Griffin, Ibaka Talk Dunk Contest

Something else I'd say about Serge. Listening to that interview above, it strikes me how fast he's picked up English. When he first got here he needed an interpreter almost all the time, from what I remember reading. Now, he sits there and answers all those questions with no help at all. Then you stop and remember that he already knows three or four other languages, I think it is. Sort of takes the whole "dumb jock" thing and hurls it straight out the window, doesn't it. In multiple languages no less. I used to think Jeff Green had the best chance to best the Thunder's next "big star" after Durant. And I still like Jeff Green. But then Westbrook stepped out of his phone booth and flew off toward All Star land. It's still very early and he's still very young, but I'm starting to wonder if Ibaka might turn out to be the Thunder's Next Big Thing.

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