November 17, 2018 – DownToBuck

Antonio Blakeney 18 Points Full Highlights (11/16/2018)

The league has swung so far in favor of efficient three-point bombers and scoring totals distributed evenly among teammates that it’s almost a breath of fresh air to see a guy like Antonio Blakeney, who doesn’t really care about his teammates and will take whatever shot he wants. Players like Blakeny are in demand almost…

Justin Holiday 20 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (11/16/2018)

I wasn’t too salty when Justin Holiday hit three of three from deep in the first quarter of this game. I was way saltier about Jabari going off. Holiday, who is known to be an adequate three-point shooter, is very capable of getting hot for a small stretch of game. It’s not something that’s worth…

Jabari Parker 21 Points Full Highlights (11/16/2018)

To commemorate the return of Jabari Parker to Milwaukee, I snuggled up with my little kitty Japurri Purrker to watch the game. I had all kinds of special snacks at the ready: five bags of Gardettos-brand snack mix in a punch bowl, Bagel Bites (pepperoni flavor) fresh out of the oven, Sun Drop soda (I…

Eric Bledsoe 25 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (11/16/2018)

Sometimes, for fun, I’ll take a look at the list of teams that a player has played on in their career, then try to come up with players that played for those same teams. The more teams, the harder it becomes. With more than three, you’d better hope that the answer is Ish Smith, because…

Serge Ibaka 21 Points Full Highlights (11/16/2018)

I’ve been thinking about it, and I’ve decided that I can’t remember a single thing about Serge Ibaka’s 56-game stint in Orlando. I clearly remember all the stupid trades Orlando did involving him, both to get him and to send him away, but nothing regarding actual basketball on an actual basketball court. I sorta remember…

D’Angelo Russell 23 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (11/16/2018)

If anyone can tell me why D’Angelo Russell was bowing to the crowd at the end of this video, that would be cool. Because I can’t figure it out. Was there a heckler who he was getting the last laugh on? Did he think he had put together a maestro performance and was simply acknowledging…

De’Aaron Fox 23 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (11/16/2018)

De’Aaron Fox needs to do something about the bags under his eyes. People his age usually don’t have those, but he does, and it makes him look old as heck. I’m not a makeup expert, but couldn’t he put something on there to make it look no so wrinkly there? Like is there a rule…

Josh Richardson 28 Points/7 Threes Full Highlights (11/16/2018)

OFFICIAL JOSH RICHARDSON 20 PPG AVERAGE WATCH UPDATE: Josh Richardson is averaging 20.6 points per game this season, .6 points above 20. I was going to make a really tough quiz where I made people guess the last Heat player to average 20, but then it turned out not so tough so I couldn’t do…

Emmanuel Mudiay 19 Points Full Highlights (11/16/2018)

Emmanuel Mudiay has been playing… sorta decent lately? I’m not going to get into how suspicious it is that he starts playing good right as Trey Burke starts playing bad, and then takes his minutes. I will leave the speculation for another day (if you want a teaser, do you remember that part of Space…

Trey Burke 24 Points Full Highlights (11/16/2018)

The bucket-getter Trey Burke, the “Allen Iverson 0.7.1” Trey Burke, the redemption story Trey Burke, those are the Trey Burkes we’re not seeing this year. We’re seeing the bricklayer Trey Burke, the benched for Emmanuel Mudiay Trey Burke, and the DNP Trey Burke. What happened to last year’s version? Was it all a mirage? Did…