Kyle Anderson crossover murders Emmanuel Mudiay’s ankles
By Andy Erk
Kyle Anderson of the San Antonio Spurs made breaking ankles look easy. A little too easy.
Ankle breakers are the special type of plays that make those of us watching at home feel good about our basketball skills. The times we fell for no reason or just flat made idiots of ourselves become more acceptable because, hey, it happens to the professionals as well.
Let’s all take a moment of silence for Emmanuel Mudiay, whose ankles were broken in the most inadvertent way. My ankles wouldn’t have been broken here and I am pretty uncoordinated. That is saying something. To see a Nuggets player fall on a back down makes me scared for the future of the NBA. Especially when Anderson wasn’t even near the guy. C’MON MAN.
What are the odds that Anderson went up to Gregg Popovich prior to the play and had the coach draw it up as it unfolded? Just to embarrass Mudiay in that special Spurs type of way. With quite a few ankle breakers to this point in the season, this is by far the worst and will probably remain the worst. This goes beyond just getting your ankles broken, this is about athletic ability. And Mudiay had none on this play. Zero. Zilch. Natta. Welcome to the league and your career highlight tape on Shaqtin a fool.
R.I.P. Mudiay’s ankles, R.I.P.
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