NBA finals

I will never understand how a Chinese student who can barely understand a word of English, and speak even less, can suddenly give lengthy dialogues on the wonder of the NBA finals. NBA as you might know, has more fans over here, than in the US and during NBA finals, the country practically shuts down. Even the average housewife knows today that the Mavericks beat the Heat and maybe perhaps, LeBron James will kindly shut the &#!% up. I have a student in one of my classes who just sits there and pays attention best as he can and then leaves at the end. Doesn't ask questions, doesn't answer questions. He's in a low level ability class and was tagged for special help in tutoring, but today he became a fount of knowledge on the NBA final last night. His account of the game as well as his near flawless pronunciation of "Dirk Nowitzki" made me think perhaps he had been mislabeled, or just didn't care. If only we could have a basketball theme TIP...