Last night we saw the much-anticipated head-to-head matchup between two NBA point guards whose first names are Isaiah: Isaiah Taylor of the Hawks and Isaiah Thomas of the Lakers. Who came out ahead in this battle for the ages? DownToBuck will break it down for you and then give you his OFFICIAL FINAL VERDICT OF…
Read MoreMonth: February 2018
Brandon Ingram 21 Points/6 Assists/3 Blocks Full Highlights (2/26/2018)
Let me remind you that if Brandon Ingram’s last name was actually DeIngram, you could rearrange the letters in DeIngram and come up with the word “midrange”. This is not an accident. When we see Ingram make one of his baby-giraffe-looking pull-up midrange jimbos, it’s happening because he’s supposed to. It’s his role in the…
Read MoreJ.J. Barea 19 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (2/26/2018)
After Mark Cuban got fined a significant amount of money for straight-up saying that the Mavs have tanked/will be tanking, you know he’s gonna take steps to make it look like he’s not doing the exact thing he said he was doing. And that means winning some games. As much as it hurts the placement…
Read MoreSkal Labissiere 20 Points Full Highlights (2/26/2018)
It was around this time last year that Skal Labissiere started showing us something after getting (unfairly) nailed to the bench for the first three months of his career. Is last year too recent to start looking back on it with nostalgia? I, along with everybody else, was enamored with the idea of a player…
Read MoreDoug McDermott 15 Points Full Highlights (2/26/2018)
I really love the idea of Doug McDermott. I was led astray by his predraft workout video, but even in a vacuum he just looks like a good NBA player. He looks great until you actually watch him play. His shortcomings soon become very apparent, but you know what, I don’t care. And I bet…
Read MoreJaMychal Green 21 Points Full Highlights (2/26/2018)
JaMychal Green has got to be the most anonymous player who is averaging 10 or more per game this season. He’s not a compelling player at all, and the Grizzlies are completely lacking in other compelling players who might rub off on him a little bit. He’s not that young anymore, he added a three-point…
Read MoreEmmanuel Mudiay 20 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (2/26/2018)
The Knicks have handed their starting PG gig to Emmanuel Mudiay. Proponents of certain other PGs on the Knicks may be upset, but there is good reason for this: this guy was picked top 10 for a reason, he was a top high school recruit for a reason, and it makes sense for them to…
Read MoreLuc Richard Mbah a Moute 17 Points Full Highlights (2/26/2018)
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute took over this one, leading the Rockets to victory with his 15 fourth-quarter points and perfect 7-for-7 shooting. I am not exaggerating. He is the reason the Rockets won this game. Not James Harden. Not Chris Paul. Not Zhou Qi. Mbah a Moute is the hero, and the Rockets’ streak…
Read MoreLauri Markkanen 19 Points Full Highlights (2/26/2018)
Lauri Markkanen has been a pretty serious slump lately, and the All-Star break didn’t help. I may have to rethink my designation of “white Kevin Durant” for him, because Durant even though he’s a cupcake doesn’t go through slumps like this. Not even in his rookie season, as far as I can tell, which isn’t…
Read MoreTaurean Prince 24 Points Full Highlights (2/26/2018)
The tragic deletement of my channel has not put a damper on my in-progress high fantasy/hard science-fiction novel, “The Taurean Prince”. The first two chapters are still available on my website, and I’m working on the third. Work is slow, though. George R.R. Martin for real up in here. I’ve got all these ideas, but…
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