White Men Can Jump: You Can Go Ahead And Hang This Pat Spencer Dunk In The Louvre
Jamie Sabau. Getty Images.Everybody in the lacrosse world knows that Pat Spencer is a killer. They know that if given the opportunity, he will go out there and rip out your soul purely for the entertainment factor of it. He did it to opposing defensemen and goalies for 4 long, arduous years while playing lacrosse at Loyola.
When he decided to chase his dream of playing in the NBA once his college lacrosse career was wrapped up, I'm sure most people just thought to themselves, "Oh nice. Another white boy out there to hit a couple of threes, pass the ball around, and play some gritty defense". I can't imagine anybody outside of the lacrosse community ever looked at Pat Spencer and thought to themselves that this man was going to unload a hellacious hammer right on top of their skulls in an NBA game.
We tried to warn you. Congrats on the new poster, Walker Kessler.
First off, you can see he's still a lacrosse player at heart with that back cut. He fakes like he's going over the pick, sees that Brice Sensabaugh has his hips flipped, and cuts right through the back door to get open in the lane. That's a textbook lacrosse cut if I've ever seen one. Now the rest of that play? Well it's pretty obvious that Pat Spencer made the right career choice going back to basketball after lacrosse. The signs were always there.
Anyways, it seems like the Jimmy Butler trade was highly unnecessary for Golden State. Just give Pat Spencer more minutes and you can keep the season alive.