In my last Thaddeus Young vid, I debuted a new award that intended to advance the cause of role players and scrubs in the NBA. It’s called the SORPWWOAGB award. That’s a lot of letters for just one acronym, so I’ll spell it out for you: “Scrub or Role Player Who Went Out And Got…
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Lonzo Ball 15 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (11/29/2017)
Lonzo Ball may be having one of the worst non-Marcus Smart non-50’s white dude shooting stretches for an NBA player to start his career, but at least he’s doing the other stuff as advertised. His passing isn’t as transcendent as maybe it looked in Summer League, but unless your name is Greivis Vasquez, you don’t…
Read MoreKelly Oubre 22 Points Full Highlights (11/29/2017)
Kelly Oubre lay slumped in a booth in the far corner of a downtown Philadelphia bar. In front of him was an astounding collection of empty beer bottles. Despite his being a prominent NBA player who had just played a game in that city on that night, nobody was bothering him. In fact, Kelly suspected…
Read MoreLuke Kennard 12 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (11/29/2017)
Doing a quick delve into the treasure trove of information that basketball-reference provides, I found a little tidbit that perfectly validates my conception of Luke Kennard: he’s shooting over 50% on midrange shots, a stat which jives with all the highlight videos I’ve made for him up to this point, since all those videos show…
Read MoreTyus Jones 16 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (11/29/2017)
I could make some ironic statements here like “Who even needs Jeff Teague anymore” or “I don’t even know who Jeff Teague is” or “Jeff Teague is being made irrelevant right before our very eyes” but I won’t. You know why? Because Jeff Teague is still a better player than Tyus Jones. Jones might be…
Read MoreGorgui Dieng 19 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (11/29/2017)
“Dear Diary, It is still early in the winter season here in Minnesota, thus, I have seen only scant traces of cursed white sand which all residents of this godforsaken land insist on calling “snow”. Even so, the small amounts of the devil’s sand strike into my heart a great fear, and I am wracked…
Read MoreDeMarre Carroll 22 Points Full Highlights (11/29/2017)
When DeMarre Carroll started going off in the third quarter, swishing three-pointer after three-pointer, the entire Mavs team and all Mavs fans were thinking one thing and one thing only: “The ghost of Matt Caroll has taken over the corporeal form of DeMarre Carroll and is exacting revenge on a Mavs team that never gave…
Read MoreClint Capela 22 Points Full Highlights (11/29/2017)
I am honestly outraged and a little bit sick. This is not why I make Clint Capela videos. I am not a purveyor of filth. When I undertake the creation of a Clint Capela highlight video, I expect endless alley-oop whamjams and little else. However, on this occasion, we get honest-to-goodness hook shots from the…
Read MoreBrandon Ingram Career High 32 Points Full Highlights (11/29/2017)
Last night Brandon Ingram was pitted against one of his most apt NBA comparisons, Kevin Durant, and guess what? He out-Duranted Durant. Ingram scored a career high 32 points; the original Durant scored just 29 on four more shot attempts. Ingram also recorded seven turnovers to Durant’s six. Whatever numbers Durant put up, Ingram improved…
Read MoreBen Simmons 31 Points Full Highlights (11/29/2017)
Ben Simmons stared at his coach in disbelief. “How many do I have to make?” Brett Brown, already in a sour mood, glared at Ben. “Was I not clear? Five thousand free throws. You embarrassed me tonight, and I don’t want what happened tonight to ever happen again. Five thousand makes from the stripe, then…
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