Timofey Mozgov is the stretch-five the Lakers have been waiting for

I’m on vacation this week, but I had to come back for some news related to the Los Angeles Lakers so paradigm shifting that it just may mean the team is a title contender THIS YEAR.

“What could be so meaningful?” you ask, with the innocent wonder of a child about to discover that they get presents on their birthday. Well I’m going to tell you, but first you may want to take a seat.

Did you do it?

Are you sitting down?

Okay: Timofey. Freaking. Mozgov. Is. Hitting. NBA. Threes.

“No he’s not,” I can hear you saying, having not clicked the link in the above sentence due to fear due to how many times you were “Rick Rolled” during the early days of the internet. Well fear no more, because right below is the embedded video of the Lakers’ brand-new, championship centerpiece stretch-five, Timofey Mozgov, and his apparently limitless shooting range:

The preceding was parody, but in all seriousness if Timofey ever flashes this type of range in the NBA that would obviously be helpful to the Lakers.

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