Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for January 16, 2023

A “fadeaway” is where you shoot the ball straight up at the ceiling, right? Or is it where you drop the ball behind your head, and another player picks it up and shoots a basket? At any rate, Gil is right that Tobias should trust the bench. Everyone on the team knows to trust the bench, or any other item of furniture for that matter, more than to trust Gil.

In all reality , Right Coach , the bench is my friend.

P1 To Be has EHS (exploding head syndrome) when the stranger in the suit who walked into the team tells him to have a seat.

P2 To Be has a full face meltdown after his ploy of placating the stranger in the suit by calling him “coach” isn’t going to work and he will Not To Be playing anymore in tonight’s game.

P3 Darius Simmons goes off and carries Milford to victory while To Be’s buttocks get intimately acquainted with the bench.

Winning team’s score stated first – yay!

Is Rod getting rimmed or is the rim getting the Rod?

P2.5 “Are you my daddy, mister?”

P3- Uncanny. Darius and Big Ken Brown are never in the same place at the same time.

Trust the bench =sit your butt down

Again, HB shows his lack of knowledge of the game. The comment, “Rod, stay by the rim” runs contrary to the rules, where a player can only remain ‘in the paint’ for 3 seconds before having to leave it. The three-second rule was introduced in 1936 and was expressed as such: No offensive player, with or without the ball, could remain in the key, for three seconds or more. The three-second rule came about in part following a game at Madison Square Garden between the University of Kentucky (UK) and New York University (NYU) in 1935, won by NYU by a score of 23–22. The teams would keep their tallest players stationed at the basket to block shots and steal rebounds. Conversely, the scores of basketball games during those years were generally half of what they are today. Basketball game scores rarely went above 40 points.

Again Marty announces the basket before the shot goes up.

Well that’s one way to make sure the jersey coloring doesn’t change. Don’t show the opponent for more than one day. I was all ready to see a new color today. And speaking of ready, I hope you’re ready for today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

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Even though it’s only a time-out discussion, it’s better than watching Emily get hit on while she’s eating wilted lettuce

P 2.5: “…and don’t you DARE interrupt me ever again…no one talks during this time out except me….do it again, and I’ll come down on you so hard, that I’ll make Bobby Knight look like a new first grade teacher…”

But Coach. those aren’t ants, they are termites.

Meanwhile emily can not get the Aerosmith song a lick and a promise out of her head

“Trust the bench!” There’s a piece of sage wisdom.

Son?

Why is Tobe wearing a crown? Did he just try Imperial margarine?

OK, I’ll trust it. And I love ya, dad.