I\u2019ve been obsessed with the behind the scenes NBA Bubble footage that the players have been capturing ever since I saw one of them on Jimmy Fallon. And it\u2019s funny, because I didn\u2019t even mean to see the interview\u2026well, I did and I didn\u2019t. I was flipping around the channels, when I saw Common on Jimmy Fallon and stopped to watch the interview. Then I noticed that a basketball player named Matisse Thybulle would also be on that night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since he was a basketball player whom I had never heard of, I wouldn\u2019t have stayed to watch his interview had I not have been intrigued by his first name. But I was, so I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have some history with that name, Matisse. It brings me a bit of trauma. Matisse is a French painter\u2026 uh, artist, whatever. Matisse is this French guy\u2019s last name. I know this because I used to be a customer service representative for a trash company, and a man called in who lived on Matisse street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think what happened was he asked me if I knew who Matisse was and I said I didn\u2019t care. Then he went off on me saying how I should care, gave me a 30 second art history lesson mixed with attitude, after also telling me he wanted to speak with my manager. After that I just listened to what he said, said please and thank you a lot, though never apologizing, because hey, I didn\u2019t care, and I hate it when people think that just because you are a customer service worker, that you are their slave, therapist, sounding board,\u00a0 for however long you have to be on the call with them. No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, the threat of telling the manager scared me because more often than not, that person was not on my side. Anyway, before we wrapped up the call, he ended up saying he wasn\u2019t going to tell my manager, but next time I shouldn\u2019t be so rude, or whatever he said. I just said, thank you for calling, then I hung up on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That was five years ago, but I still remember the feeling of sort of being at his mercy, and that is what I associate with the name Matisse.\u00a0 So when I saw the name Matisse in the info box, I wanted to see who this player was. Was he black or white? And, was he in fact named after the French guy who has a residential street in California named after him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turns out he\u2019s black and white and yes, he was named after that French guy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apparently he landed a spot on The Tonight Show because of how insanely popular his YouTube channel, that gives a behind the scenes peak at life inside the NBA bubble, has become. After watching the interview, I was intrigued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You could say I\u2019m somewhat of a basketball fan. Not as much anymore since Kobe retired. When Lebron came to LA, it reignited my interest a bit once more. Then when Kobe died, for some reason I really wanted the Purple and Gold to secure another championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since then, I\u2019ve watched a few games, but it wasn\u2019t the same. I didn\u2019t know who 75 percent of the guys on the court were. Back in the day, I was familiar with at least all the starters from the playoff teams. I knew which teams to fear when we (the Lakers) played against them, which guys to fear when they stepped on the court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, if a player is under 30, most likely I don\u2019t know him. \u00a0Even if he\u2019s over 30, not only is it a high probability that I still don\u2019t know him, but I most definitely can\u2019t identify the weapons of his game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This bubble thing, however, was so unorthodox, all of that didn\u2019t matter. Just getting some insight into how in the hell they were pulling this off, was draw enough for me. So I headed on over to Matisse\u2019s channel and checked out his videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I must say \u2013 fascinating. I watched every video he had posted at the time. When I was done, lo and behold, in the recommended column was a video from none other than The Lakers\u2019 own JaVale McGee.\u00a0 So I watched all of his NBA bubble videos, then next thing you know, another NBA bubble video appears from a guy named Troy Daniels, so I watched all of his too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I enjoyed these videos so much that I actually started searching for them, see if any other players were about that vlog life. A found a few more, even, videos by a girl, a journalist named Taylor Rooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now I\u2019m hooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ll be writing more about my thoughts on the NBA bubble. But that\u2019s all for today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019ve been obsessed with the behind the scenes NBA Bubble footage that the players have been capturing ever since I saw one of them on Jimmy Fallon. And it\u2019s funny, because I didn\u2019t even mean to see the interview\u2026well, I…<\/p>\n