December 18, 2016 – DownToBuck

DTB’s Official NBA Power Rankings (Week 7)

This week’s biggest busts: Bulls -7, Lakers -4, Spurs -3, Cavaliers -3, Hornets -3 This week’s biggest successes: Bucks +5, Pacers +3, too many teams +2 1. Golden State Warriors (24-4, 4-0 this week) (last week: #1 [3-1] +0) It wasn’t the greatest week for the Warriors, as they needed second-half comebacks against both the…

Marco Belinelli 19 Points Full Highlights (12/17/2016)

You can practically feel the anxiety exuding from my selected thumbnail image. Marco Belinelli, after a made shot, checking to make sure that his hair is still there, and, more importantly, is ruffled enough to give it the illusion of thickness – to cover up the bald spot that is rapidly forming there. Marco thinks…

Steven Adams 19 Points Full Highlights (12/17/2016)

I would love more than anything to be able to mock New Zealander culture in the descriptions of my Steven Adams videos. There just would be nothing greater. I do it all the time for the Aussie players and it works out well: My friends in America get culturally enriched, and I get to have…

Ian Clark Career High 23 Points Full Highlights (12/17/2016)

Ian Clark has been playing well enough that we can say with certainty that he would still be good even if he went to a team that didn’t have four All-Stars on it. That’s something you can’t say for some other Warriors bench players. Well, you could say it, but it wouldn’t be true. It’s…

Emmanuel Mudiay 22 Points Full Highlights (12/17/2016)

Emmanuel Mudiay hasn’t improved as much as I was hoping for. I know, I know, it’s usually the third year where you really see improvement with point guards, but if anything, Mudiay has regressed slightly. Sorry to sound like a dictionary but regression is, like, the opposite of improvement. Mudiay’s shooting is still not very…

Tim Hardaway Jr. 21 Points Full Highlights (12/17/2016)

A lot of smart people have been searching for answers as to why the Hawks are so inconsistent this year. I’ve seen so many reasons posited that I can hardly keep track of them all. “It’s this player, no it’s THIS player, NO, it’s the coach, wait, what about the fans, you’re all wrong, it’s…

Willy Hernangomez 17 Points Full Highlights (12/17/2016)

The much-anticipated Hernangomez vs. Hernangomez matchup failed to live up to the hype. Willy certainly held up his end of the bargain, scoring a career-high 17 points. Juan, on the other hand, barely got in the game and hit a free throw for his sole contribution to the Nuggets’ winning effort. For that reason, I…

Kenneth Faried 25 Points/6 Dunks Full Highlights (12/17/2016)

It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long, but Kenneth Faried has been in the league for six seasons now. I guess that means it’s time to accept that he won’t ever develop a jumper? He’s basically the same player now that he was as rookie, the only difference being that Nikola Jokic is throwing…

Kristaps Porzingis 22 Points Full Highlights (12/17/2016)

Is the Draymond Green/Kristaps Porzingis beef the hottest beef currently beefing in the NBA? It might be, but there are a few other candidates to consider: Patrick Beverley/Russell Westbrook – This beef reached its beefiest point when Beverley maliciously attempted to end Westbrook’s career. I think I saw something somewhere that indicated this beef was…

Ryan Anderson 28 Points/7 Threes Full Highlights (12/17/2016)

Someone tell me why Ryan Anderson isn’t averaging 20 points a game this season. He’s on the ROCKETS, for Christ’s sake! The Rockets with MIKE D’ANTONI as head coach! That’s the perfect storm for a three-point chucker to chuck as many three-pointers as he wants without any repercussions. But here we are, a third of…