Will Barton is quietly putting up 13 points per game this season for the Nuggets. Very quietly. Really, extremely, super quietly. I don’t think anyone outside of Denver has noticed, and possibly not even anyone inside of Denver. Even I just assumed he was under 10 ppg on the year, because I never hear ANYTHING…
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Doug McDermott 17 Points Full Highlights (1/7/2017)
I have harnessed the powers of YouTube to make it look like Doug McDermott had a good game, even though, by all measures except one, he didn’t. That one measure that makes him look kind of okay is the “clutchness” factor. McDermott, despite going 6 of 17 from the field, did hit a big three-pointer…
Read MoreMarcus Smart 22 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (1/7/2017)
For all his faults, Marcus Smart plays with heart. That’s cool. Sometimes that heart leads to him taking too many threes, or to assaulting a fan who merely wanted to say racist things to him. These things come with the Marcus Smart. Non-negotiable. You get the guy who can defend Anthony Davis passably (not shown,…
Read MoreDavis Bertans 21 Points Full Highlights (1/7/2017)
After much self-consultation, I have decided to amend DownToBuck’s new highlight-making policy. Instead of doing highlights of Lithuanian players exclusively, I will showcase both Lithuanian AND Latvian players. Rejoice, fans of David Bertans/Kristaps Porzingis! I have heard your pleas, but more pertinently, I don’t even really know if Lithuania and Latvia are different places or…
Read MoreMindaugas Kuzminskas 13 Points Full Highlights (1/7/2017)
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but as of last night, the stated goal of the DownToBuck media empire has changed. No longer is it my mission to showcase the unshowcased, to highlight the unhighlit. No, the new goal of DownToBuck is to highlight Lithuanian NBA players and Lithuanian NBA players only. I’ve seen the…
Read MoreDonatas Motiejunas 11 Points Pelicans Debut Full Highlights (1/7/2017)
If Donatas Motiejunas goes hard, goes hard starting right now and keeps going hard for the rest of the season, he might earn himself a “Post Move-ilation”. He’s been getting jerked around by teams and their doctors a whole bunch this season, but now all that is behind him. It’s been a long time, and…
Read MoreErsan Ilyasova 20 Points Full Highlights (1/6/2017)
Reasons not to make this video: -Ersan went 8-of-21 from the field, which isn’t very good -Ersan went 4-of-14 from three, which isn’t very good -I’ve grown weary of making videos of mediocre performances -No dunks unless you have a really good imagination Reasons to make this video: -Ersan scored twenty points, which is pretty…
Read MoreJames Johnson 20 Points Full Highlights (1/6/2017)
OFFICIAL NBA PLAYERS BORN IN WYOMING POWER RANKINGS 1. James Johnson. By far the Wyomingite with the longest…longevity in the league. Also the only modern NBA player from Wyoming – the rest of these guys are seriously old-school. This is like the most hipster power rankings ever because you’ve never heard of any of them….
Read MoreD.J. Augustin 19 Points Full Highlights (1/6/2017)
It’s sort of sad that the Orlando Magic broadcast encourages fans to vote to see their favorite Magic player in the All-Star game. The Magic are one of the few franchises that legitimately don’t have anybody who deserves to be an All-Star (the Lakers and Mavs are others, and maybe the Pistons, but that might…
Read MoreMarcin Gortat 19 Points/4 Dunks/3 Blocks Full Highlights (1/6/2017)
Marcin Gortat just tied the season record for most field goals in a game without a miss. I’m going to tell you something: Gortat might not be quite as good as Rudy Gobert or Dwight Howard (the two other players who have gone 9-for-9 this season), but he is way more Polish, and in the…
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