February 1, 2018 – DownToBuck

Spencer Dinwiddie 27 Points Full Highlights (1/31/2018)

I don’t think I’ve seen anyone say that Spencer Dinwiddie should win MIP, so I’ll just go out and say it: Spencer Dinwiddie should win MIP. There. Now it’s been said, and since it’s been said, we can start talking about it. For serious. He’s doubled his scoring and assisting while his minutes have only…

Ben Simmons 24 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (1/31/2018)

The dream of Ben Simmons averaging a triple-double this season is getting further and further away. With every game where he decides to only grab a handful of rebounds, with every game where he doesn’t spam passes to J.J. Redick for free assists, with every game where he continues stubbornly not shooting threes, his chances…

D’Angelo Russell 22 Points Full Highlights (1/31/2018)

If everything had gone according to plan, D’Angelo Russell would be way too good for my channel by now. He’d be averaging 23 and 7 on a fringe playoff team, looking at an All-Star spot for next season where he’d push his scoring even higher. Things have not gone according to plan. He was actually…

Jarrett Allen 16 Points Full Highlights (1/31/2018)

Jarrett Allen: in possession of an ever-expanding offensive repertoire? Yes! Watch this video and you will see that he is a one-dimensional dunk machine no longer. He has touch. He has moves. He has a jumper. He can still throw down when he needs to, but that is now plan D, only used when he…

Bojan Bogdanovic 21 Points Full Highlights (1/31/2018)

Bojan Bogdanovic has been in a bit of a slump recently, enough of one that I kind of forgot about his existence there for a little bit. I was only reminded that he occupies physical space in the universe when I saw that he failed to score in 24 minutes of action last game, taking…

Wayne Selden 24 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (1/31/2018)

I am fully on board the Wayne Selden hype train and there’s no getting me off it. I don’t know what he did to get ejected at the end of this game, he probably talked a little too much trash in earshot of the ref, but just one weak ejection isn’t enough to pry me…

Josh Jackson 21 Points Full Highlights (1/31/2018)

Josh Jackson still has negative win-shares for the season, but he’s had a stretch of encouraging games which give me hope that he will at least have non-negative win-shares by the end of the season. If you ignore his 0-of-13 shooting performance two games ago (which actually resulted in the second-lowest “game score” of the…

Marreese Speights 21 Points Full Highlights (1/31/2018)

Marreese Speights was walking to the bench after being subbed out of the game for the final time when he felt a prickling sensation around the bump on the side of his head. His mind barely had time to register a thought of impending dread before there was a sudden, violent jolt of pain from…

Mario Hezonja 14 Points Full Highlights (1/31/2018)

Mario Hezonja had a successful three-point excursion for the second straight game, nailing four of five triples in this one after hitting three of five in the previous game. Two games is a small sample size, too small to draw useful conclusions, but I’m sure all you optimists out there are saying to yourselves, “Hezonja’s…

Marco Belinelli 22 Points Full Highlights (1/31/2018)

Whenever I have to make a Marco Belinelli highlight video, I can’t stop thinking to myself, man, I could really go for a big plate of pasta right now. It doesn’t matter what time of day it is (it’s morning here in Wisconsin right now), or whether I’ve just eaten (hint: the pre-packaged breakfast food…