January 16, 2017 – DownToBuck

Alex Abrines 13 Points Full Highlights (1/15/2017)

Alex Abrines might be a top ten rookie this year. That’s pretty crazy when you think about it but then it actually becomes less crazy the more you think about it because you remember how bad this last draft class was. Here’s a complete list of rookie’s who have been undoubtedly better than Abrines this…

Montrezl Harrell 16 Points Full Highlights (1/15/2017)

Just because Montrezl “Mon-Trezzle” Harrell has scored 28 and 29 points in separate games this year doesn’t mean I can’t make highlights when he scores just sixteen, right? He’s still an exciting and active player even when he’s not making every other big man on his team totally irrelevant through monster scoring performances. And, let’s…

Trevor Ariza 23 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (1/15/2017)

The new acquisitions of Eric Gordon and Ryan Anderson are generating the most buzz when it comes to three-point shooters extraordinaire, but there’s one guy that’s been Harden’s buddy for three years in Houston that’s not getting as much love: Trevor Ariza. He’s not a threat to hit ten threes in a game like those…

Trevor Booker 18 Points Full Highlights (1/15/2017)

Every time Trevor Booker has a good game it’s because he’s trying way too hard and all of his try-hard buckets are going in. At most he’ll have three or four jumpers in a game (this game it’s less). A good chunk of the rest of his buckets will be out-of-control post moves where he…

Justin Holiday 17 Points Full Highlights (1/15/2017)

I’ve got this odd tingling sensation in my arms. At first I thought it was that expired box of Hot Pockets I ate, but I’m still all tingly even after I ate another, unexpired Hot Pocket (the expired and fresh ones will cancel each other out in my tummy). Is it possible that I’m feeling…empathy…

Gorgui Dieng 21 Points Full Highlights (1/15/2017)

“Dear diary, Today the team did a charity event at a local hospital. I am always pleased when we visit the sick children. It feels nice to bring some happiness to their lives when they are beset with such severe diseases and syndromes. It helps to keep things in perspective, that basketball is not everything…

Doug McDermott Career High 31 Points Full Highlights (1/15/2017)

Doug McDermott woke up and immediately decided he had simply transferred from one dream into another. The place he was in had a very dreamlike quality about it; a marble hallway extending infinitely in both directions; a pervasive greyish mist; ivory pillars extending vaguely into the hazy sky; indistinct yellow torches lending diffuse orbs of…

Enes Kanter 29 Points Full Highlights (1/15/2017)

Enes Kanter has been providing some seriously good production for the Thunder and, depending on how concussion-y Steven Adams’ concussion-like symptoms are, he might be in line to do even better. Per 36 averages are always iffy for bench players like Kanter, but I think he’d be able to maintain them for at least a…

Eric Gordon 24 Points Full Highlights (1/15/2017)

Fans of Eric Gordon back in his Clippers days may remember how much of a terror he was driving to the hole. It’s easy to forget, now that he has modified his game to be a three-point assassin, that he used to have a great variety of finishing moves to go with his athleticism. Used…

Kent Bazemore 24 Points Full Highlights (1/15/2017)

The Atlanta Hawks paid $15 million a year to a guy who had only been an average offensive player for a part of one season, and are now pretending to be surprised that he sucks on offense this season. I’m sure Kent Bazemore remains a good defender and all-around good teammate, but man, he can’t…