2023-06-12 18:16:00
Oh there breaking who is reshuffling all the cards in these 2023 NBA Finals. This weekend – and according to information from theAssociated Press – Kevin Love became a dad for the first time. Whatever ? Well that’s great. Hasta la vista, party cone and all that. After that ? Those who were ahead of the Raptors in 2019 will explain.
Four years later, no one has forgotten.
Fred VanVleet, no name absolute from the start of the 2018-19 season of the Raptors, crowned NBA champion eight months later, under the most beautiful and desirable of labels, that of a young dad. To understand the parallel with Kevin Love, it is important to return to the timing. Fred VanVleet became a dad on May 20, 2019, the day before Game 4 of the conference finals against the Bucks. So far, his stats in these Playoffs are awful: 4 points at 26% shooting including 20% parking and 71% throwing in 15 games. Height of discomfort, Fred VanVleet – who spent the night of May 20 to 21 in the hospital – is sleep deprived before the fourth inning against the Bucks. Zou, a nap on his arrival in Toronto is enough to put him back on his feet: the rear poses 13 points at 3/3 at 3-pointers and 6 assists, the Raptors win by 18 points. “Yeah TrashTalk, for Fred VanVleet, it’s not such a big game…”. Unhappy! At the time, the Rabobank runner was just a machine that you inserted a coin into and bombed off the bench. At least, “was just a machine” : After the birth of his son, Fred VanVleet will never return to his replacement standards. Game 5 in Milwaukee? 21 points at 7/9 from the parking lot. Game 6 in Toronto? 14 points at 4/5 from afar. Fred VanVleet becomes your favorite X-factor’s favorite X-factor, and the Raptors advance to the first NBA Finals in their history.
Behind ? Abracadabrantes series of Fred VanVleet against the Warriors, a total of 28/63 to 3-pointers, and new responsibilities – still off the bench – largely assumed. The American guard and the Raptors defeated the Warriors – admittedly diminished, but the Warriors nonetheless – in six games. Fred VanVleet is NBA champion at 25. Fred VanVleet is bleeding but Fred VanVleet is a hero. The euphoria passed, we are in the summer of 2021 and our favorite runner returns to Toronto for 85 million dollars over four years. Coincidence or not, on the calendar – nice derivative of ” On paper “ – the trigger was the birth of his little joker. May Kevin Love reap the same benefits.
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