"You can just feel his love for the game."
“He brings his lunch pail every day.”
“He possesses a high basketball IQ.”
"You know, you don't see too many players wear kneepads these days."
“He has deceptive speed.”
"His coach told us he’s an absolute joy to coach."
“He has a ‘European-style’ game.”
"He started out as the team ball boy."
"He has a double major."
“He plays with great discipline.”
"He hails from the town that proudly boasts the world's biggest sock puppet."
“He possesses a great feel for the game.”
"I tell you, I'd love to coach this guy."
"He still holds the North Dakota state scoring record."
“He really understands his role on the team.”
"His girlfriend plays the flute in the pep band."
"His coach told us he’s always in the tape room watching film."
“There’s no wasted energy with him.”
"He's got a shooter's touch."
"He hails from the province of Ontario."
"After college, he told us he wants to get into coaching."
“He does the little things.”
"Other schools he considered included Rutgers, Dartmouth, and the Naval Acadamy."
“He’s got a great set of hands.”
"We were told his teammates nicknamed him 'Floorburn'."
“You know, the ability to set a screen is really a lost art form these days.”
"He's a first team academic all-American."
"He's got a great attitude."
"He told us his first love was actually hockey."
"He was heavily recruited by both Bobby Knight and Mike Krzyzewski."
"In his spare time he writes poetry."
“His father was actually his high school coach.”
"After practice he volunteers at the hospital."
"In the summers he works at the cracker factory in his hometown."
"He told us he goes by ‘Boban’."
“He’s an outstanding shooter when he has time to get his feet set.”
“What he may lack in foot speed, he more than makes up for in moxie.”
“He epitomizes the term ‘team player’.”
Mark Madsen is not slow. He possesses "deceptive speed".
By MATTHEW MONROE
Today's world of basketball commentary is dominated by announcers who wish to whitewash poor players and present them in a positive light (Billy Packer and Bill Walton excluded). In order to sift through their laudatory analysis and provide you, the viewer, with an accurate representation of the commentator's true intentions, thearch.info has compiled the following list of translations for a slow, unskilled white player:
Basketball Announcer Claims Slow White Player “Plays the Game the Right Way”
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