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Game 44
Sacramento Isaiahs versus Utah Jazz
By Pizza Guyington, Isaiah Thomas's Greatest FanGame 44
Sacramento Isaiahs versus Utah Jazz
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I just don't understand why the Sacramento Kings don't give the ball to Isaiah more! I mean, he's a top five player in the NBA for God's sake! You don't see the Heat freeze out Lebron! Did Phil Jackson not give the ball to Michael Jordan with the game on the line? No other player in the NBA is treated as terribly by his own team as Isaiah Thomas. If I were in his shoes, I'd have asked for a trade years ago. But I'm not in his shoes, but I'm pretty darn close. I'm writing this from inside Isaiah's shoe closet.
Maybe I should introduce myself. My name is Pizza Guyinton and I am Isaiah Thomas's number one fan. My love for the Hustling Huskie (The greatest nickname ever, thanks Jerry!) started back when I was a crossing guard at Isaiah's elementary school. One day, I witnessed a seven-year old child dunk on a full-sized NBA hoop after school. That child? Our beloved Pizza Guy (the best commercial ever. Thanks Pizza Guys!). (Fun Fact: The only reason Isaiah doesn't dunk anymore is that he doesn't want to embarrass the other players. Isaiah was 6'3" then. He stopped growing because he didn't want to scare the other players. In fact, he shrunk six inches to even the playing field.)
Needless to say, it was love at first sight. I've followed Isaiah's growth through middle school, AAU, high school, college, and the pros. Whereever Isaiah goes, I promise you, I am not far behind. Sometimes I hide in his bushes. Other times, I wait in his trunk. On the night Isaiah was drafted 60th over all, I cried. How could the NBA have been so blind. Did they not see the pure genius, that blindingly brilliant basketball god, hiding before them? When Isaiah was finally picked, I knew the NBA would never be the same. Isaiah would show them all. The NBA would rue the day it crossed Little Hercules.
Unfortunately for IT, his team is polluted with crap players and the worst coach in the history of coaching. While Isaiah should be getting 50 shots a game, those two scrubs named Demarcus Cousins (which NBA player is he even named after?!) and Rudy Gay (don't even get me started) decide to hog the ball and even pass the ball to other players on the floor. With those two wastes hurt, we're finally getting to see what our hero is fully capable. Except, sadly, the other players on the floor won't give the Huskie the ball, obviously because of basketball's anti-Seattle bias.
Isaiah had an amazingly efficient 22 points on 21 shots against the Nuggets despite barely touching the ball. Imagine if he had gotten the 40 shots he needed to settle into a rhythm. This Kings team and coaching staff is a joke. And don't even get me started on their stupid fans. No one knows more about basketball than me.
I see people complain about Isaiah not playing defense but they just don't understand. If IT decided to play defense, the other team would not score and the game would lose all meaning. It is only at Isaiah's mercy that the game of basketball still exists. Praise him. I sure do. I kiss his poster every night before I go to sleep.
Isaiah is my reason for being. And he should be yours too.
The good news: Isaiah is making the trip to Utah. The bad news: so is Rudy Gay.
The only way the Suckramento Kings win this game is if Isaiah takes more than 50 shots. If he doesn't, this joke of a team stands absolutely no chance of winning. The Jazz are too good.
Not sure if serious.
