Some Final Words From Oleksiy Pecherov

Photo via here. Oleksiy Pecherov had something of a cult following in this town for a guy who hardly played. There were plenty of reasons: He was friendly as heck. His accent was easy on the ears. His basketball skills were legitimately enticing. His name was hard to spell. He was extremely fond of saying "I get buckets, son!" He looked like Stewie. So more than one person asked me to get some sort of comment from Pech after he was traded to Minnesota. I finally saw him last night at the Washington Kastles' home opener, sitting at a VIP table with JaVale McGee, Caron Butler and Javaris Crittenton. "Hey!" Butler shouted out to Pecherov during our chat. "What am I to you?" "My brozer," Pecherov said. "From anozer mozer." It's enough to make you cry tears of whatever Vodka the Kastles were handing out to their corporate sponsors.