October 18, 2018 – DownToBuck

Noah Vonleh 12 Points Knicks Debut Full Highlights (10/17/2018)

I almost didn’t do this one, because it’s only 12 points for a former lottery pick, but I had a bad feeling that I would regret it if I didn’t. It’s very possible that Noah Vonleh never scores more than this the whole season. His career high is only 16, after all. Plus, it’s his…

E’Twaun Moore 21 Points Full Highlights (10/17/2018)

It’s rare for a marginal player who has bounced around as much E’Twaun Moore has to turn into a legit starter on a playoff team. But that’s what he’s done. No one watching him in Boston his rookie year thought “that guy will play a meaningful role on a good team”. Him improving so much…

P.J. Tucker 19 Points Full Highlights (10/17/2018)

Remember last year, when P.J. Tucker started the season off with a 20-point game and then didn’t reach that total again until the playoffs? No, you don’t, because that’s not the kind of thing that normal people remember if they want to live a life other than “Highlights Hermit”. But I remember, I remember that…

Willie Cauley-Stein 23 Points Full Highlights (10/17/2018)

All this excitement for the Kings’ two young bigmen, Bagley and Giles, and they come out in the first game of the season and do almost nothing. Meanwhile, Willie Cauley-Stein, who is hated by all Kings fans for reasons that are unknown to me (is it because he looks like an old Jewish grandma in…

Elfrid Payton Triple Double 10 Pts/10 Asts/10 Rebs Pelicans Debut Full Highlights (10/17/2018)

Elfrid Payton has taken the early lead in the 2018-19 triple-double race, notching one (1) triple-double in his Pelicans debut while the rest of the league’s players have a collective zero (0) triple-doubles. As I’m sure you’ve noticed, his triple-double is statistically the worst possible triple-double it is possible to achieve. There’s not really such…

Spencer Dinwiddie 23 Points Full Highlights (10/17/2018)

Spencer Dinwiddie did not look good in preaseason action. Just out of curiosity, before the season started, I checked out various depraved dens of Nets fans across the internet, and they all seemed to think that Dinwiddie was going to go back to his old not-so-good self after a surprisingly good season last year. And…

Trae Young 14 Points Hawks Debut Full Highlights (10/17/2018)

Here you are, losers. Your desired Trae Young debut highlights. I could be making way better vids of way better players, but here I am, wasting time on this bust. Yeah, he’s already a bust. I’m tired of waiting a season or two before deciding that players haven’t lived up to their draft slot. I…

Jeff Teague 27 Points Full Highlights (10/17/2018)

I’m just going to go ahead and guess that Jeff Teague’s 27-point performance against the Spurs has not yet been uploaded by any other highlight channel. In an age of NBA highlights where vids are available as soon as the game is over from multiple sources, no one gives a whit about Jeff Teague. Hold…

Trevor Ariza 21 Points/7 Assists Suns Debut Full Highlights (10/17/2018)

I was skeptical of the Suns’ decision to pay aging-vet-role-player Trevor Ariza 15 million (with an M) dollars this season just so he could take minutes away from whatever fringy prospects they would have on the roster. It was only a one-year deal so it wouldn’t hurt them too much in the long term, but…

Aaron Gordon 26 Points Full Highlights (10/17/2018)

“Summer League Aaron Gordon” is a figure which has attained legendary, almost mythical status in my mind. Summer League Aaron Gordon (or SLAG, since I’m too lazy to type out all those words) was a player who could hit jumpshots from anywhere on the floor with smoothness and poise that “Regular Season Aaron Gordon” (RSAG)…