Rallies are underway to demand that Al Horford be named an All-Star this year. He has been named to the team in the past, that is true, but his continued streak of high level play has not been adequately rewarded. I’ve been organizing demonstrations in public places around town to protest this incredible injustice. If…
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Mike Dunleavy 27 Points/5 Threes Full Highlights (11/7/2014)
Call me optimistic, but I thought, going into this year, that there would be a battle for the starting small forward position. Two players with similar skill-sets and skin pigmentation. The incumbent, Mike Dunleavy, versus the young upstart, Doug McDermott. I was wrong. First or second time ever, I think. It turns out that McDermott,…
Read MoreDante Exum 11 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (11/7/2014)
I don’t know about you guys, but when I think about Dante Exum, the area of land that comes to mind first is not Australia or even Utah, but Ethiopia. Yes, the mighty Axumite empire is what I recall foremost, a nation of power that rivaled its contemporaries in the middle of the first millennium….
Read MoreCleanthony Early 12 Points/1 Dunk Full Highlights (11/7/2014)
All I know about Cleanthony Early is that he was drafted in the second round by the Knicks, to the wonderment of the ESPN draft commentators who thought he was really good and should have gone earlier. I don’t know if he was drafted too high, too low, or just right. My brain gets all…
Read MoreMirza Teletovic 18 Points Full Highlights (11/7/2014)
Mirza Teletovic has always been, and always will be, a merciless three point gunner. I know it’s early in the season, but 9 threes attempted per 36 is totally plantains. Plus he’s making 46% of those attempts. He won’t keep it up, but if he did, we could wave Stephen Curry’s record goodbye after a…
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