Written By: Jeff Lambert
My buddy Evans is a diehard Phoenix Suns fan. Which means that if we omit Sir Charles’ run in ‘93 and the “7 Seconds or Less” era from team history, he’s pretty much been drowning in a pool of mediocrity for about as long as I’ve known him. So when the topic of Shannon Brown entering the Slam Dunk Contest was brought up, he was quick to quip: “I don’t get the fuss over that guy”.
Well for starters, Shannon Brown can jump really, really, REALLY high. The truth is, you can’t go to a Lakers game without seeing Shannon do something amazing, which is when I realized that Evans was probably just still mad about this:
Then I thought about it a little more. Evans just hasn’t seen Shannon do his thing on a nightly basis like we have. That’s when I realized that up until a year ago, neither had we…
I mean it’s not like we traded Vladimir Radmanovic for Shannon Brown. We traded him for Adam Morrison and his wicked mustache, remember? Shannon was just a throw in to make salaries match. Well it turns out Shannon Brown was much more than just a throw in, and he made that point loud and clear from Day 1.
Next: Shannon’s First Game
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