More Stauskas Love - from Grantland
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/whos-that-guy-nik-stauskas/
So Why Should You Know Him? First and foremost, because it’s great rooting for goofy-looking Canadians to do badass things on a basketball court. I loved him last year, but now that he’s turned into a star, it’s even better. Nik Motherf—in’ Stauskas is fun for everyone.
I have no idea if Stauskas can be as good as Klay Thompson in the NBA, but for now, the Klay comparison works well. Imagine if there were no Steph Curry in Golden State and it were on Klay to lead the offense. Substitute Trey Burke for Curry, and that’s sorta where Michigan is right now. They have an improved Caris LeVert, Glenn Robinson III … but it all starts with Stauskas, the Lithuanian Canadian wild card at the center of the offense.
Blue Guava posted this in the other Nik thread and also mentioned that the author missed the "not just a shooter" memo, but it's nice to see Nik getting the pub on the "journalistic" side of the WWL
"Goofy-looking"? I actually think he's a rather handsome fellow....
I'm with you on that.
Can't really accurately judge one way or another personally, but judging by his gf...I wish I were much more "goofy looking"
It's probably because he's white and plays basketball
I'll admit to a man-crush.
Mia it weir to have a man crush on guy who's younger than you are??? YES YES it is... But man it's hard not to love this kid
I normally don't crush on people younger than my daughters. I normally don't crush on men. Man-crushes, however, know no age. And I'm comfortable enough in my masculinity (or lack thereof) to admit to this one.
New nick name for Nik: Mayor of Toronto! Oh, wait...
NO POLITICS!!!!11!!1!!
Do you feel better?
Downvoted? Really? Someone's sarcasm meter is FUBAR.
He looks like white chocolate to me. Delicious!
Prime Minister of Canada!
White Shadow
Prime Minister of Canada!
I think we should just call him "USA", when the opposing fans call him that he seems to laugh and he can't miss.
Fun article, although they seem to be mixing him up with McGary when they speak of him "playing his way into the starting lineup" in time for the tournament. He started pretty much his whole freshman year.
Basically everybody picked us third behind MSU and OSU, focused on the losses of Burke and Hardaway, predicted that McGary and Robinson would be the big time players on the team, predicted Gary Harris as POTY, said Nebraska would suck, and some of them put Stauskas on the all-conference third team.