Of Course Robin Lopez Paid $50,000 For Dick Van Dyke's Jacket From "Mary Poppins"
It’s all happening, Knicks fans! After slogging through the worst season in franchise history, we are quickly approaching the light at the end of the tunnel. Because the Zen Master has done it. He shed the roster of guys like J.R. Smith, who cannot be any fun to play with, to a guy like RoLo, who is so goddamn goofy you can’t help but love him. Because spending $50k on a jacket from a goddamn Disney movie is certifiably insane, even if you are a millionaire. And since I’m pretty sure Lopez is not playing with a full deck, I bet he asked if he could buy one of those dancing cartoon penguins along with the jacket, not realizing the whole “cartoons aren’t real” truth that all of us painfully learned in elementary school. Going from “You trying to get the pipe” to “Chim Chim Cher-ee” may not be as fun for us smut bloggers, but I imagine the women of New York won’t be as much of a distraction for Lopez as Comic Con NY will be. And that’s a huge W for the Knicks, since Comic Con isn’t creeping into your Instagram DMs at 3 AM the night before a game.
Lopez does the little things you need to win games while also keeping everyone loose by being a complete weirdo. He’s basically the NBA equivalent of Juan Uribe (except despite his 7 foot stature, I guarantee Lopez has absolutely NOTHING on Uribe’s Coke can). Phil Jackson better make some room on his toes, because ring number 14 is on the way shortly.