Early in the season a lot of rookies have plays where they forgot just how unfamiliar the NBA can be. Where they assess an opportunity in terms of what it might have looked like in college, and then unwisely attempt to seize it. Sometimes it's a drive to the basket, others it's trying to block a shot. Last night for Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Wesley Johnson it was both.
Keep your eye on LeBron, streaking quietly across court like some enormous jungle cat stalking prey, then watch Johnson prancing like an antelope, thinking he's got everyone beat, only to get it in the jugular. Lesson learned.
If' you're a rookie backpedaling against D-Wade on the break, even even if you were PAC 10 player of the year in 2010, forget about the block, all you'll get is a face full of leather. Lesson learned.
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