January 30, 2017 – DownToBuck

Nik Stauskas 15 Points Full Highlights (1/29/2017)

Nik “Sucksass” Stauskas looked like a vastly improved player through the first month of the season. He was shooting 50% from the field, 45% from three, and it seemed like he might actually live up to the potential that caused the Kings (LoL) to draft him eighth overall (double LoL with extra lmao) back in…

Nikola Vucevic 25 Points/3 Threes/5 Assists/4 Blocks Full Highlights (1/29/2017)

Nikola Vucevic hasn’t gone nearly as far down the path of three-point shooting as, say, Brook Lopez or Marc Gasol, but he has proven that he is willing to shoot them if the defense gives him that shot. His career-high three triples (on just four attempts) proves that point. It makes sense for these midrange…

Robert Covington 21 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (1/29/2017)

Robert Covington achieved something last night. It wasn’t quite a five by five, but it was close. It was…the fabled “scrub by five”! He had 21 points, 12 rebounds, and three each of assists, steals, and blocks. So, not only did he meet the official threshold of a scrub by five (getting at least two…

D.J. Augustin 21 Points Full Highlights (1/29/2017)

If I was a Raptors fan at the game last night I would have been booing the heck out of D.J. Augustin every time he touched the ball. I would also have booed with gusto whenever he checked into the game. Why? Because, for the half-season he was with the Raptors back in 2013, Augustin…

Kent Bazemore 24 Points Full Highlights (1/29/2017)

Is Kent Bazemore clutch for scoring eight points in the fourth and final overtime period of this game, or is he anticlutch for only scoring two points in the rest of the overtimes combined? Maybe he decided that he was so clutch that it would be unfair to the Knicks for him to take any…

Brandon Jennings 18 Points/11 Assists Full Highlights (1/29/2017)

Brandon Jennings quietly let himself into the Knicks’ practice facility. It was two in the morning, and he was the only one there. Not able to ignore the slightly creeped-out feeling he was getting from the deserted place, he navigated the dark hallways until he got to a room that, until now, he had never…

Robin Lopez 21 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (1/29/2017)

As it stands right now, Robin Lopez is tied for second place in the prestigious “amount of hook shots made” category. Andre Drummond has him beat by a long shot, since SVG is so desperate to turn him into Dwight (who has only made 13), and he’s tied with Hassan Whiteside with 67. Lopez’s hook…

Jrue Holiday 26 Points/11 Assists Full Highlights (1/29/2017)

If anyone who knows more about college ball than I do (which should be anyone who has watched even a second of an NCAA game) could tell me how worried I should be about Aaron Holiday making the NBA, that would be great. And don’t get it wrong this time. A bunch of people told…

Paul Zipser 13 Points Full Highlights (1/29/2017)

Pääul Zïpßer’s going to have to start doing a little bit better if he wants to keep having highlight vids made of him. Like, at least 15 points from here on out. If he doesn’t get 15, there’s not going to be a video. Unless he scores 14 while dunking it 7 times. Then I…

T.J. McConnell 14 Points/12 Assists Full Highlights (1/29/2017)

The latest buzz from the trade market: at the behest of one LeBron James, who requires more playmaking, the Cavaliers attempted to acquire T.J. McConnell from the 76ers. They were turned away, presumably because they didn’t offer enough, because it’s not like T.J. is some untouchable franchise cornerstone. He’s good, but that’s about it. Never…