact that I didn’t see it. See, I was watching the wacky end to the Cal/Arizona football thing. Flipping back to the Dubs game after that ish resolved, and after a flurry of text messages, I found that Brandon Jennings had gone off. For 28 in the third. On his way to 55. Another guy we could have drafted. I’m talking about Jennings. Not the first time this has happened either. Kobe, anyone? No, we needed Todd Fuller. But I digress. And I’m not hating on Steph Curry whatsoever. I’m just saying. Even Nellie said he’d never seen a rookie performance like it. Because he was in a bar somewhere falling down off of some single malt when Earl got down with that 56. Or maybe because he prefers to torture his talented rookies with the whole back-and-forth, in-and-out-of-favor, limited-playing-time thing. All of these thoughts made me want my own escape from reality for sure. And the margaritas proved insufficient.
But, no. I didn’t drop a tab after the game, home alone with the dog as I was. But this particularly artful animated micro-documentary made me feel a wee bit inspired. Props to James Blagden. Maybe he’ll be first in line to document the Brandon Jennings story, when it’s revealed that he was zooted to the gills off of some Spongebob Squarepants blotter craziness and thought that the basket was like, really, really big for a couple of hours.
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Excellent write-up DT. I think you’re probably the only person to cover the Brandon Jennings story from this perspective. Brandon Jennings on one. Thizzing. Nice.
However, The Warriors can still claim the top two rookie scoring performances of all time - Wilt and Rick Barry. Both for The Warriors and within five years of each other. Ah, the good old days.
Comment by matthewmeschery | 11.16.2009 | 8:00 am