I want to apologize to all my loyal fans. Looking at my last few vintage highlights, you might notice a disturbing trend among the players represented. No, they’re not all white. Worse. They are all All-Stars! Some of them are even Hall-Of-Famers! I am so sorry. The point of this channel is to showcase the…
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Ralph Sampson 24 Points/22 Rebounds Full Highlights (6/1/1986)
Tonight in the latest episode of “What If with DownToBuck”, we analyze one of the most enigmatic talents of the last 50 years, Ralph Sampson. Tonight’s What If: What if Ralph Sampson had not developed the chronic knee problems that derailed his career? First off, it’s not exactly a surprise that Sampson had exploding knees….
Read MoreChris Mullin 32 Points Full Highlights (11/24/1992)
Who knew it was so hard to write descriptions about players you never saw play? With current players, it’s super easy. I hardly know the first thing about Chris Mullin. He was a part of Run-TMC, which people still care about even though it was a short-lived experiment that saw limited success. Was he on…
Read MoreVin Baker 28 Points Full Highlights (4/16/1996)
Another day, another under-appreciated Milwaukee Bucks star. As with Jack SICKma, there are only the meagerest of highlights available for this dude, the venerable Vin Baker. Talk to any Milwaukee resident, one who was actually supporting their team during this time and not just bandwagoning the Bulls, about the original Vinsanity, and they will say…
Read MoreJack Sikma 26 Points/4 Threes Full Highlights (2/16/1989)
A while back I stated the whole reason for starting this channel in the first place. Not for fame, not for riches, but because Carlos Delfino scored 30 points a couple of times back in 2011 and there were no highlights available. Can you believe that? Nowadays we’d have three different versions from three different…
Read MoreKevin Johnson 38 Points/12 Assists/1 Poster Dunk Full Highlights (5/15/1994)
Kevin Johnson was a pretty good player back in his younger days, earning a few All-Star nominations and putting up his share of gaudy stats. Nowadays, however, he is more well known in the eyes of the American public as the mayor of Sacramento, savior of the Kings franchise. But he is not the only…
Read MoreDarrell Griffith 40 Points/3 Dunks Full Highlights (3/9/1985)
Just going to put it out there: these are some hella sick highlights. In my earlier, unenlightened years, I was vaguely aware of some guy named Griffith who was athletic and kind of an okay player. I hadn’t seen any highlights of him, and when I say “vaguely aware”, I mean “probably confused him with…
Read MoreDan Majerle 34 Points/8 Threes Full Highlights (6/1/1993)
Do you remember the movie “Marley & Me”? It was about some dog named Marley and how he sucked at being a good dog but his family loved him anyway. And when there were tough times it was always Marley’s naive adoration for his masters that kept them focused on the positive things in life….
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