October 19, 2017 – Page 2

Buddy Hield 19 Points Full Highlights (10/18/2017)

Okay, so, for those of you who forgot, I have spent the better part of the last year with a 12-foot-tall 3D-printed plastic naked purple statue of Buddy Hield residing in my apartment. It started off as a hype-driven 3000-dollar order from one of those online 3D printing outfits, but over the course of the…

Willie Cauley-Stein 21 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (10/18/2017)

I’ve got a new theory that I want to float out there for feedback. There is no better to place to debut my groundbreaking basketball hypothesis than the comment section of a YouTube video, which everybody knows is the internet’s preeminent basketball analytics community. Here it is: Willie Cauley-Stein contributes more to winning basketball than…

D’Angelo Russell 30 Points Nets Debut Full Highlights (10/18/2017)

I, for one, am interested to see what happens when D’Angelo Russell gets transported from an immature, out-of-control locker room situation to a locker room that’s held down by scary-looking veterans (DeMarre Carroll) and which doesn’t have as many highly-touted young prospects populating it. Opportunities for illicitly recording teammate’s private conversations will certainly be less,…

Henry Ellenson 13 Points Full Highlights (10/18/2017)

It took Henry “Hellenson” Ellenson almost the entire season last year to accomplish what he did in one game tonight. Is this an incidence of the fabled “crappy rookie improves coming into his second campaign”? It’s too early to tell, but all indicator are pointing towards “it’s too early to tell”. This performance by Ellenson…

Robert Covington 29 Points/7 Threes Full Highlights (10/18/2017)

Lost in the resplendent glory of the 76ers young core of Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid, and Markelle Fultz is the knowledge of who remains their best player: Robert Covington. That’s right, I said it, and I’ll say it again too. Robert Covington. Robert Covington. Rob 👏 Ert 👏 Cov 👏 Ing 👏 Ton 👏. I…

Ben Simmons 18 Points 76ers Debut Full Highlights (10/18/2017)

If there was ever a rookie who is ineligible for this channel, Ben Simmons is it. The man needs no introduction as the most hyped neophyte since LeBron James. Him missing an entire year only added to the hype. All the mystique around “the process”; even more hype. He is the next big thing, the…

Domantas Sabonis 16 Points Pacers Debut Full Highlights (10/18/2017)

For all of you haters out there who were hating on the Pacers for trading Paul George, I have some statistical information for you that may be of interest: Domantas Sabonis + Victor Oladipo: 38 points this season Paul George: 0 points this season Wow, would you look at that! The prevailing narrative was that…

Pat Connaughton Career High 24 Points Full Highlights (10/18/2017)

I don’t know how it happened, but the Trailblazers just blew the doors off the Suns, winning 124 to 76. Things started off well enough for the Suns, but then, oh look, here comes Pat Connaughton to bring Portland back to parity, and I guess that was so dispiriting for the home team that they…

Dennis Smith Jr. 16 Points/10 Assists Mavericks Debut Full Highlights (10/18/2017)

You know, I kind of thought, deep in the cockles of my heart, that Dennis Smith Jr. was maybe getting a little bit overrated by not only Mavericks fans, but by the entire NBA cognoscenti. Not super overrated, mind you, but enough that I kept thinking “who are these people who keep thinking that a…

John Collins 14 Points Hawks Debut Full Highlights (10/18/2017)

Yes, there are tons of performances that happened tonight that are way better than this. You think I don’t know that? I looked at these god-damn boxscores and basically had a panic attack. But the reality of the situation is that right now I’m most interested in players I’ve never seen before. I don’t care…