There was a stretch there where it looked like Justin Anderson had fallen out of the Mavs rotation. He was getting low single-digit minutes and a few DNPs, and obviously his scoring was way down. Wes Matthews’ uninjured presence had made Anderson redundant on the roster, as Matthews does the same things that Anderson does,…
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Ivica Zubac 16 Points Full Highlights (1/26/2017)
With each game that passes, Timofey Mozgov and his outsized contract are becoming more and more obsolete. It seems somewhat unbelievable, but the 19-year-old Croatian rookie is somehow stealing Mozgov’s minutes. The guy who got paid to be the Lakers’ center of the future is, before our eyes, getting replaced by the guy who actually…
Read MoreMyles Turner 23 Points Full Highlights (1/26/2017)
If Pacers commentator Quinn Buckner doesn’t open up a restaurant called “Buckner’s Smothered Chicken” within five years, I’m gonna be… you guessed it: pissed as all heck. “Smothered chicken” is basically his catchphrase, and when your catchphrase has to do with a hella-delicious food preparation, you have to follow through by opening a restaurant based…
Read MoreT.J. Warren 21 Points Full Highlights (1/26/2017)
My hype for T.J. Warren remains unshakable. There is nothing that he or anyone else can do to convince me that he won’t be a 20ppg scorer at some point in his career. Unless he died. If he died, I would be forced to acknowledge that 20ppg would be out of the question for him….
Read MoreNikola Jokic 29 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (1/26/2017)
The All-Star reserves have been revealed, and Nikola Jokic is not among them. To what can we blame this seeming oversight? It is tempting to blame Serbians for not coming out in support of their man, for not flooding social media with hashtags and tweets in a large enough torrent. But they are not at…
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