March 25, 2015 – DownToBuck

Ricky Ledo 12 Points Full Highlights (3/25/2015)

Make no doubts about it: Ricky Ledo had a very poor game tonight. 5 of 14 with 7 turnovers? Not really a highlight-worthy performance, in most circumstances. But this is Ricky Ledo we’re talking about here. He of the career high of six points. There is no guarantee that he will ever score more points…

Nik Stauskas 13 Points Full Highlights (3/25/2015)

Step up your game, Kings commentators. When Nik Stauskas makes a shot, the rule is that you have to say something like “Nice to see some confidence from Nik” or “You can see his confidence growing game by game” or a similar sentiment on his increasing confidence levels. Every time he makes a shot. If…

Archie Goodwin 15 Points Full Highlights (3/25/2015)

Archie “Archgoat” Goodwin, like the band of the same name, is just a relentless attacker with frightening speed, verging towards out-of-control chaos. He can get to the rim whenever he wants, and if he develops into a really good finisher, he probably doesn’t even need to keep working on that in-progress jumpshot of his. Did…

Chase Budinger 22 Points Full Highlights (3/25/2015)

Chase Budinger just hasn’t been the same since he exploded his knees. He used to be a high-flying rim destroyer with a confident jumpshot. Now, his jumper is borked because he can’t get the lift he used to, and he can’t dunk with nearly the same amount of fury because every time he tries to…

Robert Covington 25 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (3/25/2015)

Adam Silver paced behind his desk, running his hands over his head, as if wanting to pull at hair that wasn’t there. An assortment of high-ranking NBA executives sat nervously before him, waiting for the silence to be broken. “Thirteen games. Thirteen games last night,” Silver said in an emotionless, monotone voice. He had stopped…

Cleanthony Early Career High 18 Points Full Highlights (3/25/2015)

To an outsider, the scene would seem strange; a man dressed in a bird suit lying on concrete, surrounded by laughing behemoths in an empty warehouse in industrial New York. “Get up, you pussy! Get up! Someone pick him up!” Lou Amundson laughed as Lance Thomas and Carmelo Anthony picked up the bird-costumed man, who…

Austin Rivers 21 Points Full Highlights (3/25/2015)

I admit, when I first watched mixtapes of some up-and-coming young prospect named Austin Rivers, I thought about how cool it was that a white dude had such sick handles. I didn’t even know he was Doc Rivers’ son. I’m so embarrassed (and racist). Not embarrassed enough to withhold that anecdote, though. Now Austin Rivers…

Donatas Motiejunas 21 Points Full Highlights (3/25/2015)

Now this is what I call a highlight video. No goofy intros, no free throws, no passing, no replays, no defensive plays, just 10 made Donatas Motiejunas field goals, presented without interruption. This is what highlights are all about. Buckets.

Andrew Wiggins 27 Points Full Highlights (3/25/2015)

What would be better for Andrew Wiggins’ development: getting big minutes on a horrible team, or getting bench minutes on a playoff team? We can’t, and couldn’t ever, know, but it’s fun to think about. I lean towards the Cavaliers squashing his potential while the Timberwolves are unleashing it, but I’m biased because I love…