Kris Dunn was hyped up by the basketball media before the season started. Way hyped up. Way, WAY hyped up. The average fan can be forgiven for thinking that Dunn was going to be a beast from the opening tip; people were even talking about trading Ricky Rubio because of how quickly Dunn was going…
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Jeff Green 20 Points Full Highlights (12/6/2016)
No one likes Jeff Green. Not anymore. He probably had some fans when he was on the Thunder/Sonics, and maybe a few when he was Boston, but those stints were a long time ago. Any of the potential he had when he was drafted 5th overall is gone, dried up under the withering desert sun…
Read MoreErsan Ilyasova 23 Points Full Highlights (12/6/2016)
When Ersan Ilyasova is your #1 offensive option, you know things aren’t going to go super well. Not dissing the Ersanator here, just pointing out that he is more of complementary piece than a focal point. Without Jahlil Okafor or Joel Embiid (or even Robert Covington) to soak up all the possessions, the 76ers had…
Read MoreRudy Gobert Career High 22 Points Full Highlights (12/6/2016)
START MESSAGE THIS IS A RUDY GOBERT JUMPER ALERT! THE RUDY GOBERT JUMPER ADVISORY SYSTEM HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO ORANGE – “HIGH – RUDY GOBERT MADE A JUMPER”. See the attached chart for reference: http://imgur.com/NvD6Xf5 This is not a drill. Repeat: this is not a drill. A Rudy Gobert jumper was identified at 5:14 in…
Read MoreDario Saric 17 Points Full Highlights (12/6/2016)
Some great camera work in this one. Dario Saric hits a late-game bucket to tie the game, and instead of showing him celebrating with teammates, they switch to a shot of the only 76ers fan they could find in Memphis. He looks happy, he’s cheering, that’s fine, until they panmed over to a couple of…
Read MoreElfrid Payton Career High 25 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (12/6/2016)
Whoever’s in charge of the equipment at The Verizon Center needs to turn down the sensitivity of the microphones on the basket. For real. I don’t especially like the normal commentary that comes with a game, but it gets worse when it’s obscured by dudes yelling “and-one!” over and over. Among other, less savory, things….
Read MoreTony Allen 19 Points Full Highlights (12/5/2016)
At the end of last season, when the Grizzlies were so devastated by injuries that they had to give large amounts of rotation minutes to made-up players like Briante Weber and Xavier Munford (try telling me with a straight face that those players really exist…you can’t), Tony Allen put up multiple games scoring in the…
Read MoreHarrison Barnes 29 Points Full Highlights (12/5/2016)
We are now a fourth of the way through the season (contain your tears) and Harrison Barnes is still averaging twenty points per game. Does this mean that Barnes is officially a twenty point per game scorer in the league? No. Not yet. He needs to be averaging twenty at the end of the regular…
Read MoreLou Williams 38 Points Full Highlights (12/5/2016)
The lights dimmed. The audience, which had up to this point been chattering happily, quickly quieted, the only sound being the thudding of glasses as drinks were put down upon the rickety tables they sat around. They gazed towards the front of the club, where, in the darkness, several musicians had silently approached their instruments:…
Read MoreLangston Galloway Career High 26 Points Full Highlights (12/5/2016)
I don’t want to make Langston Galloway highlights, and you don’t want to watch Langston Galloway highlights, but the universe has decided that Langston Galloway will have highlight-worthy performances on a semi-regular basis, ignoring more deserving players like Kyle Wiltjer, Thon Maker, R.J. Hunter, and dozens of others. “No.” says the universe. “I have decided…
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