Is this the next stage of Garry Harris’ development? Being a dime-master in addition to being a highly efficient scorer? Because if this is truly a display of his new passing tendencies and not just a fluke game, then the #hypedforgaryharris hashtag just became woefully obsolete. Not because I am no longer hyped for Gary…
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Buddy Hield 17 Points Full Highlights (4/7/2017)
I’m pretty sure your old pal DTB is losing his mind. So, in case you’ve been out of the loop, I’ve got this 12-foot tall Buddy Hield statue living in my house now. It was a mistake that never should have happened, but the 3D-printing company doesn’t issue refunds, so I guess I’m stuck with…
Read MoreJulius Randle 25 Points Full Highlights (4/7/2017)
I thought the Lakers were supposed to be tanking but they’ve won three games in a row. What’s up with that? Don’t they have some pick with protections on it that they risk giving up if they win too many games? Did nobody communicate the situation to the players? I know that NBA players play…
Read MoreT.J. Warren 23 Points Full Highlights (4/7/2017)
Usually, the Suns’ commentators’ nicknames for their players are pretty good. “Airplane Mode” for Derrick Jones Jr. is pretty much perfect: socially relevant, easily understood, and accurate. However, they need to cease using their horrible “Rush Hour” nickname for T.J. Warren starting immediately. Sure, he’s good at “rushing into traffic”. But rushing is not what…
Read MoreDevin Booker 37 Points Full Highlights (4/7/2017)
This is the fifth straight game where Devin Booker has attempted at least twenty field goals (twenty-nine in this game). He has been totally unleashed with Bledsoe and Knight on the bench, and while this ultimate green light hasn’t been great for his effiency, it’s been great for his ability to score points. I don’t…
Read MoreMaurice Ndour 15 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (4/7/2017)
Two starts, two good games in a row for Maurice Ndour. There is a trend here. I’m not about to lay it all out for you, because talented writers sometimes let their less-talented readers figure things out for themselves. Here’s a hint, though: the trend involves Maurice Ndour. Ndour got off to a quick start…
Read MoreWayne Selden 13 Points Full Highlights (4/7/2017)
Wayne Selden, if I’m understanding things correctly, is supposed to have pretty good hops. The jumping kind of hops. Not the beer kind. So why is it, then, that all his dunks prior to tonight weren’t even that good? In my first highlights of him, he almost got rejected by the rim! Only white people…
Read MoreHenry Ellenson 15 Points Full Highlights (4/7/2017)
I feel so empowered right now. First Sam Dekker, now Henry Ellenson, the amount of people just like me (white dudes from Wisconsin) in the NBA is making me feel like I too can be an NBA player. Seeing these dudes overcome long odds to follow their dream makes me swell with pride, and stirs…
Read MoreJordan Crawford 20 Points Full Highlights (4/7/2017)
Now THIS is the kind of one-dimensional iso chucking that I expect from Jordan Crawford. 10 of 16 on mostly midrange jumpers where he dribbled around for a bunch, only one free-throw drawn (and missed), and a couple assists that didn’t even come close to making up for his tunnel vision. This is the kind…
Read MoreSkal Labissiere 19 Points Full Highlights (4/7/2017)
Skal Labissiere hasn’t lived up to the hype that I placed upon him after he scored 32 points a month ago. Normally, players of his caliber and situation wait until around this time of year to unleash their fury, but he blew his load a month early, leading to a whole month of me wondering…
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