Emmanuel “Negative Rookie Win-Shares” Mudiay has bumped up the quality of his play in his third season now that a certain Jameer Nelson isn’t hanging around, stealing minutes and ruining Mudiay’s career. If the Nuggets are going to be good this year, there’s no choice but for Mudiay to step it up, because he’s either…
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Jeff Green 27 Points Full Highlights (11/9/2017)
The Cavaliers fanbase is quickly going to join the list of fanbases who wished that Jeff Green was just a little bit better. I don’t think this dude has reached expectations anywhere he’s been. Partially his fault, but also partially the fan’s fault, because they keep thinking he’s going to be good for them when…
Read MoreRobert Covington 24 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (11/9/2017)
I am disappointed to see that Robert Covington is only 32nd in the league in terms of threes attempted per minute. If you restrict that to actual players who play real minutes (RIP Alec Peters/Ryan Arcidiacono), he still comes in at only 15th. That’s not good enough. At 50 percent from deep on the year,…
Read MoreBen Simmons 18 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (11/9/2017)
I’m glad to see that Ben Simmons is benefiting from what I call the “Giannis Effect”. Named after everyone’s favorite Greek, the Giannis Effect is when a certain player’s teammates shoot the ball as soon as they receive it from said player, in order to get that player more assists. I’m not denigrating the quality…
Read MoreJustin Jackson 19 Points Full Highlights (11/9/2017)
The amount of primo young talent on the Kings is freaking me out right now. And it’s not the tanking kind of young talent that the 76ers had a few years ago. Even their “DNP-too scrubby” prospects have potential or whatever. Except for Vince Carter. I don’t think he has any potential left anymore. Just…
Read MoreJrue Holiday 34 Points/11 Assists Full Highlights (11/9/2017)
One of the underrated storylines in the NBA here at the beginning of the year is that Justin Holiday is outscoring his way-better-at-basketball brother Jrue Holiday. Underrated as in I don’t think I’ve seen anyone mention it. They’ve mentioned that Jrue is kind of sucking and that Justin is kind of chucking, but they haven’t…
Read MoreBrandon Ingram 18 Points Full Highlights (11/8/2017)
Brandon Ingram is playing quite well to start his second year in the league, building on the success he found in the second half of last season (success that was so successful that he successfully dragged his field goal percentage above 40%). If he continues on this trajectory of improvement (which assumes that his current…
Read MoreAl Jefferson 19 Points/2 Dunks Full Highlights (11/8/2017)
Al Jefferson had one of those depressing old-man offseasons where he put in a lot of work and radically changed his diet just so he could stay semi-viable in the NBA. It was the difference between doing nothing, coming into the season a fatty, and being inactive the entire year, or doing a whole lot…
Read MoreAron Baynes Career High 21 Points Full Highlights (11/8/2017)
Aron Baynes is already 30????? That’s it. Hype over. I was hyped for him, but now I have been forced to reconsider my hype in the face of new evidence. Evidence which states, unequivocally, that The Baynes Bus has completed 30 full revolutions around the sun since being expelled from his mother’s womb. This fact,…
Read MoreAaron Gordon 21 Points Full Highlights (11/8/2017)
I still haven’t fully internalized the fact that Aaron Gordon scored 41 points in a game this season. When it happened, the flurry of activity around making highlights and writing the primo description meant that I didn’t have time to sit down and think about what actually happened. 41 points. Aaron Gordon. How many threes…
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