December 2016 – Page 25

Will Barton 22 Points Full Highlights (12/5/2016)

I was completely on board the Will Barton hype train last year. Maybe I was even the conductor? I’ve been the conductor for a lot of wrecked hype trains, but I don’t know. Every time I try to think back farther than one week everything gets hazy. Anyway, I was definitely in full support of…

Dario Saric 17 Points Full Highlights (12/5/2016)

Oh man. Here’s some words of wisdom from your number one bro DownToBuck: even if your local pizza place (which also happens to be your favorite) is offering a really sick special price on any pizza (ANY PIZZA, NO GOTCHAS HERE), don’t give in to temptation and get the extra large. Or, if you do…

Troy Daniels 29 Points/7 Threes Full Highlights (12/5/2016)

Improbably, the Troy Daniels redemption tour continues. In a normal season, Daniels is good for only one or two of these games in a season. He builds up scoring energy while sitting on the bench and getting no minutes, then unleashes it in one big splooge during some random game. That’s how it works. Once…

Joel Embiid 16 Points/5 Blocks Full Highlights (12/5/2016)

How long until Joel Embiid’s unfiltered social media behavior earns him scorn rather than praise? In a fair and just world, people would only care about his on-court exploits rather than all that TMZ bullcrap. But the world is unfair and unjust, and at some point people are going to think that posting “cooked his…

Jamal Murray 22 Points Full Highlights (12/5/2016)

I have to stop letting myself get so excited for first-half performances. Jamal Murray had 17 tonight in the first two quarters, igniting within me a flame so intense that it could only be extinguished by watching him go off in the second half. I bypassed watching my own Bucks to watch the Nuggets instead….

Andre Roberson 13 Points Full Highlights (12/4/2016)

Is Andre Roberson the next Nick Collison? I don’t mean in terms of play style or position, since they’re obviously very different players, but I mean in terms of being that guy who stays on one team for his whole career just for being a good role player who doesn’t demand the ball or whine…

Buddy Hield 16 Points Full Highlights (12/4/2016)

Alvin Gentry is in win-now mode. The Pelicans as an organization might not be, but Gentry was playing for his job for a little while there. New Orleans has won a few games since getting off to that horrible start, but I’m sure Gentry doesn’t want to risk any more losing streaks. Hence, the banishing…

Serge Ibaka 21 Points/4 Blocks Full Highlights (12/4/2016)

I’m a big fan of Serge Ibaka’s new-ish “Thumbs Down” celebration after blocking a shot. Doing the finger wag was too blatantly copying Dikembe, and Ibaka is a good enough shoot blocker to be able to use his own gesture. This new gesture is cheeky but not wholly ridiculous. It’s even better when the opposing…

Brandon Jennings 19 Points Full Highlights (12/3/2016)

The Knicks keep winning games. This is a surprise to me; looking at their roster, they have only a few NBA-level talents. Compared to the rest of their roster, their PG rotation is completely filled to the brim with talent: Derrick Rose and Brandon Jennings. That’s a kind of legit one-two punch at lead guard….

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…