Aaron Gordon is still in that stage of player development known as “The one where DownToBuck makes highlights if the player shows anything at all”. This is not a good stage of player development. Put another way: I wouldn’t even think to do highlights of Karl-Anthony Towns if he scored a mere 12 points. It…
Read MoreMonth: November 2015
Arron Afflalo 31 Points Full Highlights (11/29/2015)
I will never forgive the NBA for not making Arron Afflalo an All-Star during the 2013-14 season. Never. Ever. He was averaging like 20 points a game! You knew, they knew, he knew, his mom knew, everybody knew that he was never going to approach that kind of production ever again. Thanks to the cruel…
Read MoreKristaps Porzingis 20 Points Full* Highlights (11/29/2015)
Another good game for Kristaps Porzingis. I don’t even get that excited anymore. At this point, I’d way rather see a legit good performance out of Sasha Vujacic than yet another one out of the Latvian. I’ve developed tolerances like that for a lot of fun-to-watch players. The worrying thing is how quickly I developed…
Read MoreKarl-Anthony Towns 17 Points Full Highlights (11/29/2015)
Now THIS is how you develop a rookie. Don’t let him get any easy looks in the paint. How is Karl-Anthony Towns going to get better if he has someone feeding him bunnies underneath the basket? He isn’t. The only way, and I mean the ONLY way, he’s going to improve is if he has…
Read MoreMirza Teletovic 20 Points Full Highlights (11/29/2015)
Which version of Mirza Teletovic did the Suns think they were getting when they plucked him from Brooklyn? A. The one who is a multidimensional space mercenary, fighting under the banner of King Hyperiarch. B. The one who shoots lots of threes while blood clots inhabit every nook and cranny of his lungs. C. The…
Read MoreZaza Pachulia 16 Points Full Highlights (11/28/2015)
We now have concrete proof that Zaza Pachulia, even in his old age, can be a starter on a good team. I don’t want to admit it given how annoyed I would get when he was in a Bucks uniform, but I’m going to man up and admit it anyway. I’m admitting it right now….
Read MoreBrandon Rush 16 Points Full Highlights (11/28/2015)
Brandon Rush is one of the last holdovers from a different era of Warriors basketball. He put up some great shooting numbers for them in the 2011-12 season, and damn, hold on a minute, I’m looking at his teammates that year and it is MESSED UP. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson are there as the…
Read MoreC.J. McCollum 28 Points Full Highlights (11/28/2015)
Looks like those Stephen Curry comparisons for C.J. McCollum coming out of college weren’t so wrong after all. Because, let’s be honest, they were looking pretty wrong for C.J.’s first two years in the league. The Juan Dixon (barf) comparisons were looking a little closer. Turns out that all Gollum needed was some minutes, perhaps…
Read MoreSeth Curry 9 Points Full Highlights (11/28/2015)
The Kings suck. Again. Everyone knew this was going to happen, and yet, somehow, it still feels surprising. Every year, a little defiant part of me says “you know this could be the year Sacramento puts it all together”, and every year that little defiant part of me shuts up after seeing how bad they…
Read MoreAlec Burks 21 Points Full Highlights (11/28/2015)
I’ve made a lot of highlights, so when I make comments on the subject, you can be assured that I know what I’m talking about. So believe me when I say this: Alec Burks has some of the most “highlighty” highlights of any player. His ratio of lame buckets to cool buckets is off the…
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