December 30, 2017 – DownToBuck

John Henson 18 Points/4 Blocks Full Highlights (12/29/2017)

Sorry Thunder fans. Giannis totally stepped out of bounds on the game-winning drive. But the good news to take away from this game is that we are seeing the resurgence of John Henson. That probably doesn’t make you feel any better, but it makes ME feel better, because I remember when this guy was getting…

Larry Nance Jr. 16 Points Full Highlights (12/29/2017)

The Lakers just had a players-only meeting (or maybe Coach Walton was involved too, I don’t know) to address their frustrations with the team as the losses continue to pile up. That meeting occurred before their game against the Clippers; apparently it didn’t work, because they lost this one too. Larry Nance in general seems…

Jerian Grant 11 Points/12 Assists Full Highlights (12/29/2017)

Jerian Grant was the direct beneficiary of Nikola Mirotic and Lauri Markkanen being hotter than the surface of the sun during this game against the Pacers. All he had to do was hit them with passes that were reasonably timely and accurate, and then those dudes would hit their shots and Grant would get free…

T.J. Warren 26 Points Full Highlights (12/29/2017)

More buckets for T.J. Warren. It can’t be understated how great this guy is at getting buckets. Who cares if he doesn’t really do anything else besides making two-pointers? As Andrea Bargnani once wisely said, they don’t call it ReboundBall. I’ll go further and say they don’t call it ThreePointerBall either. That said, if he…

Otto Porter 26 Points/7 Threes/7 Assists Full Highlights (12/29/2017)

OFFICIAL MOST UNDERRATED PLAYERS IN THE NBA WHOSE LAST NAMES START WITH ‘P’ POWER RANKINGS 1. Otto Porter 2. Dwight Powell 3. Chris Paul? 4. This is getting hard 5. Jakob Poeltl 6. Adreian Payne 7. Are there other players whose last names start with P? 8. Oh yeah, the Plumlees 9. Mason Plumlee 10….

Kelly Oubre 21 Points Full Highlights (12/29/2017)

The Rockets lose again, so they’re definitely garbage, but I’m still trying to decide if the Wizards are good or nah. Games like this, you’re like “oh yeah bro the Wiz are great I really like Tim Frazier as the backup PG”, but then you remember last game where they got backdoored by the Hawks…

Darren Collison 30 Points Full Highlights (12/29/2017)

With the sudden and unexpected emergence of Victor Oladipo, Darren Collison hasn’t been putting up the gaudy (I use that term losely) numbers he was earlier in the season. Surely that fact would sadden Darren Collison fans across the globe, but there aren’t any, so it’s all good. If he disappeared from the Pacers lineup…

Joe Harris Career High 21 Points Full Highlights (12/29/2017)

Admit it: when you saw “Joe Harris” and “21 Points” in the same video title, you thought to yourself: “Seven threes” Not an unreasonable assumption to make, considering what we know about Harris’ game, but an incorrect one. Also, if he did make seven triples, I’d definitely put that in the video title. Turns out…

Gerald Green 18 Points/1 Dunk Full Highlights (12/29/2017)

Gerald Green is back! The Bucks had him in the preseason, and cut him before the season started for some reason that I don’t even know, and when he didn’t get immediately picked up by another team I thought that might be it. At least until later in the season. But the Rockets are really…

Dennis Smith Jr. Triple Double 21 Pts/10 Asts/10 Rebs Full Highlights (12/29/2017)

I wouldn’t be surprised if the NBA takes away this triple-double after further review. Dennis Smith Jr.’s 10th rebound, shown at 2:30, is basically him hitting it with his hands, with one of his teammates actually picking it up. It didn’t look like he was trying to bat the ball in a direction, and even…