I made a prediction before the season started that’s looking pretty good right now. Just call me Nostrabuckus. I predicted that Anthony Morrow would be the Thunder’s second-leading scorer with Durant out. I say only “pretty good” because it turns out that he’s their leading PPG scorer, being not content with merely second place. He…
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Evan Fournier 24 Points Full Highlights (11/11/2014)
Evan Fournier is in a stage of his life that many young men have to go through. He’s in that awkward phase where his hair is getting long but is not yet long enough to do anything cool with and thus looks really losery. It’s a trying time for anybody, much less a heavily-scrutinized NBA…
Read MoreChanning Frye 19 Points/5 Threes Full Highlights (11/11/2014)
Channing “4Channing” Frye came into the league with comparisons of Tim Duncan on his shoulders. They do kind of look the same, and if you put Channing closer to the basket he could maybe do some of the stuff Timmy does. Only difference a few years into his career is that Duncan is one of…
Read MoreGiannis Antetokounmpo 14 Points Full Highlights (11/11/2014)
We can put to rest (temporarily, at least) the notion of Giannis Antetokounmpo being a point guard. 10 assists in 8 games is a little low for a guy who is supposed to distribute, even if he is focused on scoring right now. And of those 10, a fair portion are OJ Mayo thinking “If…
Read MoreChandler Parsons 19 Points/5 Threes Full Highlights (11/11/2014)
Chandler Parsons is slumping pretty hard to start his tenure with the Mavs. He’s had plenty of good games, but he also went a combined 2-of-20 in the games before this one. He may have “gotten paid” this Summer, leading to less focus, but that’s not the whole story. He also “got swole” during the…
Read MoreHarrison Barnes 22 Points Full Highlights (11/11/2014)
Harrison Barnes waited, hidden, in the rhododendron bushes outside the Iguodala household. Andre always went out to get the newspaper at 7:13 Pacific Standard Time. Barnes’ persistent reconnaissance had told him this much. All there was to do now was wait. Just as expected, at 7:13, Andre Iguodala opened his front door, whistling. He sauntered…
Read MoreKosta Koufos 14 Points Full Highlights (11/11/2014)
Kosta Koufos is one of those players you think about and say “Damn, he used to pretty good what happened to him is he dead?” You say that. I don’t. I know exactly what happened to him, and he’s absolutely still alive. Might as well be after being acquired by the Grizzlies, whose lack of…
Read MoreBen McLemore 17 Points Full Highlights (11/11/2014)
Two good games in a row for Ben McLemore? Has that ever happened before? I looked at basketball-reference and it turns out that he has. A bunch of times. Maybe this dude isn’t as bad as I thought? On the other hand, the Kings are, as they say, “Who we thought they were”. They just…
Read MoreBeno Udrih 16 Points Full Highlights (11/11/2014)
I love doing highlights of foreign players. There is one inalienable truth about NBA highlights: citizens of a country who has produced an NBA player will watch any highlight of that player even if they don’t really like basketball. This holds true for any foreign national who has ever been in the NBA. Except Beno…
Read MoreIman Shumpert 18 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (11/10/2014)
Iman Shumpert sure chose a good time to start being a good offensive player, right as the rest of his team is imploding. Even the Zen Master himself cannot make JR Smith learn the triangle. The Knicks might be last in the league in BSPT (Bright Spots per Team, my new advanced stat for measuring…
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