When I hear the name “Jason Smith”, I think: car salesman. I also think: insurance salesman. I do not think “basketball player”. However, it turns out that Jason Smith is in fact a basketball player and not either of those other things. That, in itself, is not enough material to make a description, so I…
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Greivis Vasquez 21 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (12/21/2014)
With Greivis Vasquez from Venezuela, Lucas Nogueira from Brazil, and Bruno Caboclo also from Brazil, the Raptors now lead the league in number of Mexican players on the roster, with three. Greivis was matched up against the Argentine Pablo Prigioni for much of the night, taking the total number of Mexican players who appeared in…
Read MoreKentavious Caldwell-Pope 20 Points/5 Threes Full Highlights (12/21/2014)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, adorned in the papal Pallium vestment, entered the cathedral where mass was taking place. Coming in through the back, nobody took notice of him as he entered the rear of the sanctuary. The priest at the front was saying some kind of prayer. It was the perfect time to interrupt, as everybody else…
Read MoreJon Leuer 16 Points Full Highlights (12/21/2014)
Jon Leuer looked unhappily at his reflection in the mirror. He had been noticing things for the past few weeks that were becoming harder and harder to ignore. Standing straight up, he let his face rest in a neutral position; seeing the reflected image of this made him wince. He could no longer deny it:…
Read MoreMason Plumlee 21 Points Full Highlights (12/21/2014)
I give props where props are due. If someone does something good or creates something cool, I’m the first one there to say “You did pretty good, man, here are some props.” No, I’m not going to give props to Mason Plumlee for making two clutch-ish free throws. An NBA player making those things should…
Read MoreC.J. Miles 28 Points Full Highlights (12/21/2014)
The Pacers need offense from anywhere it can be scraped off the bottom of the barrel. They even scraped up the corpse of A.J. Price to see if he could get anything going. That’s how desperate they are. C.J. Miles is not helping matters. He’s in a really bad slump right now, shooting 34 percent…
Read MoreKevin Seraphin 16 Points Full Highlights (12/21/2014)
Karmically Evolving Velocity Is Natural Spasmodic Effects Reorganize Alternating Parallaxes. His Insurrection Never-ending.
Read MoreBojan Bogdanovic 14 Points Full Highlights (12/21/2014)
What factors are causing Bojan Bogdanovic to turn into a useless lump when he’s on the road? The home-court advantage is well documented in every sport, but there must be other factors in play for his home (12-ish) and away (5-ish) averages to be so different. The main problem might be nutritional. There are likely…
Read MoreTyler Zeller 22 Points Full Highlights (12/21/2014)
There was some stat floating around that negatively framed Rajon Rondo’s impact for the Celtics. I’m sure there are a lot of stats that could do that, but this particular one revealed that his bigmen shot around the same percent with him on or off the court. Except for Tyler Zeller, who was made into…
Read MoreDion Waiters 21 Points Full Highlights (12/21/2014)
I know Austin Carr is well loved in Cleveland for his steadfast commitment to the franchise, both in his playing days and in his commentating days, but it’s time for him to go. Despite his over-reliance on bad catchphrases, he manages to talk himself into corners where he is unsure of how to escape. He…
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