January 20, 2016 – DownToBuck

Amar’e Stoudemire 11 Points Full Highlights (1/20/2016)

“Dear Steve, When I saw news of your retirement I was dismayed, but I can’t say I was surprised. Your back problems were well-publicized. It was then that I made a resolution to myself. Although your dream of winning a championship had been abandoned, I vowed to continue in that quest. Not just for me….

Jonas Valanciunas 19 Points Full Highlights (1/20/2016)

Quick quiz: in what way has Raptors coach Dwayne Casey affected Jonas Valanciunas’ development? A) He has not affected it because coaches are meaningless in the NBA B) He has allowed Valanciunas to flourish by putting him in the game during crunch time C) He has absolutely stunted Valanciunas’ growth as a player and will…

Brandon Bass 18 Points/5 Dunks Full Highlights (1/20/2016)

In the course of making my Dunks of the Month videos, I see a lot of dunks, and I get a pretty good sense of which players are liable to throw down monster whaps and which ones will do nothing but catch passes under the basket and go straight up with no power. Brandon Bass…

Robin Lopez 22 Points Full Highlights (1/20/2016)

If Fropez is scoring 22 points, that can only mean one thing. Well, actually two things. One of the things it means is that Fropez was taking touches away from our lord Kristaps. The other thing it means is that there were probably a bunch of crazy no-arc hookshots that somehow dropped through the hoop…

C.J. McCollum 28 Points Full Highlights (1/20/2016)

Can you even win Most Improved Player if your minutes double from one year to the next? It’s not CJ’s fault that some losers named Wes Matthews and Arron Afflalo were hogging all the shooting guard minutes, and we all know that CJ could have been doing this last year if he was given the…

Bobby Portis 16 Points Full Highlights (1/20/2016)

Bobby Portis’ eyes are really freaking me out right now. Like, really really. He KNOWS, man. He sees inside, and he frickin’ KNOWS.

Elfrid Payton 21 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (1/20/2016)

I haven’t watched a ton of Magic games this year (there are a lot of games to watch and only so many hours with which to watch them), so someone more knowledgeable than me about Orlando will have to answer me this: Can Elfrid Payton shoot jumpers at all? I seem to recall making some…

Mario Hezonja 9 Points/3 Dunks Full Highlights (1/20/2016)

DownToBuck makes no promises on the quality of the highlights he provides. If the actual points are being scored in a boring or substandard way, well, that’s what happens sometimes. Not all buckets are created equal. And, especially, not all dunks are created equal. Don’t get your hopes up too much, is what I’m getting…

Jahlil Okafor 20 Points Full Highlights (1/20/2016)

There was a big kerfuffle a while back about baseball games being way too long with all the standing around waiting for pitches, hell, maybe it’s still going on, how the hell am I supposed to know, what, do I look like DownToBrewer to you? But yeah. When people start complaining that baseball, traditionally the…

Rodney Hood 29 Points Full Highlights (1/20/2016)

I didn’t think that I’d have the privilege of compiling any more Rodney Hood highlights this year, or ever. When he had that 4-of-17 game, I thought to myself “Well, that’s it. All good things must come to an end”. After a shockingly bad performance like that, I figured, as any sane person would, that…