This highlight video goes against my general policy of “player in question ought to have actually had a good game”. Granted, I go against that policy almost every night, so it’s more of a loose guideline than anything. Anyway, 6 of 21 shooting automatically disqualifies any game from “good” status, unless the other stats are…
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Luis Scola 20 Points Full Highlights (11/22/2015)
The big news surrounding Luis Scola is his supposed title of “Strongest Man in Raptors History”, earned when he benched 265, surpassing all other player’s measurements. That’s great! I did not imagine that a not-exactly-all-that-toned guy like Coca Scola would hold such a title. But is 265 even really that much? Doesn’t seem like a…
Read MoreDarrell Arthur 21 Points Full Highlights (11/22/2015)
What is it like living your life in total isolation, knowing that you will never, not even if you had thousands of years at your disposal, find a kindred spirit? I ask this of you, viewer, the world’s lone Darrell Arthur fan. I cannot imagine the pain of your soul, a soul forever denied the…
Read MoreDeMarre Carroll 21 Points Full Highlights (11/22/2015)
Wrong is such an ugly word. I prefer the term “intellectually open-minded”. “Wrong” has so many negative connotations. Given his play to start the season, it looks like I was at least partially intellectually open-minded about DeMarre Carroll. I had basically no confidence that he would be any good at all once he left the…
Read MoreJaVale McGee 8 Points Mavericks Debut Full Highlights (11/22/2015)
Finally! JaVale McGee is back, and we can put Zaza Pachulia to rest forever. I don’t care how well he may have been playing, his time is over now, and the chapter in the Mavericks’ novel entitled “Zaza leading us nowhere” can at last be wrapped up. Remember, Cuban promised JaVale the starter’s job and…
Read MoreDevin Booker 15 Points Full Highlights (11/22/2015)
I don’t like this. Can Devin Booker even grow facial hair? There should be a rule: no NBA until you can sprout a cruddy little goatee. These rookies get younger and younger I swear. And, troublingly, I get older and older at the same time. Another new rule: no NBA players can be younger than…
Read MoreNene 18 Points Full Highlights (11/21/2015)
Nene has always been an “only-scoring” type big man. Nowhere is his playstyle better exemplified than in this video, because all he does is hit nine of ten shots from the floor. Wizards fans have been lamenting the decline of (or perhaps the consistent nonexistence of) his defense, but you don’t get highlight videos made…
Read MoreJordan Hill 20 Points Full Highlights (11/21/2015)
It’s a good thing that I’m only nominally a Bucks fan, because getting your rear end handed to you by the Pacers in a 40-point blowout would be pretty annoying otherwise. Watching the undersized Jordan Hill dominate the paint on 9-of-10 shooting while your big men loaf around and pick up fouls, that would also…
Read MoreGlenn Robinson III 17 Points/4 Threes Full Highlights (11/21/2015)
“Hey Glenn, what’s up?” Paul George greeted, approaching Glenn Robinson in the locker room. “You got plans for after the game?” “Probably just go home and watch a movie or something,” Glenn responded. “But if you have something in mind, forget the movie and I’ll chill with you instead.” Paul sort of shuffled his feet…
Read MoreIsaiah Canaan 22 Points Full Highlights (11/21/2015)
Ouch. Another 76ers loss. Gotta feel for the fans there, except oh yeah that was the outcome they were rooting for tonight. Trust the process, man. Is there such a thing as tanking too hard? Probably not, but if there was, Philly would definitely qualify. The best thing that can be said for them is…
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