Never, ever throw fake punches with Roy Hibbert
By Dan Favale
Roy Hibbert throws a mean accidental punch.
Lou Williams knows what I’m talking about:
When you're trying to play fight but you're 7'2" teammate isn't having it. @TeamLou23 @Roy_Meets_World @LakersNation pic.twitter.com/tasEPOPhBF
— Andrew Martinez (@IamDrewInLA) March 16, 2016
It’s not entirely clear why the 7’2″ skyscraper was staging a fake boxing match with Los Angeles Lakers teammate Lou Williams.
Rookie D’Angelo Russell is looking on—rather studiously, I might add—so perhaps Hibs and Lou were teaching him how to defend himself in the event Nick Young corners him and demands the newbie join his “NBA Players Against Murderous Dolphins” cult.
Or maybe they were showing him what to do next time head coach Byron Scott tries benching him in the fourth quarter.
Or maybe, just maybe, oversized children will be oversized children, throwing the occasional fake punch-turned-real punch that ends up on social media, leaves us in stitches and, probably, causes Kobe Bryant to swathe their cars in Saran wrap and soggy Charmin toilet tissue after practice.