The Portland Trail Blazers are dealing with a litany of injuries. Damian Lillard has missed several games after taking a cortisone injection in his abdomen. CJ McCollum has a collapsed lung. Anfernee Simons, Cody Zeller, and Nassir Little have their own health issues.
With these bodies out, the Blazers could use every productive minute they can get from all active players on the roster. Tony Snell is an exception, though—at least on Wednesday night.
Tony Snell last night:
0 Points
0 Rebounds
0 Assists
0 Steals
0 Blocks
0/3 FGM
0/2 3PM
12 MinutesHe did it again. 😂 pic.twitter.com/vGDoiVgbkU
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) December 9, 2021
The veteran swingman decided to jog around Chase Center for 12 minutes in the Blazers' unsurprising loss to the powerhouse Golden State Warriors. They say lightning doesn't strike the same place twice, but Snell isn't an ordinary case.
The veteran swingman is infamous for the same feat he achieved as a member of the Milwaukee Bucks. In a 2017 matchup with the Utah Jazz, Snell laid out a perfect game with staggering numbers of zero points, zero rebounds, zero assists, zero steals, and zero blocks in 28 grueling minutes for Bucks fans.
He's really owning this distinction and running away with it.
In all seriousness, Tony Snell would not last nine seasons in the NBA if his only skill involves being unproductive. Stats can't measure his true greatness, but five teams, so far, have seen enough value in the 6-foot-6 swingman to put him on their payroll.
After all, this is the same guy who finished an entire season with a shooting line (51-57-100) that would make Stephen Curry, Ray Allen, and Steve Nash look like mediocre shooters.
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