March 11, 2017 – DownToBuck

Ricky Rubio 17 Points/13 Assists Full Highlights (3/10/2017)

I almost didn’t make this video because Ricky Rubio only shot 3-of-10 from the field and mostly used free throws to score his points. Since it is my well-publicized opinion that free throws are totally lame and boring and drag down the quality of any highlight video they appear in, I was tempted to say…

Brian Roberts 15 Points Full Highlights (3/10/2017)

Brian “Big Shot Rob” Roberts’ primary claim to fame is that he once led the league in free-throw percentage, shooting 94% from the free throw line. This was in the 2013-14 season when he played for a newly-christened Pelicans team who were without their starting point guard for most of the season (Jrue Holiday, who…

Khris Middleton 21 Points Full Highlights (3/10/2017)

So you replace a scoring-only, no-defense guy in Jabari Parker with a slightly less potent scorer, but significantly more capable defender in Khris Middleton, and the Bucks suddenly start to win games (five in a row now, the tank is unsalvageable). I love Jabari just as much as everybody else, but now that he’s dead…

Buddy Hield 18 Points Full Highlights (3/10/2017)

DownToBuck might have had a lapse of judgement last night. So I was watching the box score for the Wizards-Kings game and I saw that Buddy was having a pretty good first quarter. You know what happens when I see a dude score thirteen points in a quarter, my hype gets the better of me….

Willie Cauley-Stein 20 Points Full Highlights (3/10/2017)

After a 29-point outburst in the immediate aftermath of the DeMarcus Cousins trade, Willie Cauley-Stein has been somewhat quiet. He’s had some decent games, but nothing that makes you say to yourself “I’m currently observing the center of the future for the Kings”. Not until this game. Twenty points and thirteen rebounds will definitely make…

Yogi Ferrell 17 Points Full Highlights (3/10/2017)

The Mavericks are clearly emboldened by their success in finding Yogi Ferrell. They’re cycling through D-Leaguers so fast that I’m starting to lose track of which 10-dayers are actually on their team and which are long gone. I guess that’s the right strategy, because for every Yogi you have 10 Ben Bentils. Gotta maintain as…

Dennis Schröder 26 Points Full Highlights (3/10/2017)

Dënniß ßchrööder is getting to be a darn good player. The Hawks kicked Jeff Teague to the curb so that they could start The Schredder, and it’s paying off. Atlanta is still somehow a playoff team, and their main ball-handling professional is averaging 18 and 6 while beefing with Isaiah Thomas. That might seem secondary…

Cory Joseph 15 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (3/10/2017)

Whoops, these highlights ended up kind of crappy. Nothing wrong with them technically, it’s just that all the assists were lame and the scoring was only decent. Never underestimate the detrimental effect lame assists can have on a video. There’s a reason some highlight-makers don’t include them, even if they include the cooler ones. Worst…

Isaiah Whitehead Career High 24 Points Full Highlights (3/10/2017)

Isaiah Whitehead has not been very good this year. Advanced stats, in particular, paint a very bad picture of him. I don’t think he’s as bad as those things say, but he hasn’t made the absolute most out of his (plentiful) minutes. He is managing to keep his head above water, though, not looking as…

Nikola Jokic 21 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (3/10/2017)

I keep seeing that Nikola Jokic was out with an illness, but no one is telling me what that illness IS. Was he almost dead? There are lots of different kinds of illnesses with lots of different effects. Was it a “it’s coming out of both ends and it won’t stop” deal or a “I’m…