Under my new definition of the word “bust”, which is “a player picked in the top five of the draft who never scores thirty or more points in a single game”, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is a bust. Under many of the other competing definitions for the word “bust”, he remains a bust, but there are some…
Read MoreMonth: January 2018
Ed Davis 15 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (1/26/2018)
I guess I didn’t exactly realize that Ed Davis’ father was an NBA player until I looked at his basketball-reference page. So now I know that Terry Davis, who played ten seasons in the NBA, seems to have been mostly the same player as his son is, except one inch shorter. That’s cool. But don’t…
Read MoreBen Simmons 21 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (1/26/2018)
“Dear Mr. Simmons, Consider this letter to be official notification of your continued eligibility to appear on my YouTube channel. The All-Star teams having been revealed, and considering that you appear on neither team, I consider my position to be justified. My legal representation has advised me that your threats of a lawsuit are frivolous…
Read MoreJosh Jackson 18 Points Full Highlights (1/26/2018)
I will maintain until my dying breath that putting “Los Suns” on a jersey isn’t the greatest way to celebrate Hispanic culture. I’ll go even further and say what I think straight up: it’s stupid. “Los Suns”. They could at least put the “Suns” part in Spanish also, it’s not like people aren’t going to…
Read MoreDarius Miller 20 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (1/26/2018)
DeMarcus Cousins got in one final triple-double before his Achilles tendon snapped like an overstretched rubber band, and he has Darius “Driller” Miller to thank for it. If I was Miller, I wouldn’t send my get-well-soon basket of flowers and booze until Cousins sent me a similar basket as a token of his appreciation for…
Read MoreIvan Rabb 12 Points Full Highlights (1/26/2018)
I’m not ashamed to admit that when I first heard about Ivan Rabb, I assumed he was some sort of Euro import playing college ball in the States. That was fair of me to assume, I think, because I have never heard of a US-born person with the name “Ivan”. That’s a name reserved for…
Read MoreBrandon Ingram 25 Points Full Highlights (1/26/2018)
I feel like the world at large has already forgotten about Brandon Ingram. Part of is it that they want to forget (aside from Ben Simmons) that his draft class ever existed. The other part of it that Lonzo Ball and his crazy family are hogging all the headlines, and Kyle Kuzma has come in…
Read MoreKent Bazemore 26 Points Full Highlights (1/26/2018)
Attention Hawks TV people: no one watching your telecast needs to see an interview with some dude talking about some UFC propaganda. And if they did need to see it for some reason, which they wouldn’t, but let’s just say for the sake of example, it could wait until there wasn’t ACTUAL NBA action that…
Read MoreMario Chalmers 17 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (1/26/2018)
I am about to deliver some real talk to all you folks out there, not fake talk, but real factual talk that is real and talk: the Cavaliers could really use Mario Chalmers right now. I am not overreacting right now. Okay, so I’m overreacting a little bit. 17 and 10 has got me all…
Read MoreDennis Smith Jr. 18 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (1/26/2018)
Once again, Dennis Smith Jr. pads his stats in the fourth quarter. Maybe “pads” isn’t the right word, so what, deal with it. Unlike the other times, though, the Mavericks were so far behind by the time he started going off that he couldn’t even bring them close. Offseason plan for Dennis: go to an…
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