December 4, 2016 – DownToBuck

Sergio Rodriguez 15 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (12/3/2016)

I was introduced to a new nickname for Sergio Rodriguez during last night’s 76ers broadcast: “Spanish Chocolate”. I guess it’s supposed to be a homage to White Chocolate Jason Williams, but it actually reminds me more of when Alaa Abdelnaby came up with the ultra-lame “Bus Driver” nickname for Jahlil Okafor (’cause he takes people…

DTB’s Official NBA Power Rankings (Week 5)

This week’s biggest busts: Hawks -11, Bulls -5, Timberwolves -3 This week’s biggest successes: Bucks +5, Thunder +5, Rockets +4, Heat +4 1. Golden State Warriors (17-3, 2-1 this week) (last week: #1 [3-0] +0) Everybody gets buttmad about Draymond Green kicking people and the refs doing nothing about it, but the thing that really…

Matthew Dellavedova 18 Points Full Highlights (12/3/2016)

This video must have the highest floaters-to-normal shots ratio in any highlight video I have ever made (since I have yet to make any kind of floaterilation). Usually Delly will supplement his savvy floater game with some three pointers, but in this video we get like one Chris Paul-esque midrange jumper and then it’s just…

John Henson 20 Points Full Highlights (12/3/2016)

The Bucks organization must have relented on some kind of “no Chipotle in the locker room” rule or something because John “Chipotle Fiend” Henson has been playing inspired basketball for the past few games. Now that Henson is finally able to enjoy multiple stuffed-to-bursting Chipotle burritos before every game and even during halftime, he shows…

Dorian Finney-Smith 11 Points Full Highlights (12/3/2016)

The only thing I know about Dorian “Mode” Finney-Smith is that he has been among the least productive starters in the league, at least in terms of raw point totals. He’s averaging four points per game right now, and that’s including this eleven-point outlier game. Off the top of my head, only Pascal Siakam approaches…

Pascal Siakam 14 Points Full Highlights (12/3/2016)

Forget what I said about Dario Saric being the second-best rookie so far this season. I take that back. It isn’t the wrongest thing I’ve ever claimed in one of these godforsaken description boxes, but it was still wrong. You get one chance to guess who I REALLY think the second-best rookie is. One chance,…

Dragan Bender 10 Points Full Highlights (12/3/2016)

Eventually, Dragan Bender is going to have to score more than 10 points, or I’m going to have to stop making highlights of him. There. I said it. I hate to put my foot down(toBuck) like this, but I can’t keep devoting primo channel space to a guy who can barely crack double figures. I’ll…

Dwight Powell Career High 17 Points Full Highlights (12/3/2016)

Dirk Nowitzki has passed away. It’s sad, and the Mavericks should take an appropriate amount of time to mourn, but there is still basketball to be played. Dirk wouldn’t have wanted his team to lose games just because of him not being there anymore. He would want them to carry on and be strong, be…

Wesley Matthews 26 Points/7 Threes Full Highlights (12/3/2016)

Man, what the heck happened here? The Mavericks were definitely NOT supposed to beat the Bulls. The Mavericks = bad team. The Bulls = good team. Bad teams do not normally beat good teams. This totally messes up my power-rankings. Like, really, really bad. What am I supposed to do now? There is no way…

Frank Kaminsky 21 Points Full Highlights (12/3/2016)

Frank Kaminsky: 10 points per game scorer? Yes! If Frank the Tank’s season ended today, he would have averaged a bit over 10 points per game through the entirety of it. No denying it: the numbers are right there for anyone to look at. Michael Jordan is looking at them right now, and he’s smiling…