{"id":6053,"date":"2025-12-23T21:52:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T02:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grinders.live\/basketball\/?p=6053"},"modified":"2025-12-23T21:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T02:52:52","slug":"twas-the-night-before-grinders-christmas-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grinders.live\/basketball\/2025\/12\/23\/twas-the-night-before-grinders-christmas-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Twas\u2019 the Night Before Grinders Christmas:\u00a02025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Twas\u2019 the Night Before Grinders Christmas: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twas the night before Grinders Christmas, all set on the court,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sneakers squeaked echoes of chaos and sport.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beers at the bar lined the counter in rows,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While hot takes were flowing as fast as they\u2019d go.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of the shadows a rumor took flight,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captain Tirado went missing, vanished that night\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then BANG BANGIN\u2019 rang out, a dramatic bookend,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A wild disappearing act, then this is how it ends?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antonio Witt hit the floor, what a scene,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That injury looked straight off a movie screen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Richie\u2019s hands broken, wrapped stiff, taped and sore,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still tried to keep shooting\u2014logic ignored.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crazy ran amock, just chaos in shoes,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Tommy yelled loudly till his team sang the blues.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pauly P blocked subs like a bouncer at ten,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo one is checking in\u2019!\u201d\u2014not now, not then!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jimmy and Curt, yeah, unfair was the cry,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whistles went missing when they happened to try.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Kellen played like 2011 LeBron,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disappeared when it mattered, the confidence gone.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gersitz, distracted, his mind far away,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too focused on laundromats spinning all day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Jeff May fired shots in signal chat fire,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Random disses launched with unprompted desire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danny kept coughing, just couldn\u2019t get clear,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hack after hack echoing gym walls all year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Salvati, the fifth man, put the team on his back,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quietly carried while others went slack.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chaz ripped Cole\u2019s MVP from his floppin\u2019 behind,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A theft for the ages, still blows Coles mind.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alec shot from the Great Divide, deep and insane,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launching prayers that defied space and plane.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul J and Boccio showed football hands flair,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catching wild passes that shouldn\u2019t be there.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bobby Swags stayed swaggin\u2019, drip fully intact,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Bryant\u2014controlled?! Hows about that.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

E kept podcasting, mic always hot,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breaking down games like Cole likes to flop<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chuck stayed chuckin\u2019, let it fly, never froze,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Worm kept shugin\u2019\u2014elbows! Your nose!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garrett hit the inhaler, gasped then attacked,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second-wind buckets\u2014medically backed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justin stayed tall, towering still,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kale stayed produce, farm-fresh skilled<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peyton had angry spurts, fire then peace,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Jon U delivered a stellar season, hehe!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little Josh subbed in\u2014a rare sacred sight,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like spotting a comet mid-game on a night.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lanzot and Ben\u2014oh boy\u2014did they make it?! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corey Angel Reesing grabbed rebounds all day,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board after board in a dominant way.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Cole did not win, despite all the jeering,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not this time around, since Wayne cant carry!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So raise up those beers as the legends are spun,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy it while it lasts\u2014because Curt won.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes Curt took the crown, let the prophecy run\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The apocalypse is here. Merry Christmas. WE\u2019RE DONE!!!!!!!!!🎄🍻<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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