My burning, irrational hatred for Marcus Smart does not allow me to acknowledge when he has a good game. Instead, I am compelled to point out his deficiencies: how he had the same amount of assists as turnovers (3), how he chucked ten three-pointers despite being one of the worst high-volume three-point shooters in the…
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Robert Covington 22 Points Full Highlights (5/3/2018)
I’ve talked about this before, so forgive me for talking about again, but I think it bears repeating: Robert Covington, who is just a guy, was 7th in the league in ESPN’s “Real Plus-Minus” stat. I’m utterly incompetent when it comes to anything involving numbers, but I’m pretty sure RPM is a somewhat legit stat….
Read MoreJ.J. Redick 23 Points Full Highlights (5/3/2018)
While watching this game, I found myself often thinking, with slight variations, “it’s a good thing J.J. Redick is hitting all these tough shots because Philly’s halfcourt offense looks like poo”. His hot shooting was enough to propel his team to a big lead early on, but as he cooled off, so did their ability…
Read MoreClint Capela 21 Points/7 Dunks Full Highlights (5/2/2018)
I can’t remember if I’ve ever expressed an opinion on Clint Capela’s post game or his attempts to develop one. So I apologize in advance if the opinion I express here runs counter to opinions I have expressed in the past. Clint Capela should just not try any more post moves in the playoffs. Those…
Read MoreAlec Burks 17 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (5/2/2018)
Alec Burks had a little stretch of games around the start of December that made me think he had re-turned the corner and was back to his old scoring self. Spoiler alert: he wasn’t. Well, he kind of was. For a bit after that, he was doing some things, then Quin Snyder decided that it…
Read MoreJoe Ingles Career High 27 Points/7 Threes Full Highlights (5/2/2018)
Gordon Hayward turned a lot of heads by not re-signing with the Utah Jazz, a betrayal of his buddy Joe “Sloppy Joe” “The Trevally from Happy Valley” “Slow-mo Joe” “Jingle Balls” “Jinglin’ Joe” Ingles. But he made his choice, and now their paths have diverged. Looking back at things a year later, can we tell…
Read MoreAndre Iguodala 15 Points/3 Dunks Full Highlights (5/1/2018)
I totally was 100% not going to make this video until I did a little bit of digging and found out that this is Andre Iguodala’s season-high in points. WHAT. I knew Iguodala was on the decline, but I didn’t know that he had declined so much that he couldn’t even score 15 points in…
Read MoreJonas Valanciunas 21 Points Full Highlights (5/1/2018)
“Dear Diary, I hate Jonas Valanciunas so god damn much. So vehement is my hate for him that, this year, I limited him to 22 minutes per game, the lowest of his undistinguished and pathetic career. If it were up to me, I would trade him back to Lithuania so that I never have to…
Read MoreJrue Holiday 25 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (5/1/2018)
What needs to happen in this series is that Jrue Holiday needs to lock down Stephen Curry just like he locked down Damian Lillard in the first round. It has been alleged by myself and others that DTB doesn’t care about defense, and that is still true, however, that doesn’t mean that DTB is unable…
Read MoreKyle Korver 19 Points Full Highlights (5/1/2018)
Part II of “LeBron’s Teammates Actually Show Up For Once God-Damn” features Kyle Korver and his 19 points,which should be 21 but even he is a victim of the NBA court being not quite wide enough to comfortably accommodate corner threes. Korver played a ton of minutes tonight, 37, second most after LeBron, and he…
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