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Read MoreDay: October 28, 2015
Andrea Bargnani 17 Points Nets Debut Full Highlights (10/28/2015)
Now that Andrea Bargnani has emerged from underneath the darksome shadow of that gigantic contract that the Raptors gave him, we can appreciate him for what he is (a tissuey jump-shooting seven-footer) rather than mock him for what he should have been (a franchise cornerstone who is a nightly threat to go bananas). 1.5 million…
Read MoreJulius Randle 15 Points Full Highlights (10/28/2015)
Thought exercise: if Julius Randle turned out to be a total stud this year (a possibility), and he outplayed all the “real” rookies, would the NBA cave in and make him rookie of the year? They already bent the rules a little bit for Blake Griffin, who played in the preseason before missing an entire…
Read MoreDerrick Favors 26 Points Full Highlights (10/28/2015)
It’s comforting to know that, as much as things change in the NBA, some things will always stay the same. That there are certain immutable facts of the NBA that will never falter in their trueness. Like the Jazz commentators using the word “confidence” whenever Derrick Favors hits a jumper. They were doing it two…
Read MoreJonas Valanciunas 21 Points Full Highlights (10/28/2015)
Jonas Valanciunas sat on his couch, dozens upon dozens of throw pillows scattered upon the cushions. He had achieved optimal comfiness levels by augmenting the pillows with a soft blanket and a twelve-pack of Heineken, but these material comforts shed no light on the action that was unfolding on his TV screen. “You have to…
Read MoreDevin Booker 14 Points Suns Debut Full Highlights (10/28/2015)
Now this is what I’m talking about. A rookie debut performance that isn’t “just barely good enough to make highlights of” but also isn’t “so amazing that every highlight compiler does it first thing”. A nice, solid outing from an NBA greenhorn. What can we take away from his game tonight? Well, he can dunk!…
Read MoreBrook Lopez 26 Points Full Highlights (10/28/2015)
What the heck am I doing? The second night of the season, tons of sweet performances to compress into three-minute long YouTube videos, and I’m sitting here making Brook “Blowpez” Lopez highlights. Even in the best of times, this dude simply doesn’t generate the most video views. Since I don’t make any ad money (or…
Read MoreC.J. McCollum Career High 37 Points Full Highlights (10/28/2015)
As a slow start for CJ McCollum to the season turned into a slow middle of the season turned into a slow end of the season, I was ready to break out the famed “bust” label and affix it directly to CJ’s forehead. The 10th overall pick should have shown more, said I, even if…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 11 Points Magic Debut Full Highlights (10/28/2015)
DownToBuck has definitely learned his lesson this time: No more joking about former Yugoslav countries in the descriptions. There are still a lot of tensions in that region, and what may seem like innocuous fun here in the States comes off as nationalistic hate over there. Which kind of sucks for me, because now what…
Read MoreEmmanuel Mudiay 17 Points/9 Assists Nuggets Debut Full Highlights (10/28/2015)
That’s it. Consider me hyped. Abandoning all pretenses of moderateness and objectivity, I have become HYPED for Emmanuel Mudiay. 17 and 9 against one of the top teams in the west? I have two words for you: Holy balls. A non-hyped individual might point towards Emmanuel’s 11 turnovers as evidence that excessive hype is unwarranted….
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