I remember spending the final days of January and the first few days of February laughing. I remember standing in my living room, hands over my head, whisper-screaming with 19 seconds left in the February 3 game against Portland.
The Mavericks had entered the week a stomach churning 16-30, facing a tough stretch of games with a turnstile rotation of filler point guards.
Stories like Yogi Ferrell’s happen so rarely in the NBA, so he should be celebrated as long as possible. Though Zach Lowe was referencing Jusuf Nurkic’s resurgence in Portland in his recent player preview, the same applies to Yogi: