Without the Internet, Boban Marjanovic would be a trivial, scarcely used reserve racking up garbage minutes on the San Antonio Spurs.
But in today's world, the 7'3" rookie is so much more: a Reddit wonder, an NBA Twitter staple and, as of last week, a...commercial spokesman?
Sean Elliott, the Spurs TV analyst who, along with Danny Green, also appeared in the commercial, called Marjanovic a natural comedian.
“Danny was likening him to Arnold Schwarzenegger delivering his lines," Elliott said. "We all cracked up.”
Most NBA fans had never heard of Marjanovic when the season began, before his scoring, dunking and rebounding fits made waves. But there was more to it—pictures of the Serbian grabbing the rim with both feet on the floor, video showing his disproportionately soft shooting touch. And his hands—the largest hands in all of pro basketball, perhaps the largest in league history.
For the Spurs, Boban Mania began the very first time he entere ...
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Article written by Mike Monroe