March 4, 2017 – DownToBuck

Quincy Acy 18 Points Full Highlights (3/3/2017)

Quincy “Assy” Acy is currently shooting 57% from the three-point zone; while 28 three-point attempts during his Brooklyn tenure is somewhat of a “small sample size”, it’s also a large enough number where it probably means that Acy is, at a minimum, a passable three-point shooter. This might be an Amir Johnson situation where he…

Alan Williams 14 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (3/3/2017)

Before I start the description proper, I just want to get one thing out of the way: there are no blocked shots in this video. There are three plays where Alan “Big Sauce” Williams purportedly blocked the shot of a Thunder player, but all I see are three plays where Big Sauce is kinda in…

James Johnson 19 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (3/3/2017)

What if…WHAT IF…James Johnson were a #2 guy on a team, and got minutes in line with being the #2 guy (say thirty minutes per game)? Would he average 16/5/5 as a go-to scorer and ball-handler? Or would he collapse under the weight of a role that was too big for him? The Heat are…

Matthew Dellavedova 15 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (3/3/2017)

Just when Jason Kidd finally listens to me and starts Malcolm Brogdon in place of the unable-to-make-a-shot Matthew Dellavedova, it’s like aliens landed on earth and conducted a body swap because, last night, Brogdon was the one who sucked and Wacky Delly was the good one. Now Kidd’s never going to take my suggestions seriously…

Greg Monroe 24 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (3/3/2017)

Usually Greg Monroe has trouble finishing at the rim. For some reason, he has no touch at all when he’s up close to the basket, so he usually just throws the ball hard of the backboard and hope it catches enough rim on the way down to stay in the hole. However, in this game,…

Nikola Vucevic 25 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (3/3/2017)

Nikola Vucevic retrieved a sheet of paper from the box of fine stationery above his desk. Words this important deserved to be written on the finest paper and with the finest ink. Setting the paper down next to an intricately-crafted ballpoint pen, he only needed to ponder for a few seconds before the words began…

Aaron Gordon 21 Points/4 Dunks Full Highlights (3/3/2017)

With no Serge Ibaka around (he got traded somewhere cold as punishment), Aaron Gordon is finally free to play his natural position, which is power forward, I think. He’s never been good enough for him to conclusively answer the question of his natural position, because he tends to underwhelm no matter what situation you put…

Yogi Ferrell 17 Points Full Highlights (3/3/2017)

Yogi Ferrell is quickly earning a reputation among highlight-makers (actually just me) of a guy whose assists just aren’t that good. He still gets them, and they’re still good basketball plays or whatever, but he’s more of a Brandon Knight who just gets assists because he has the ball in his hands a lot instead…

Jaylen Brown 16 Points/2 Dunks Full Highlights (3/3/2017)

This much anticipated rookie battle ended up somewhat one-sided. Somewhat. A bit. Jaylen Brown, the third overall pick, scored 16 points in 23 minutes on a wide variety of layups and dunks. Brandon Ingram, the second overall pick, didn’t score in 25 minutes. Oops! When I say “wide variety of layups and dunks”, I truly…

Tyler Ulis 14 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (3/3/2017)

There aren’t enough “dribble in and around the paint forever until you find someone open or you can lay it up” guards in the NBA. Not nearly. Everyone wants to shoot threes nowadays, no one wants to circle underneath the basket 3 times before finding a teammate for a midrange jumper. Steve Nash won a…