WESTFIELD, Ind. – Dain Dainja grabbed a rebound late in Howard Pulley’s early Saturday morning game against MOKAN Elite, as any big man does. With his team trailing by double digits with three minutes remaining, he took the ball up the court himself and dribbled to the top of the 3-point line, as some big men do.
Then, as few big men attempt to do, he crossed his defender over, barreled into the lane and crashed all 6-foot-9, 260 pounds of himself into a defender who couldn’t possibly brace himself enough for the impending contact.