December 2014 – Page 8

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…

Jason Smith 16 Points Full Highlights (12/21/2014)

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…

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…

Kentavious 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…

Jon 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:…

Mason 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…

C.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…