Zaza Pachulia unveiled a celebratory dance, and it's Super Villainous
Zaza Pachulia isn’t considered the most graceful NBA player. Quite the opposite, really.
The Georgian big man has built a reputation as a brutish enforcer during stops on the Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks and Dallas Mavericks. In Golden State, though, as the starting center for a Warriors team filled with smooth offensive weapons, Pachulia appears to be working on his gracefulness.
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Midway through the third quarter in Boston, as the Warriors turned a six-point game into a blowout with a 22-3 run to start the frame, the Celtics dared Pachulia to shoot a mid-range jumper, and he responded, sinking a teardrop over Jordan Mickey. And then unleashing some sort of dance routine.
Zaza Pachulia dances after hitting jumper. smh pic.twitter.com/OnbxztfSZj
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We’ve seen a Steph Curry shimmy …
… and a Kevin Durant shimmy …
… but Zaza’s little number was something else entirely:
Maybe it was payback for the time Boston’s Kevin Garnett decked him in the playoffs way back when:
Whatever it was, Zaza has a signature move now, and it’s something. Call it the Super Villain dance.
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Ben Rohrbach is a contributor for Ball Don’t Lie and Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at rohrbach_ben@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @brohrbach