October 23, 2018 – DownToBuck

JaVale McGee 16 Points Full Highlights (10/22/2018)

The Lakers’ center rotation is so messed up right now. JaVale McGee is fine (back-to-back 16-burgers woooooo), but his asthmatic lungs limit his minutes. Ivica Zubac nearly fouled out in 5 minutes. Mo Wagner is injured, but even he wasn’t, how good could a rookie white Euro three-bomber be, really? Don’t even get me started…

Josh Hart 20 Points Full Highlights (10/22/2018)

The Lakers young talent is currently getting ruined by the ball-dominance of one Jabroni Lames and one Badjon Brawndo (at least until he spat on a guy and then punched him), but Josh Hart has resisted the attempts of those players to ruin him. He’s averaging 17 a game after this, which is more, not…

Bryn Forbes 16 Points Full Highlights (10/22/2018)

I’m not sure if I can get behind this “Sparty” nickname that the Spurs commentators have come up with for Bryn Forbes. I guess it’s a reference to the fact that he played for Michigan State, who are the “Spartans”, but that’s a bad nickname source for two reasons. One, there’s a bunch of players…

Nikola Vucevic 24 Points Full Highlights (10/22/2018)

After a 27-point triple-double in the previous game, which I would argue is not the quintessential Vooch experience, Nikola Vucevic returns with a vengeance to give us a performance that is quintessentially Vooch: 24 points, 11-of-18 shooting, two free throw attempts, and one assist. When you think to yourself, “what kind of statline Vucci Mane…

Deandre Ayton 20 Points/5 Assists/4 Dunks Full Highlights (10/22/2018)

This video is ruined by two things: -Free throws. It’s great to have confirmation that Deandre Ayton can hit his free throws since that is an important skill for a big who will get fouled a lot, but come on. Nobody wants to watch all these free throws. The worst thing is that most of…

Markieff Morris 28 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (10/22/2018)

Markieff Morris had just eleven points going into the fourth quarter of this game, then scored eight in the last three minutes of regulation and nine in overtime. Given those numbers, which, by their intrinsic numerological nature, are irrefutable, is it fair to say that Markieff WON the game for the Wizards? I think such…

Kyle Kuzma 37 Points Full Highlights (10/22/2018)

Kyle Kuzma didn’t have great showings in his first two games, especially in terms of the long ball, where he shot a combined 2-of-12. I can be impulsive sometimes, so obviously I started thinking: what if Kuzma’s stellar rookie season had been a mirage? Four-year college players sometimes peak early, so you can’t blame me…

Damian Jones 13 Points Full Highlights (10/22/2018)

Damian Jones seems to be nicely filling the role of the recently departed JaVale McGee for the Warriors. That role being “catch a few lobs at the beginning of the game and then don’t do anything else”. The Warriors are apparently only starting a true center to be respectful of tradition. They don’t need one…

Nik Stauskas 15 Points Full Highlights (10/22/2018)

There was a good chance, with the final game of the season ending with Nik Stauskas posterizing some Celtics scrub who shall remain nameless, that that was the last we would see of him in the NBA. Apparently, according to some interview, he thought so too. Sad, but he wouldn’t be the first high pick…

Kelly Oubre 22 Points Full Highlights (10/22/2018)

Sometimes I make highlight videos for guys who didn’t really look all that good on the court, you know, while the game was actually going on. This is not one of those times. Kelly Oubre made up for his lackluster start to the season with this gem of a performance, scoring points in all sorts…