Khem “The Alkhemist” Birch returns to his home country of Canada and shows off some more of his occult alkhemical skills with another 12-point performance. Every time I see him play I’m like “yeah this dude could totally be an athletic five-man collecting garbage baskets and playing defense (not like I care about defense) in…
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Mario Hezonja 14 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
Mario Hezonja might have improved quite a bit over the course of the season, but he’s not yet good enough to avoid being part of the “scrub lineups” that losing, tanking teams run at the end of games. However, I would say that in those same scrub lineups where he has to play with the…
Read MoreLuke Kennard 18 Points/2 Dunks Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
At the rate he’s going, Luke Kennard will be one of just two rookies who will end the season shooting over 40% from three. He’s at 41% right now, and would have to miss quite a few of them to do enough damage to bring his percentage below the 40% mark. The other player to…
Read MoreDennis Smith Jr. 20 Points/11 Assists Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
I often rag on players for scoring too many points in garbage time and my opinion that points scored in garbage time should not count is well-publicized. However, I have barely touched on the separate, but related, issue of garbage time assists. My position on this is simple and unambiguous: assists attained at the end…
Read MoreJae Crowder 18 Points Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
Who else is ready for the relentless praise that Jae Crowder will get during the playoffs for being a “steadying veteran presence” for the Jazz? If he even has one good game, we’ll hear all about how he replaced the immature, not-quite-ready-for-the-big-time Rodney Hood with the gritty, no-nonsense, defense-first Crowder. I can already hear it…
Read MoreDonovan Mitchell 28 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
We’re rapidly approaching the time when I can no longer upload Donovan Mitchell highlights to my channel. Realistically, he’s probably been too good for a while now, but next season, when he’s no longer a rookie, I’ll have no choice but to hand him off to those other channels. I expect him to have some…
Read MoreC.J. Miles 22 Points Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
Every time I make a C.J. Miles video, I’m forced to think about the Instagram model who shares his name (but definitely doesn’t share his gender), and then I’m forced to think about how my attempt to make a career as an Instagram model has been nothing but a total failure. The previous step I…
Read MoreDanuel House 22 Points/3 Dunks Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
The Suns have punched their ticket for worst record in the league with this loss to the Warriors. The tank is over, as their fast start proved insurmountable to other teams. Does this mean they can bring Devin Booker back? See if he can beat Kobe’s 81? If anything, they should have done that tonight,…
Read MoreMalik Monk 22 Points Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
I’m trying to imagine that average sound made by Hornets fans after Malik Monk had yet another good game in direct defiance of Steve Clifford. There’s probably a lot of exasperated sigh in there, some grumbling, sarcastic hand clapping, some head-shaking which makes a slight whooshing noise, “ugh”, “damn”, “choke on my chode Clifford” is…
Read MoreKobi Simmons 20 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
Kobi “Kobe Bryant” Simmons took the next step towards reaching the level of his namesake by scoring 20 points in a totally 100-percent officially sanctioned NBA game. The first step was playing in the NBA, the second was scoring points in the NBA, and this is the third step. The next step, the fourth and…
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