December 22, 2014 – DownToBuck

C.J. McCollum 17 Points Full Highlights (12/22/2014)

It’s okay, man. You are not alone. I also still get CJ McCollum and Ray McCallum confused sometimes. It would help if either one of them was doing something do distinguish themselves. Instead, after promising rookie seasons, they both have had their rear-ends duct-taped to the bench. Attention NBA teams: young players don’t get any…

Omri Casspi 16 Points Full Highlights (12/22/2014)

Sometimes I wish I could be as surprised by the contents of highlight videos as you guys all are. Each new vid is like a Christmas present waiting to be opened; who knows what delights could be inside? You could end up with a PS4 (or Xbone (or gaming PC)) or another damned fruitcake. That’s…

Corey Brewer 12 Points/5 Steals Rockets Debut Full Highlights (12/22/2014)

I must be an oracle or something, because just nine months ago, I wrote this in a description: “[Corey Brewer] should be angling to get traded somewhere where the weather isn’t a threat to kill him on a nightly basis. He should also try to land somewhere where they allow you to eat food, because…

Boris Diaw 23 Points Full Highlights (12/22/2014)

DownToBuck fashions himself as an unstoppable highlight making machine, unencumbered by tedious human tendencies. He exists for one reason only: to compile video evidence of basketball players scoring points. There is no room for love or other human emotions. An observant observer might notice a suspicious gap every night (or day, hello my Euro friends!)….

Festus Ezeli Career High 15 Points Full Highlights (12/22/2014)

I was wondering who I was going to get to do highlights of first this year, Ognjen Kuzmic or Ifeanyi Festus Ezeli-Ndelue. With Bogut out, again, because he’s a pussy, the center position for the Warriors was up for grabs. Ognjen isn’t capable of really grabbing anything because of his stone hands, so it looks…

Justin Holiday Career High 18 Points Full Highlights (12/22/2014)

In honor of Justin Holiday’s career-high 18 points, coming at an especially pertinent time of year, we look back at some of the other great holiday-themed players from NBA’s past. Ulysses Yule: One of the less heralded members of those dominant 60’s Celtic teams, Ulysses played two seasons while winning two championships. His utility was…

Manu Ginobili 19 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (12/22/2014)

The Spurs are a pleasing time-capsule of how the NBA was a decade ago. The role-players surrounding the core may have changed over time, but the core itself is the same as it ever was. Maybe a little less hair (a lot less actually) on Ginobili’s head, Popovich looks more crotchety in his old age,…

Dennis Schröder Career High 22 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (12/22/2014)

Dirk Nowitzki reclined lazily on the couch. Surrounding him, adoring him, were a hand-picked sampling of Germany’s finest frauleins. A few male friends were also there, hoping to gain some residual coolness by their proximity to him. The other males in the club looked on jealously; they were no match for the suavity and wealth…

Meyers Leonard 13 Points/3 Threes Full Highlights (12/22/2014)

Meyers Leonard has seen his minutes drop drastically since his rookie year. The Trailblazers starting lineup, in general, has been extremely healthy, so there are few minutes for underperforming semi-busts. Supposedly he is horrible on defense, though since he gets no minutes I can’t validate that claim. Trailblazers fans will surely be happy to tell…