As I was in the Jazz locker room for postgame interviews the other night after
the Jazz had beaten the Pacers, I entered the Jazz locker room expecting the
same old stuff. For the most part I was right. Jazz wristbands on the ground,
check. The talking heads surrounding Boozer’s locker, check. Players saying they
gave it the good old 110 percent, check. A 6-11 Ukranian eating popcorn, whoa!
Hold on one New York minute.
This caught my attention right away as I saw Kyrylo Fesenko toting around a tub
of popcorn and watching the guys do their interviews. At first I thought, man
doesn’t this guy have anything better to do? Then I realized my mistake. This
guy really is giving it the clichéd 110 percent. Not only is he willing to go
down to the D-League and play hard for the Flash, not only is he willing to bang
with Boozer in practice despite not playing much, not only does he sit on the
sidelines and studiously watch the team, but this guy is taking notes on how to
conduct postgame interviews. If that isn’t a Jerry Sloan type guy I don’t know
what is.
Maybe it was lost in translation, but Fesenko apparently took Terrell Owens
advice to “getcha popcorn ready” literally as he not only took the time and
effort to watch these seasoned vets talk to the media, but he made it fun by
bringing some popcorn along. As defined by Wikipedia, popcorn or popping corn is
a type of corn which explodes from the kernel and puffs up when it is heated in
oil or by dry heat. The definition as according to me and which will shortly be
added to Wikipedia is that popcorn is fun. Seriously everything is more fun with
popcorn, parades, state fairs, movies, candy necklaces and boring and awkward
office socials, but that’s another story.
If this second-rounder keeps it up he will be turning heads and be surrounded by
the talking heads himself here in a few years. We’ve all seen the Gatorade
commercial where Michael Jordan is shooting and he goes on about how hard he has
practiced and how many shots he has shot just to get ready to hit one
game-winning bucket. Well, that is where Fes is headed. Okay, maybe, maybe not.
But you won’t want to miss the journey so you better getcha popcorn ready.
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