March 16, 2017 – DownToBuck

Shabazz Muhammad 21 Points Full Highlights (3/15/2017)

Out of players who average at least fifteen minutes per game, Shabazz Muhammad is second-worst in terms of passes per game, at just 8.8. Anthony Morrow is worse, but that’s because Anthony Morrow’s job is to shoot the ball when he gets the ball. That’s not necessarily Shabazz’s job, but he’s made it into his…

Noah Vonleh 12 Points Full Highlights (3/15/2017)

We have two options when it comes to Noah Vonleh’s disappointing career so far: either he’s a late bloomer like Jermaine O’Neal, or he’s a bust. Those are the two options. There is a third option (“he needs more minutes”) but that option doesn’t count because, as I clearly said before, there are two options…

E’Twaun Moore 18 Points Full Highlights (3/15/2017)

Much ado has been made about how the Pelicans have no scorers at all surrounding DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis, unless you count Jrue Holiday. You should also count Alexis Ajinca but that’s not relevant because he doesn’t play. Anyway, the Pellies finally got a good scoring performance out one of their role-players when E”””’Tw””au””n…

Wayne Ellington 19 Points/5 Threes Full Highlights (3/15/2017)

I feel like I’m the only person in the universe who truly appreciates what Wayne Ellington is doing this season for the Heat. And that’s fine. Being so isolated allows me to maintain my undeserved sense of superiority over others. And the best part about being Ellington’s only fan is I don’t have to share…

Willie Cauley-Stein 14 Points/5 Assists/4 Blocks Full Highlights (3/15/2017)

If you’re going into this video expecting Jokic- or Gasol-level passes from Willie Cauley-Stein, you might be slightly disappointed. He’s not throwing baseball passes or bounce passes or behind-the-back passes. He is, however, showing more court awareness than he was credited with coming out of college, so that’s the real prize of this video. The…

Nicolas Brussino 11 Points Full Highlights (3/15/2017)

Every time a little-played rookie makes a shot in their limited minutes, the commentators bleat endlessly about “confidence”. This is especially true for rookies who aren’t shooting especially well. Rookies like Nicolas Brussino. But what if Brussino DIDN’T have confidence in this game? What if he was just jacking up shots because they were open?…

T.J. Warren 24 Points Full Highlights (3/15/2017)

Now THIS is a highlight video. 12 buckets, 24 points. Nothing else. Just a straight-up onslaught of buckets presented by your host, T.J. “Warren Peace” Warren. Yeah, he had some passes, yeah, he had some defensive plays, I didn’t care. I saw my chance to make a pure highlight vid, and I took it. This…

Brandon Ingram 18 Points Full Highlights (3/15/2017)

Aside from that embarrassing performance in Boston, Brandon Ingram has been performing pretty darn okay since the All-Star break. Is he finally figuring out the NBA game? Is this the corner that we’ve been waiting for him to turn for all these months? Is his hair preventing him from elevating on his dunks? How many…

Tyler Ulis 13 Points/13 Assists Full Highlights (3/15/2017)

I was gonna mention how Tyler Ulis putting up a 13/13 game puts him in elite company, but then I looked at the list of dudes who have done that this year. I mean, most of them are really good, like LeBron and Wall and Westbrook and Harden and other dudes of that caliber. But…