Jake Layman had easily located the home locker room in the Staples Center. By pretending to be a new member of the Clippers’ training staff who had gotten lost in the arena, a security guard had given him step-by-step directions. Now, he pushed open the door and went inside. The main locker area was empty,…
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Justin Hamilton Career High 21 Points/5 Threes Full Highlights (11/9/2016)
I’m going to just go ahead and put “Career High” in the title of this video even though it’s obvious, by this point, that’s Justin Hamilton is going to score 30 at some point this season, rendering this video no longer a depiction of his true career-high in NBA points. I don’t care. It’s a…
Read MoreZach LaVine Career High 37 Points/7 Threes Full Highlights (11/9/2016)
Does anyone else remember that pre-draft workout video where Zach LaVine was practicing his stepback jumpers, and they were all totally blatant travels? Just wondering, because these were the most ridiculous travels ever, like, did no coach ever pull him aside and say “what are you doing out there you’re walking all over the place!”?…
Read MoreThabo Sefolosha 20 Points Full Highlights (11/9/2016)
Thabo Sefolosha: roiding or nah? Here are the facts: he’s scoring at a rate not seen from him since his first few years in Chicago. He’s doing this scoring at the age of 32. He just put major hurt on the Bulls to the tune of 18 points in 6 minutes. Steroids are easily acquirable…
Read MoreWilly Hernangomez 14 Points Full Highlights (11/9/2016)
I have an ongoing (for not much longer) bet with my local bookie on who DownToBuck will make highlights for first: Juancho Hernangomez or Willy Hernangomez. I put 5000 smackers on Willy on 2-to-3 odds. I could have angled for better odds, but I don’t want to bite the hand that feeds. That’s wise wisdom…
Read MoreKentavious Caldwell-Pope 27 Points Full Highlights (11/9/2016)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has a really sweet-looking jumper. It doesn’t go in an extraordinarily large amount of the time, but it still looks absolutely perfect. Even his bricks have a certain aesthetic quality to them. See that above paragraph, Pistons fans? See that? That means I don’t hate KCP, and I don’t hate the Pistons or…
Read MoreGordon Hayward 29 Points Full Highlights (11/9/2016)
Finally, a game for Gordon Hayward where he scored a good amount of points without the aid of a ton of unwatchable free throws. Seriously, it’s like every time this dude scores 30-ish he has a line of 6-14 shooting with 1000-a gajillion from the charity stripe. If you were wondering why I hardly ever…
Read MoreOtto Porter Career High 34 Points Full Highlights (11/9/2016)
In a description near the end of last year I wrote these words on the subject of Otto Porter: “Otto Porter has all the tools to score thirty points in a game and thus grant me a prime opportunity to make a compelling highlight video. However, he has yet to do so in the NBA….
Read MoreMaurice Harkless 20 Points Full Highlights (11/8/2016)
I’m still mad at how easily the Orlando Magic gave up on Mo Harkless. That was a while ago now, so my timeline may be all bungled up, but I’m pretty sure Jacque-off Vaughn was involved in some way. “Oh, sorry Mo, you’re not producing because we’re not giving you any minutes at all, wow…
Read MoreTyus Jones 12 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (11/8/2016)
Damn man, I was making this video, and you know what I noticed? Tyus Jones kind of looks like Jabari Parker. Look at that thumbnail. That could be Jabari in the thumbnail with a couple of photoshop filters applied to him. And a photoshopped crappy goatee. For real. The other thing I noticed while making…
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