Anthony Hopkins: The Boy Who Cried Wolf Volume 2

The PCTI textwaves were popping on Saturday when news broke about Hops potential life threatening bouncey house knee injury.  My initial reaction was obviously "Why the hell were you jumping in a bouncey house this close to PCTI?"  Once I settled down a bit, I started having the expected conversations with various members, all who equally were as upset at the idea of losing Hops as I was.  I went as far as to dedicate my performance to him, knowing that you can't replace an Anthony Hopkins, both on and off the court. 

After a day came and went, I had more time to settle into my usual mindset, one that I would venture to say is the only thing Bambi and I have in common from a philosophical perspective, when someone says they are sick (see Donley last year) or hurt, we will need to see surgery or a death bed before we actually believe you.  As Monday afternoon rolled around, we both came to the decision that Hops had overreacted, and that he will be good to go.  Then the news broke an hour later this "devastating" knee injury would put him on the shelf a whopping two weeks.  It's always nice being right.

As a teammate of mine, I can't help but to question a couple things.  Was this a pathetic attempt by Hops to see how much the PCTI bretheren cared about him?  Should his toughness come into question?  Is he the next Eric Gordon of PCTI?  Was this all part of a grandmaster plan to recycle an unfunny Joe Thompson joke and claim it as his own?  All legit questions that I demand answers to.

Hopefully, everything ends up fine and Hops settles right back into his usual role hitting big shots in PCTI.

I just hope he toughens up in the next month.