NBA / Jul 25, 2011 / 5:30 pm

This Weekend, The NBA Was Back In Seattle

Other notes from the Key:

• T-Will got MVP and Hawes scored the most points, but Crawford was running the show. I didn’t see a box score, but I’m guessing he had at least a dozen assists, and just about every time he brought the ball up he gave us a little dribbling trick or threatened to break his defender’s ankles. You would think a guy in his 30s who is going into the offseason as a free agent wouldn’t risk his health playing in a game like this, but JC pretty much lives on the playgrounds in Seattle every summer. If there hadn’t been a charity game at KeyArena on Saturday, he would have been running 5-on-5 in the gym in front of no crowd anyway.

• I read a report that Beasley only scored 12 points, but that seems impossible to me. I could have sworn he had like 30, but maybe that’s what happens when you NEVER PASS TO ANYONE. I like Beasley, but he was like Blankman out there; all he saw was the ball, the rim, and shadows in front of him.

• Klay Thompson won the Three-Point Contest at halftime, knocking off Golden State teammate Dorell Wright in the finals. I’ve made jokes about certain guys — Mark Price, James Jones, etc. — being androids sent to Earth to shoot a basketball, but Klay might be the real deal. During one timeout there was some crowd-pleasing event happening on the court that I can’t remember, and I looked over to see Klay sitting on the bench staring a hole into the floor. He wasn’t reacting to anything going on around him. And then somebody flipped his “ON” switch when the timeout was over, and he came out and banged a few more threes. Don’t be surprised if this kid leads the NBA in three-point percentage someday.

• Michael Dickerson is 36 years old and hasn’t played in the League in eight years, yet he was in better shape than a lot of the active NBA guys on the court. Or at least he was willing to hustle more. Multiple times Dickerson beat everybody down the floor for easy layups.

• Four of the Seahawks were brought onto the court to play 2-Ball: Aaron Curry (LB) and Deon Butler (WR) versus Isaiah Stanback (WR) and Roy Lewis (S). Having spent plenty of time up-close with tall, lanky basketball players, most of them don’t physically surprise me anymore, unless it’s something crazy like Yao Ming’s 60-pound head. But football players, I’m not as used to. Curry is a BEAST. It says on paper he’s 6-2, 255 pounds, but he’s as wide as a doorway. Dude is too jacked to shoot a basketball.

• Rodney Stuckey was listed on the roster but decided not to play. Brandon Jennings, Trevor Ariza, Jason Kapono, Avery Bradley, Brian Scalabrine, Marcus Banks and Marvin Williams were also included in the original advertising, but none of them were in the building.

• Shawn Kemp was there, though, hanging out behind the scenes and making a few appearances courtside. If you haven’t heard, The Reign Man’s oldest son, Shawn Kemp Jr., has signed to play with UW next season.

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2 Responses to “This Weekend, The NBA Was Back In Seattle”

  1. Aron Phillips says:

    Awesome stuff. Glad you could make it through, Austin!

  2. Imperial-Mel says:

    This seems like it was a refreshing event to attend for the city of Seattle. Who is the person(s) who put these together?

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