March 4, 2018 – DownToBuck

De’Aaron Fox 17 Points Full Highlights (3/3/2018)

The lineup that the Kings trotted out for this one was kind of weird, not that they had much choice in the matter: six of the nine players who played are either rookies (Jackson, Bogdanovic, Fox, Mason) or second-year players (Hield, Labissiere). Two of the players in the lineup are older than the dirt they…

Julius Randle 25 Points Full Highlights (3/3/2018)

So Julius Randle averaged 19/9/4 in the month of February on 59% shooting. Those are approaching prime Blake Griffin numbers (or if you want to dig deeper into Clippers history, prime Elton Brand numbers). If Randle averaged those numbers for a whole season he would be an undisputed top five power forward in the league….

Jarell Martin 19 Points Full Highlights (3/3/2018)

I know that I said in a previous Jarell Martin video that I don’t need any other players to have good games as long as I get to keep making Jarell Martin highlight videos. Well, I would like to issue a retraction for that statement. I have now made a Jarell Martin highlight video three…

Trevor Ariza 21 Points Full Highlights (3/3/2018)

Everybody’s obsessed with LeBron hitting the 30,000 point mark in his career and Kevin Durant hitting 20,000 and Carmelo hitting 25,000 and all this other lame garbage that I don’t care about. The real scoring milestone that people should be paying attention to is Trevor Ariza getting to 10,000 career points. Right now he’s only…

Marcus Morris 21 Points Full Highlights (3/3/2018)

Everybody talks about how Jayson Tatum was one of the main beneficiaries of Gordon Hayward’s season-ending injury. But few people mention that Marcus Morris also gained much in the way of minutes thanks to Hayward’s untimely leg explosion. Morris was looking at an entire season playing out of position at power forward in limited minutes…

J.R. Smith 19 Points Full Highlights (3/3/2018)

An hour before their scheduled team practice, Cavaliers assistant coach Damon Jones cautiously approached J.R. Smith in the locker room. “Hey J.R. What’s up?” J.R. carefully slurped his spoonful of piping-hot chicken noodle soup before answering. It had just been taken out of an extra-long cycle in the microwave, so he had to be very…

Greg Monroe 18 Points Full Highlights (3/3/2018)

Sometimes I wish the Bucks still had Greg Monroe, even if only to prevent Thon Maker from ever seeing the court. Eric Bledsoe, the guy they got for him, is probably a better player, sure, but the Bucks’ center woes would be helped by having a guy like Monroe using his big body to do…

Kobi Simmons 14 Points Full Highlights (3/3/2018)

One of the greatest tandems in NBA history (okay, I’m exaggerating, so what?) was Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal. Kobe and Shaq. Shaq and Kobe. A short lived pairing, but unstoppable. You know where I’m going with this. We can make this pairing happen again. Kobi Simmons of the Memphis Grizzlies. Shaquille Harrison of the…

Zach Collins 12 Points/2 Blocks Full Highlights (3/3/2018)

It took a while, but here we are: Zach Collins’ first highlight video of the season. First DTB highlight video, at least. I’m sure there have been others, made by people too eager to highlight unworthy performances. This is his first, MAYBE second, game where you analyze the end product and are like “yeah, he…

Donovan Mitchell 27 Points Full Highlights (3/3/2018)

The narrative is slipping away from Donovan Mitchell. His ROY of the Year chances seem to be dwindling away. Ben Simmons, buoyed by the fake concepts of “court vision”, “defense”, and “impact”, is the favorite to win, and it doesn’t seem like any amount of 40-point games can displace him. There is no second chance…