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Charles Curtis here. Welcome to the slowest sports day of the year. There’s no baseball, no summer league games, no NFL preseason. We had a single WNBA game that already took place! But … otherwise, slow. Even the NBA rumor mill has ground to a halt as we await Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Donovan Mitchell or maybe Russell Westbrook to get traded.
I have just the thing to pass the time.
You see, back in 2011, at a basketball camp, the great Stan Van Gundy was teaching something about dribbling. And suddenly, he had handles like Kyrie, showing a dazzling array of moves that not a lot of people expected out of Van Gundy.
Why is this relevant? Because, recently, it was brought to my attention that someone on Reddit put up an edited version of that famous video … but that person added some superstars getting their ankles broken by him.
Here. Enjoy:
That’s all I’ve got. On to the good stuff:
The Tip-Off
Want an update on the Durant trade situation or lack thereof? From Hoops Hype’s NBA trade rumor rankings:
The Rudy Gobert trade seems to have really hurt Durant’s chances of having his trade request fulfilled, as the massive haul Utah received for the limited offensive center means that a team is going to have to come through with a gargantuan offer to land Durant.
As such, talks for Durant have reportedly slowed to a trickle with the Nets no longer being aggressive in making outgoing calls on that front …
What’s more, Durant and his camp appear to have gone dark on Brooklyn once again. Could he come back and rescind his trade request? The Nets are certainly hoping that is the case.
Zzzzzz. Hopefully this picks up soon!
Shootaround
— We sent this to you yesterday, but it bears repeating: Here are Bryan Kalbrosky’s grades for all 30 teams’ offeasons.
— Steph Curry is hosting the ESPYs tonight, so I ranked some all-time great ESPYs hosts, and I bring this up because KD has gotten roasted a lot at the awards show.
— Speaking of which: Here’s Cole Huff on Aliyah Boston rightfully declining ESPN’s disingenuous invitation to the ESPYs.
— A look at how the Celtics’ offseason is being rated around the internets.