I was drinking after playing volleyball at the time, but my friend told me this is how Mason Plumlee was described when he was drafted. I bet no one ever thought they would be described as that after being drafted in the first round of the NBA draft.
I saw this. Bill Simmons asked Jay Bilas whether Mason Plumlee was a poor man's Greg Stiemsma, a rich man's Greg Stiemsma, or just a Greg Stiemsma. Bilas laughed uncontrollably at the idea that a fellow Dukie could even be compared to the Vanilla Gorilla. But after taking some time to compose himself he managed to blurt out "rich man's Greg Stiemsma." It was pretty pathetic and prompted this tweet from me:
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