Justise Winslow is the latest NBA player to get Skirvin Spooked

Oct 28, 2016; Miami, FL, USA; NBA referee Rodney Mott (L) talks with Miami Heat forward Justise Winslow (R) during the second half against the Charlotte Hornets at American Airlines Arena. The Charlotte Hornets won 97-91. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 28, 2016; Miami, FL, USA; NBA referee Rodney Mott (L) talks with Miami Heat forward Justise Winslow (R) during the second half against the Charlotte Hornets at American Airlines Arena. The Charlotte Hornets won 97-91. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports /
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Pictured above is Miami Heat small forward Justise Winslow telling referee Rodney Mott, “Seriously, Rod. The door just moved on its own. I was singing ‘Anna Sun’ in the shower, and then boom! It flies off the hinges and hits Ty right in the chin.”

OK, maybe that isn’t what happened, but maybe stop staying at the Skirvin Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City? Door movement aside, bugs are also bad. Sometimes they’re not bad, but mostly they’re bad. This cute ladybug is a good bug. A roach on your shower curtain is a bad bug.

Bed bugs are also bad bugs. Noted bug-tolerator and Cavaliers star Kyrie Irving shared his experience with the Skirvin earlier this year, and it was also non-bug-good. Two things worth noting here is that sheet insects and roaches are going to take a toll on the Skirvin’s Yelp reviews, and that Kyrie apparently uses “friggin'” in conversation. That’s either endearing or isn’t.

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The history of Skirvin spooking is well chronicled because it’s weird. At the top of the weirdness list is, as always, Metta World Peace and his tale of phantom foreplay. Somewhere in the middle is Bill Simmons’ encounter with a crying child and Wes Johnson’s short story “Oh My God Is That Water.” At the very bottom of the list is Gregg Popovich not having any issue whatsoever. Winslow’s story is probably toward the Popovich end of the scale, but the article is worth reading for the Udonis Haslem quote alone.

“I ain’t scared of no ghost,” Haslem said. “A ghost will have a helluva time — he might as well go to another room because he’ll have the fight of his life if he comes to my room. It will cost him so much trouble he’ll just say I’m just going to the next room. He’ll say, not tonight, this ain’t the room I need to be in.”

The Step Back contributor and all-around gentleman, Andy Tobolowsky, had this to say: “If the writer of this piece had ever had bed bugs that would be the lede instead of some horny ghosts. We got ’em once in a motel in Rolla, Missouri and I have rarely been more miserable. Like, if I had to choose between being violated by a ghost and bed bugs, it would not take me a long time to make up my mind.”

Things happen. Do you like not sleeping? Do you like being attacked by tiny insect pests? Go stay at the Skirvin. One way or another, you won’t be alone.