I mean really, WHO IS HE ? I mean other than the 56th selection in the 2007 draft who was sent to the D-League and didn’t play a minute  in the NBA till March (when he got 4, 9, 6, 6, 7, 14 and 15 minutes) for one of the sorriest teams in the NBA. But at least the Bucks did one thing right (other than drafting him): come April, knowing they were out of playoff contention, they decided to see what they got in their young player and gave Ramon over 37 minutes per game.

Note to John Paxson and Jimbo the Clown Boylan: THIS (37 minutes per game) is what playing the young players means, not the pathetic 17 minutes Tyrus got, even after huge games. But I’ll deal with these 2 clowns a little bit later.

Now let’s get back to Ramon Sessions. As soon as he started getting minutes,  he started making noise. First he ruined Gilbert Arenas long awaited comeback by hitting the game-winner on a buzzer beater over Arenas’ outstretched arm no less, after Arenas seemed to have given the Wizards the win with 2 clutch free throws. And now, he put up 20 points and 24 assists against the Bulls.

The 24 assists are a record for the Bucks franchise, which is even more impressive considering that Oscar Robertson used to play for the Bucks.  To put things into perspective:

• the record for assists in one game is 30 (belongs to Scott Skiles).
• John Stockton’s career high was 28 assists
• Magic Johnson’s career high was 24 assists
• Steve Nash’s career high is 22 assists
• starting with the 1986-87 season there were only 10 other games where a player had 24 or more assists: John Stockton (26, 24, 27 and 28), Magic Johson (24 twice), Scott Skiles (30), Jason Kidd (25), Kevin Johnson (25) and Nate McMillan (25). That right there is pretty good company for Ramon Sessions.

It remains to be seen if this says more about Ramon Sessions’ potential or about the Bulls suckiness. But so far it looks like the Bucks found another 2nd round gem, after Michael Redd, who was first underrated, then overrated and then he became overpaid.

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