I just want to remind everybody that De’Aaron Fox had negative win-shares last season. If you’re new to my channel, you should get used to my obsession with win-shares (since they almost always correspond perfectly with my gut feeling about a player), and if you’re a DTB old-timer, I’m sorry that you have to listen…
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Tim Hardaway Jr. 31 Points Full Highlights (10/17/2018)
There will undoubtedly be some outraged Knicks fan in the comments of this video informing me that Tim Hardaway Jr. also had five assists in this game and why aren’t the assists being shown? I would like to address this future commenter directly. I didn’t include the assists because nobody wants to watch THJ pass…
Read MoreDeandre Ayton 18 Points/6 Assists Suns Debut Full Highlights (10/17/2018)
Deandre Ayton lounged in his locker after his strong opening-night performance. Teammates and trainers were occasionally dropping by to give him high-fives, which he received in between sips of Gatorade. But there was something missing. What was it? In the adjacent locker, Trevor Ariza noticed his teammate just staring off into space. “I know what…
Read MoreJulius Randle 25 Points Pelicans Debut Full Highlights (10/17/2018)
I’m still stuck in the mindset of “Julius Randle isn’t actually that good”. It’s partly because of his lumpy ugly face which I want to punch, partly because he used to not actually be that good, and partly because I never think any Lakers-drafted player is any good. When the Pelicans signed him, I immediately…
Read MoreNikola Mirotic 30 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (10/17/2018)
A whole offseason of speculation about whether the Pelicans would be any good without Rajon Rondo (seriously when did the narrative change on that dude because I missed it) looks a whole lot stupider with this decisive opening-night victory over the Rockets. Yes, I know it’s only 1 game. But my eyes tell me a…
Read MoreJoe Ingles 22 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (10/17/2018)
Given how good the Jazz looked and how utterly inept the Kings looked in preseason action, I was estimating that this would be a 50-point blowout in Utah’s favor. It wasn’t. What happened tonight? The Kings are bad. They have nothing but bad players on their roster, don’t @ me. The Jazz were coming off…
Read MoreBoban Marjanovic 18 Points Full Highlights (10/17/2018)
It happened again. Boban Marjanovic faced Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets, and again he/they had absolutely no answer for him. He was dunking without jumping, he was rebounding without jumping, should I have put “/0 Jumps” in the video title? I should have. Along with “1 Rim Bent”. I didn’t show it because it messed…
Read MoreMalik Monk 18 Points Full Highlights (10/17/2018)
This game was looking really good for the Bucks. Everything was clicking, Hornets were bricking, clock was ticking. Then Kemba Walker went off for 40 points, but that wasn’t even the problem, because it was obvious from the opening tip that he was going to do that. The real problem was Malik Monk fully casting…
Read MoreNemanja Bjelica 18 Points Kings Debut Full Highlights (10/17/2018)
I imagine that every single person, besides Serbs who watched him in Europe, who views this highlight video will come away impressed/stunned by the types of shots Nemanja Bjelica was making. I saw a lot of him in Minnesota, and he had maybe 1.5 performances during all those years there where he did the stuff…
Read MoreCedi Osman 17 Points Full Highlights (10/17/2018)
The Cavaliers are Kevin Love’s team now. He gets to be the man just like he was in Minnesota. But his second banana this time around isn’t Michael Beasley. It’s Cedi Osman! Cavs fans have been hyping this guy up for the whole offseason, hyping him up for reasons I can’t figure out other than…
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