In front of a raucous crowd in The Kennel on December 7, playing against the in-state rival Washington Huskies that featured likely top NBA draft pick Markelle Fultz in its lineup, a 7’1” 300-pound mountain of a man beat every single player down the floor for a fast break dunk.
Considering that almost exactly one year prior the mountain of a man suffered a back injury that left him wondering whether he’d be able to walk again, let alone play basketball, that one play was equal parts astonishing and cathartic.
Five games into the 2015-2016 season—a year that was expected to be his final season at Gonzaga—the mountain known as Przemek Karnowski took an awkward fall in a December practice.