Chris Yuscavage

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White Men Still Can't Jump

Posted 10/14/2008 at 7:33 PM | Comment?

But they can dribble! Okay, so this isn't exactly Woody Harrelson in the playground hoops classic (yeah, yeah, act like you don't stop for at least five minutes every time you see it playing on a Saturday afternoon) but some white dude from London schooled New Jersey Nets point guard Devin Harris on the merits of ~~ignoring any sort of defensive drills and focusing solely on~~ doing a whole lot of ballhandling drills at practice. My only problem with this is that I've seen The Professor from AND1 do this to so many dudes (granted, they weren't NBA dudes, but still...) that I'm kinda desensitized to the whole thing. I do give him credit for pulling off moves in some snug khakis (pause) and a sweater, but he kinda reminds me of this dude I used to play with at the YMCA. He was a 5'6" white dude who could do 360 dunks but couldn't shoot a lick and was pretty much only effective on break-away plays. At any rate, enjoy watching D Harris humbly take this quick L. And then get excited for the NBA preview package we've got coming in two weeks. We're not playing games this year, people.