You want to know how to tell if a team sucks or not? Just look at their lineups and minute distributions. A crappy team allocates minutes seemingly randomly, a team such as the Bulls. Marco “Italian Beef” Belinelli, so far this season, has barely received any minutes, despite the Bulls being wracked with injuries. So…
Read MoreKlay Thompson 27 Points Full Highlights (12/5/2012)
Klay Thompson’s dad, Mychal, was an accomplished NBA player. But he only made one three-pointer during his entire career. His son Klay regularly makes more threes than that in a single quarter (including this game, where he splashes five treys in the third). Even Klay’s scrubby castoff brother Mychel Thompson made more threes than that…
Read MoreAlexey Shved 17 Points Full Highlights (12/4/2012)
Sexy Alexey is a good role player. When he is finally reunited with fellow Euro Ricky Rubio, he will make the transformation from mere role player to Ultimate Beast of Unfathomable Balling Prowess. The rest of the NBA had better watch out, because when this happens, the amount of bristly European beards contained on the…
Read MoreGreg Smith Career High 21 Points Full Highlights (12/4/12)
Greg Smith puts on his big boy pants and scores 21 points on the Lakers, including several clutch baskets and free throws, in the Rocket’s thrilling victory. Dwight Howard was no match for Smith’s superior athleticism and post moves. Speaking of Dwight, he could learn a thing or two from Smith’s prime free throw shooting.
Read MoreBen Gordon 29 Points/8 Threes Full Highlights (12/3/2012)
Okay, so maybe Ben Gordon thrives in the “sixth man scorer off the bench” role. That makes sense given that he’s averaging 15 PPG without a single start. But it doesn’t explain why he was so bad in Detroit. Perhaps Rip Hamilton gobbled up too many minutes? In any case, Gordon does everything in his…
Read MoreCorey Brewer 19 Points/3 Dunks Full Highlights (12/3/12)
After my last Installment “Bismack Biyombo” the series “Vaguely Disappointing NBA Players” continues with Corey Brewer. The 7th overall pick in 2007, Brewer has been okay, but you kind of want someone a little better with that pick, you know? I’m not trying to put him down or anything but the fact of the matter…
Read MoreKemba Walker 22 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (12/3/12)
High volume chuckers who are good on the college level don’t normally translate very well to the NBA. Kemba Walker is no exception, shooting an absolutely abysmal 36.6 percent from the field last year. But his percentages, like the Bobcats, are better this year (correlation does not imply causation, except when it does). He’s now…
Read MoreJameer Nelson 19 Points/13 Assists Full Highlights (12/2/2012)
Remember the combo of Magic and Kareem? What about Kobe and Shaq? Cousy and Russell? Well you can add another combo to that storied list: Nelson and Vucevic. Jameer “No Fear” Nelson sliced and diced through Dwight Howard’s lackadaisy defense, scoring 19 points and dishing 13 dimes against his former teammate. In the locker room…
Read MoreArron Afflalo 30 Points Full Highlights (12/2/12)
The Orlando Magic are not a very good team this year, but they are going to have to step up their sucking if they want to have a chance at Shabazz in the draft. That means no more inspired performances by Arron “Aaron” Afflalo, who scored 30 points, playing a huge role in vanquishing the…
Read MoreMike Conley 18 Points/12 Assists Full Highlights (12/1/2012)
The Grizzlies are cruising early in the season, mauling several opponents to death and clawing others to shreds. Last night the Spurs took them down in OT, but only with the aid of several highly-trained zookeepers equipped with tranquilizer darts. Mike Conley is leading the charge, consistently finding his skilled big-men in their preferred spots…
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