There is an impatient knock at my door. Annoyed that somebody is disregarding my clearly posted “no solicitors” sign, I ignore the demand of my attention and continue the consumption of my gourmet breakfast: a personal creation called a “Pop-Tart Sandwich”, which is two of one flavor Pop Tart sandwiching one of another flavor Pop-Tart,…
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Milos Teodosic 11 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (1/13/2018)
Q: is DownToBuck now blatantly gunning for Serbian views to the deteriment of literally everything else? A: Yes. But in my defense, Milos Teodosic is one of the few players in the NBA where I don’t feel resentful when he has an amount of assists that warrant inclusion in a video. Most players, I’m like…
Read MoreLauri Markkanen 19 Points Full Highlights (1/13/2018)
There are not enough white-dude fros in the league right now. There are also not enough black-dude fros, but Lauri Markkanen is not in a position to directly address that particular problem unless he starts some sort of social media campaign. Markkanen had a bit of a fro going over the offseason when he was…
Read MoreWillie Cauley-Stein 23 Points/1 Three Full Highlights (1/13/2018)
The expansion of Willie Cauley-Stein’s game over the first half of the season has now taken him into the deepest of the deep: beyond the three-point arc. He is beyond saving. Once you go all the way back, you never go back. He had actually hit another three before this, but since I didn’t make…
Read MoreAvery Bradley 26 Points Full Highlights (1/13/2018)
Avery Bradley was brought in to the Pistons to elevate them to some sort of new level. Maybe it worked: the Pistons are, indeed, better than last year. I don’t know how much of that minor improvement he is responsible for, but he at least has not tanked the entire operation. Or, thought of another…
Read MoreOG Anunoby 17 Points/3 Dunks Full Highlights (1/13/2018)
OG Anunoby: already better than Robert Archibald, the other Brit who played for the Raptors? Yes. Very clearly. I actually was not aware of Archibald’s existence until I looked up all the Britain-born people who ever played in the NBA. He once scored 6 for the Raptors, to go with 4 assists acting basically as…
Read MoreJarrett Allen 16 Points Full Highlights (1/13/2018)
It’s somewhat perverse, don’t you think, that the Nets TV people showed replays of the two field goals Jarrett Allen’s afro scored that weren’t dunks, but didn’t show any for the four that were dunks. It’s cool that he can do things other than dunk, especially when he’s launching threes, but he dunks so ferociously…
Read MoreDe’Aaron Fox 17 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (1/13/2018)
Normally I come down hard on rookies whose advanced stats aren’t very good. Especially if everyone seems to think that they are good. Not so with De’Aaron Fox. By all traditional/untraditional metrics he isn’t doing well this season, but for some reason I still like him. I think it’s because he started the season off…
Read MoreDavis Bertans 18 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (1/13/2018)
A Davis Bertans three-ilation would be just about the wettest thing ever, I think. So many of his triples rip twine hard after soaring like 100 feet into the air. I was going to create such a video for last season before things beyond my control put a stop to it, but I plan to…
Read MoreDennis Smith Jr. 23 Points Full Highlights (1/13/2018)
Can’t we just call him “Dennis Smith”? I hate this “Jr.” thing. Unlike with someone like Kelly Oubre or Larry Nance, I don’t think I’ve ever heard him referred to without that extra title. And unlike Nance, his dad wasn’t in the NBA so there’s no chance of confusion. It’s not a big deal, but…
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