The Other Fifteen

I was just watching the Knicks/Pistons game and I noticed what looked like a broom handle with a number 5 jersey playing for the Pistons.  Turns out it was rookie Austin Daye.  I didn’t think there would be a player who could out-skinny Tayshaun Prince, but Daye is looking to take his title.  Here’s a comparison.

Austin Daye:

Oops.  That’s Christian Bale from the movie The Machinist.  Here’s Austin Daye:

You can see why I got them mixed up.

Ooh, yeah Austin.  Show off them gangly limbs.

Elbows aren’t supposed to bend that way.  Then again, when there’s no meat to get in the way of the bones…

That jersey looks baggy on him.  That’s pretty hard to pull off.

Ok, now on to the competition.

Tayshaun Prince:

Oops.  Wrong person again.

In his career highlight up to this point, Tayshaun won his first battle of the skinnies against Reggie Miller.

Why am I suddenly reminded of Dhalsim from Street Fighter II?

Yes, Tayshaun can get his elbows above the rim.  His bony, knobby elbows.

Tayshaun attempts to slip past the defender by making himself as slender as possible.  Unfortunately, it worked too well, and he became permanently two-dimensional.

So now it’s up to you, the reader, to decide: Who needs a sandwich more, Tayshaun Prince or Austin Daye?