March 8, 2018 – DownToBuck

Nikola Vucevic 24 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (3/7/2018)

Before you get all excited and sweaty about this “good game” from Nikola Vucevic, remember that he let Brook Lopez drop 27 on him, and sent him to the line for the game-winning free throws with less than a second remaining. He also held Lopez to 0 rebounds, but that’s more of a “Lopez literally…

Ben McLemore 17 Points Full Highlights (3/7/2018)

Here’s my opinion: Ben McLemore isn’t aggressive enough in getting shots up. Since the only thing he can do in the NBA is score points, he becomes a zero on the court if he’s not looking to score. He needs to make it a point to take shots, and his teammates need to try to…

Justin Jackson 14 Points Full Highlights (3/7/2018)

I have these persistent positive feelings towards Justin Jackson but I’m not sure why. Every time I see him play I’m like “yeah he looks pretty good” but then he doesn’t score that many points or shoot that well from the field. Case in point: he’s currently below 30% on three-pointers for the season, on…

Ricky Rubio 18 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (3/7/2018)

Ricky “The Suave Spaniard” Rubio was spamming jumpers in this game, and it occurred to me, why am I surprised when he does this? He’s roughly a 44% shooter from midrange, way better than a lot of players, so of course he should get to pull up for those jumpers whenever he wants to. I…

Reggie Bullock 21 Points Full Highlights (3/7/2018)

Reggie “Ock and Bull Torture” Bullock: the best player on the Pistons right now? Let’s take a look at the facts: Blake Griffin: ignore the fact that Griffin just scored 31 against the Raptors. This guy is washed. He is straight up booty flakes with an extra side of booty flake dipping sauce. You could…

Norman Powell 17 Points Full Highlights (3/7/2018)

Norman Powell has sucked big-time balls for most of the season up to this point. After being a valuable bench contributor in limited minutes for his first two seasons, the Raptors signed him to a fat 4-year, $42 million extension before this, his third season. And then his confidence turned into balls, his jumpshot turned…

Nikola Jokic 36 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (3/7/2018)

After games where he scored nine, nine, and five points, pretty much every Nikola Jokic fan in the universe was pleading to their TVs/phones/wives/internet-forum-based support groups for Jokic to be more aggressive scoring-wise. Coaching and teammates (read: Paul Millsap) can shoulder some of the blame for Jokic’s low scoring output in the last three games,…

Frank Mason 16 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (3/7/2018)

Frank Mason is in the odd position of shooting better from three on the year than he is from two. There are scant few players (who play actual minutes) who he shares this attribute with, players like Mirza Teletovic (I can totally believe that), Justise Winslow (what), and Lance Thomas (where are all the Lance…

Aaron Gordon 28 Points Full Highlights (3/7/2018)

Spoiler alert: the potential game-winning shot that Aaron Gordon hit with 5 seconds left did not end up being a game-winner. Also some really weird (in my professional opinion) stuff happened after that which has to be seen to be believed. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, well at 30 frames per…

Brook Lopez 27 Points/0 Rebounds Full Highlights (3/7/2018)

The title of this video is not a joke. Brook Lopez, who is 7 feet tall and capable of jumping at least a little bit, played 34 minutes, scored 27 points, but failed to grab even a single rebound. This is because he can only grab a rebound if a.) it comes right to him…