Why there's no need to panic because Paul George is strugglin'! "Cruisin'"

"Don't trip bruh! I got this!" 

Jane McGonigal, the game designer, once said, "There is no problem that doesn't have some underlying need for more optimism, stamina, resilience and collaboration. And games are, I believe, the best platform we have for providing that." Albert Bandura, the Sanford psychology professor, broke it down like this, "In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life." Then Jamais Cascio, the well-known writer and scenario consultant, shut the buildin' down when he spit, "Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive." 

Well playas...the Indiana Pacers overcame the unexpected, survived, reached the goal of resilience and thrived. On Monday night they snapped Atlanta's six game winnin' streak at Bankers Life Fieldhouse by gettin' at them 93-87 without C.J. Miles and with Paul George strugglin'. Why? Because they had boyz step up and struggle to win together. 

Let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! I told you when the season started that the Pacers would only go as far as Monta Ellis would take them in the Hot Joint entitled "Baddest Dude." My logic in that joint was the fact that Monta was the Alpha male in that locker room and that he would be able to drive the whip better in crunch time situations. He's definitely not the best player on the team but he's the leader. 

Now that Paul George has, to some degree, hit a wall and is strugglin' to score and hold on to the darn ball for whatever reason. Guess who's drivin' the whip and takin' boyz to see Big Momma? Monta Ellis!! Ole boy knocked down 26 points, shot 50 percent from the field and went 4 of 9 from behind the arc. All while playin' through some recurrin' right knee pain. He was a game time decision. However, LEADERSHIP and the Alpha male gene drug the dun onto the floor. 

Now obviously, Paul George will at some point get out of this slump he's in because, well, he's Paul George! Keep in mind that he didn't play but a few games last year due to the broken leg he suffered foolin' around with Team USA. So he's got no legs right now bruh. He came out of the gate in the month of November like a beast and now he can't seem to win a gold fish at the fair. Over the last nine games he's averaged only 16 points per game, shootin' 32 percent from the field and 31 percent from behind the arc. And don't let me forget that he's turned the freakin' ball over 41 times durin' this nine game stretch. 

Can you say Monta Ellis three times, stand on your head and spin around 10 times for Ya Boy? While PG is goin' through it's important to have duns that can take up the slack like Chase Budinger and Solomon Hill comin' off of the bench and droppin' off 10 a piece at Big Momma's house. And aren't you just estatic to have a dun playin' center this year that isn't sittin' in the back seat of the ride eatin' Skittles and Lemonheads listenin' to Luther Vandross while everybody else is fightin' for their lives in the middle of the street? Ian Mahinmi dropped off a solid 13 points and 9 rebounds for the cause on Monday night. 

As long as boyz are all steppin' up and playin' together this Pacers team will be alright playa. Don't trip on PG strugglin' right now because it's just part of the game. He didn't forget how to play bruh! He's still got it he's just goin' through. Now is not the time to panic. It's a long season and once he, C.J. Miles and Monta all get on track together it's goin' to be like "Crusin' down the street in my 6-4!" Stop me when I start lyin'! 

Playas Thesaurus: 
1) Dun: noun - the person in question, dude, guy, etc. Its whoever I'm talkin' about and its non-gender specific. 

Holla At Ya Boy! 
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