With the trade of two of their rotation players, the acquisition of a bunch of soon-to-be waived scrubs, the actual waiving of Fatty Dally, and the imminent shutting-down of Carmelo, the Knicks are setting themselves up to tank. Which is weird, because I really thought they were doing it before all this happened. No harm…
Read MoreMonth: January 2015
Andrew Wiggins 20 Points Full Highlights (1/5/2015)
Night casts its cloak over Minneapolis as a light snow falls. The streetlights emanate their steady glow even as the houses of the town grow dark. With pain, comes healing. With defeat, victory.
Read MoreJames Young 13 Points Full Highlights (1/5/2015)
This may be a glaring indictment of my ability to follow NBA basketball, but I wasn’t even aware James Young was in the league. I just kind of figured that he was in the D-League or something. So, uh, yeah. What is there to say about James Young? He likes to shoot it looks like,…
Read MoreCody Zeller Career High 20 Points Full Highlights (1/5/2015)
I have maintained for a while that Tyler Zeller is the superior Zeller. You might be able to make a case for Luke as well, though it would be a much more strained argument. Cody just hasn’t impressed me so far. Obviously his goal is not to impress me, but to impress his coaching staff,…
Read MoreKendall Marshall 15 Points Full Highlights (1/4/2015)
It’s become abundantly clear that Brandon Knight isn’t a point guard. Well, he is, but not the kind you want running the team and distributing the ball. It’s not unusual these days for teams to trot out an undersized SG at point, there are a bunch of players who everyone jacks off who fit this…
Read MoreZaza Pachulia 16 Points Full Highlights (1/4/2015)
Uploading highlights of European players is always guaranteed views. Jusuf Nurkic? Tens of thousands. Jonas Valanciunas? Same. Donatas Motiejunas, Mirza Teletovic, Bojan Bogdanovic, Jan Vesely (RIP in Peace), these guys drive tons of traffic to my channel. All except for Zaza Pachulia. Nobody gives a damn about this guy, not even in his home country…
Read MoreGiannis Antetokounmpo 16 Points Full Highlights (1/4/2015)
Giannis was unsure how much time had passed, or, indeed, whether any time had passed at all. They had reached the base of the mountain, and from this vantage point, it seemed utterly unscalable. Sheer vertical faces of smooth rock stretched hundreds of feet into the air, and the parts of it that weren’t flat…
Read MoreJames Johnson 17 Points/3 Dunks Full Highlights (1/4/2015)
Does anyone else get reminded of LeBron James when they watch James Johnson? Obviously LeBron is way better and way more skilled, but their games resemble each other. They both are bulls when it comes to attacking the basket, and they rack up counting stats in similar ways. The tomahawk dunk that Johnson had tonight?…
Read MoreJonas Valanciunas 21 Points Full Highlights (1/4/2015)
It was television time once again in the Valanciunas apartment. Taking up his usual spot on the couch with his cat, Arvydas, purring happily next to him, he enswathed himself in blankets and cracked open the first beer. ESPN was playing on the TV; he hoped to catch some highlights of the NFL playoff games…
Read MoreArchie Goodwin 12 Points/1 Life-Ending Dunk Full Highlights (1/4/2015)
Archie Goodwin scored 29 points in the season finale last year, causing an offseason of unreasonable expectations. He barely got to play that year, and the last game of the season is the worst one for judging the actual quality of players. He barely got to play his rookie year, as the youngest player in…
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