BOISE, Idaho – “So,” Mike Daum is asked, “About that nickname…”
He’s sitting inside a cramped locker room at the Taco Bell Arena, as his face reddens and teammates around him snicker and laugh and nudge each other’s elbows. The Dauminator shrugs and beings his explanation. He has dealt with this mockery before.
The small-college forward with the NBA skillset and the jump shot that recalls a certain Larry legend chose his Twitter handle back in middle school. Daum had no idea then that he’d shoot his way into a scholarship at South Dakota State, or ascend to levels of, ahem, dominance even his mother never envisioned.