They say all good things must come to an end. This is the final edition of the Most Improved Player Rankings and I— I’m sorry … I … told myself I wasn’t going to cry. (sniffle) It’s been an amazing run here at the Most Improved Player Rankings. We’ve talked about donut races, wildebeests, and Andy Enfield’s wife. We’ve made fun of just about every basketball announcer out there and also Jim Nantz. But now it’s finally time to get down to the business
It’s time for Week 3 of the Greatest Fake Tournament in the history of sports columns. Let’s get right to the games, with Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery on the call. GUS JOHNSON: Welcome back to Most Improved Player Madness. I’m Gus Johnson alongside Bill Raftery, and Bill, It’s been a thrilling tournament so far, and it has left our readers completely speechless. They can’t even click on the link because of all of the spontaneous excitement. I’m so happy I
Here at the Most Improved Player Rankings, we’re known for our hard-hitting journalism. We’ve been told that we make Anderson Cooper look like Ahmad Rashad. Woodward and Bernstein still wonder how we found out about Greivis Vasquez. So in that tradition, I decided to go ahead and interview our top candidate for the Most Improved Player award, Magic big man Nikola Vucevic. It hardly matters that Vucevic told me that he’s never heard of me or the column, or that he responded with
Editor’s note: Kels was unavailable to put together the rankings this week (he was last seen building an Igloo somewhere in the woods in northwestern Connecticut). So in his place are Marv Albert, Bill Walton and Clyde Frazier. They were all invited to Kels’ igloo over the weekend to tape the following segment. Below is a transcript. MARV: WEL-come to the MOST IMPROVED Player Rankings, I’m Mahv Albut alongside Walt “Clyde” Frazier and Bill Walton. And Bill, we’ve seen A LOT of entertaining
The race for Most Improved Player just got real. Like “Boyz n the Hood” real. “Shawshank Redemption” real. “Snooki and J-Woww” real. Guys are getting serious about winning this award, so the competition has gotten tougher than wildebeest mating season. Kemba Walker, Omer Asik, Serge Ibaka, Larry Sanders and George Hill all have had breakout seasons, yet none of them were able to crack the top five in this week’s rankings. [Read more…]
I’m going to start this column by doing what I do best: quoting Keri Hilson. Sometimes Nikola Vucevic comes around, and he knocks you down. Just get back up when he knocks you down. Further, as the modern poet Ne-Yo put it, “I never thought I’d hear myself say, ‘Y’all go ahead, I think I’m gonna kick it and watch the Magic today.'” But this Vucevic guy…he shot me out the sky. And now I’m crashing. I don’t know how it happened, but
It’s always a little sad when someone goes overboard with the whole “new year, new me” routine. You know what I’m talking about. Your portly friend will talk with conviction about how this is the year when he hits the gym, loses some weight and gets himself in better shape. You nod your head and encourage him. You’re rooting for him, but you know that while he may lay off the Ring Dings for a couple of weeks, he’ll be mowing down
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the league, not a player was balling, not even Jeff Teague. The Most Improved Player Rankings were crafted with flair, in the hopes that somebody -anybody – might care. [Read more…]