Not a caption, but had to add this hilarious Simmons tidbit on Novak from a recent Clips collapse: They come out of the huddle. The first sign of trouble: Three-point specialist and 12th man Steve Novak has entered the game for the Clippers. Why? I have no idea. This is a Dunleavy speciality -- throw the coldest bench guy in the game in the biggest possible spot. With the Spurs still trickling onto the court after the timeout, we watch in horror as Novak is STRETCHING to get himself loose. He's stretching! He looks like a 45-year-old guy who just got called into a Thankgiving touch football game. That's followed by a 20-second timeout, which gives Novak time to perform an impromptu pilates session at the top of the key. At this point, I would have bet my life on a Novak airball to end the game. And thank God nobody took the bet, because this is the play they ran: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/081126&sportCat=nba scroll down to item 10 for the full story
In an attempt to draw fans to the Staples Center when the Lakers aren't there Clippers forward Steve Novak, in Babe Ruth-esque style, has vowed to point to the rim before every shot. "and after the shot" Novak added. "i'll trot around the court like a baseball diamond, then take a seat on the bench like a dugout." surprisingly, his coach seems to like the idea. Clippers head coach and GM Mike Dunleavy joked "going to the bench after each shot was my idea, actually."
Clippers forward Steve Novak uses his best fake against a defender. (The move was successful, as Stromile Swift of the NJ Nets spent the next several minutes looking around for whatever it was that Novak was pointing at.)
