Nice little article. An excerpt:
A buddy of mine sent me a text last night, saying he was watching the game at a bar and whenever Novak put up a shot, the entire place would go berserk.
http://bucketsoverbroadway.com/2012/11/03/love-actually-a-steve-novak-story/
I'm proud to say that there was never a doubt in my mind that there was a place in the league for Novak.
Which is crazy to say as nearly seven foot tall dudes with sniper range are very rare.
I travel quite a bit and there was nothing funnier than watching Marquette games when Novak played. I would be at some bar in Tampa/Houston/San Diego/fill in city here/ and when he would catch an open pass I would say "Yeah!" well before he even shot.
The confused looks I received from casual fans were classic. More often than not he would shoot and make it; on some occasions he would not shoot or miss it. Either way I think people thought I didn't understand the game of basketball. :D
Quote from: MarquetteDano on November 05, 2012, 11:44:59 AM
I travel quite a bit and there was nothing funnier than watching Marquette games when Novak played. I would be at some bar in Tampa/Houston/San Diego/fill in city here/ and when he would catch an open pass I would say "Yeah!" well before he even shot.
The confused looks I received from casual fans were classic. More often than not he would shoot and make it; on some occasions he would not shoot or miss it. Either way I think people thought I didn't understand the game of basketball. :D
They probably assumed that you just cheered every time a white guy got the ball.
Quote from: MerrittsMustache on November 05, 2012, 12:55:51 PM
They probably assumed that you just cheered every time a white guy got the ball.
hahahahahaha
Also this from the article: "The more 3s he made, the more attention he started to get. Once he got the attention, everyone else joined the bandwagon I seemingly built from scratch."
Definitely made me laugh. Welcome to 2002-2003, bro.