11 years ago today, Fanta Pants Shaq — the ledge Luke Schenscher — was in the Pacific Northwest tugging on the black, white and red no. 24 for the Portland Trail Blazers. And on this night, answering the question ‘what would happen if Raggedy Andy was 7-foot tall and played basketball?’, big Schensch had the SECOND HIGHEST SCORING GAME OF HIS CRIMINALLY SHORT NBA CAREER!
Not only that though, but the Ginger Tim Duncan went harder at 姚明 Yao Ming and Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo than my mate Tall Kane down the RSL pool table when some joker tries to claim two shots on black.
Yep, basketball’s best big afro’d Bloodnut since Jackie Moon played 15 minutes and summited Mt Mutombo like he was bloody Edmund Hillary, putting up his SECOND HIGHEST NBA POINT TOTAL EVER, with 6.
The Giant Ginger Ninja got there via a raft of post moves more comprehensive than the Smorgys buffet, going 3-of-4 from the field, while missing his only free throw probably because one his glorious ginger locks got in his eye or something.
Fanta Pants Shaq also took a giant specky over the top of Mutombo like he was God himself — Gary Ablett Sr — in the ’89 grannie, to snag his single rebound.
The best part — and the bit that makes him about as much of a Strayan legend as Alf from ‘Home & Away’ — is that Big Schensch also fell victim to those mongrel refs and their Anti-Strayan Bias, as he only BLOODY WELL FOULED OUT!
Are you kidding me ump!? He barely touched the bloke those six times!
Reckon they robbed him of a new career high (10) in the process too.
Anyway – there you go! Reckon the first high school kid to play for the Boomers (back in ’01) and Georgia Tech legend — who also went on to have an all-time great NBL career — should’ve gotten a bit more run in the NBA… but oh well. Now Big Schensch is off growing out that glorious crop of ginger curls and hanging out in Oz, playing the odd Big 3 tournament! I’ve heard he can even go outside in the sun now too!
What a dead-set ledge!
#ONYA The Ginger Tim Duncan, Luke Schenscher!