Gerald Henderson answered the call from GM Neil Olshey, silently wondering if something weird was going to happen. “Hey Neil. What’s up?” “Can you come to my office? We need to talk about playoffs, and specifically, about how the team needs your leadership,” Neil said. Relieved that the topic of discussion was not related even…
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Vince Carter 16 Points Full Highlights (4/17/2016)
The NBA has really dropped the ball hard on this one. I don’t know if balls have ever dropped harder. There is STILL no word from the NBA on whether they are currently compiling, with their multitudinous resources, a compilation of all of Vince Carter’s dunks starting from his very first game. A Vince Carter…
Read MoreNicolas Batum 24 Points Full Highlights (4/17/2016)
YAWN. Wake me up when the second round starts. All these blowouts are making DownToBuck one sleepy highlight-maker. And these aren’t even the good kind of blowouts, the kind where a scrub or two go off for 20 points. These are the bad kind, where everyone sucks equally and no highlights need to be done…
Read MoreLuol Deng 31 Points Full Highlights (4/17/2016)
I’m really sorry for all those times that I said the Heat were done earlier in the season. That was stupid of me to say and I really feel bad about it. To be fair to me, though, who could have anticipated that Luol “The Man from Sudan” Deng (listen up basketball-reference you know I…
Read MoreKentavious Caldwell-Pope 21 Points Full Highlights (4/17/2016)
Damn. I really wanted the Pistons to win this game, to show up the hastily-assembled big three of the Cavaliers with a sound display of team play reminiscent of the last Pistons championship team. They didn’t, though, and now we are left with yet another reminder that superstars triumph in almost all scenarios. Oh well….
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