God bless Timberwolves TV announcer Dave Benz, whose mind clearly stays out of the gutter.
During Friday night’s Wolves-Rockets broadcast on Fox Sports North, Benz mistakenly blended two words, “shot” and “chart,” into one word: shart. Unfortunately, sharts are real and they have nothing to do with basketball. Here’s how the hilarious innocence played out between Benz and analyst Jim Petersen.
Benz: “What do you think of that new word I just accidentally coined? Shart. Should we go with that for shot chart?”
Petersen: “That’s already been used.”
Benz: “Shart’s been used?”
Petersen: (laughing) “Yeah. We’ll just leave it at that, Benz.”
Benz: “OK. I’m in the dark on that one, so for everybody out there…”
Petersen: “Oh yeah, you’re going to be getting a lot of action on Twitter on that.”
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Extended versions of that dialogue include Petersen asking Benz if he’s ever seen the 2004 movie “Along Came Polly,” which is credited for popularizing the term during a scene in which Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s character has to explain to Ben Stiller’s character what a shart is.
Don’t worry, Mr. Benz. You should be proud that you’ve managed to avoid talking about sharts for the last 15+ years while the rest of us degenerates should hang our heads in embarrassment.
https://twitter.com/Camden_Cash/status/1220881450389602304
Anyway, the Wolves didn’t win the game and have now lost eight straight as they continue to spiral downward in the NBA standings.
