November 29, 2018 – DownToBuck

Tim Frazier 12 Points/12 Assists Full Highlights (11/28/2018)

It’s been demonstrated time and time again that Tim Frazier needs big, consistent minutes in order to be a useful player. He’s not going to be any sort of sparkplug off the bench. That’s what the Wizards found out, and they ended up not using him (even though he’s better than John Wall, don’t even…

Jonathan Isaac 16 Points Full Highlights (11/28/2018)

I have no idea why the Magic got John Hammond to be their GM, because he didn’t do much of anything for the Bucks, but they did, and he’s doing the same thing in Orlando that he did in Milwaukee. Which is: acquire as many lengthy players as possible. It used to be that they…

Cody Zeller 19 Points Full Highlights (11/28/2018)

These are the kinds of games Cody Zeller needs to have to remind us all that, even though he looks like an old man, he’s still in his athletic prime and can still overpower defenders with his athleticism. These are also the kinds of games Cody Zeller needs to have to convince me that he’s…

Quincy Pondexter 13 Points Full Highlights (11/28/2018)

The last time I made a Quincy Pondexter highlight video was on April 18, 2015. Pondexter was playing for the Pelicans during the first-round sweep at the hands of the Warriors. For some reason, he played 36 minutes in the first game, scoring twenty points. Then, poof. He was gone. For two years, Pondexter was…

Jabari Parker 24 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (11/28/2018)

Jabari Parker seems like he might be playing a bit better lately, but he still doesn’t quite pass the “eye test”; he often has sloppy turnovers and he often takes bad shots that he shouldn’t be taking (see: popping for a twenty-foot jumper with the defender in his face). It’s funny to note that the…

Malcolm Brogdon 24 Points/6 Assists/6 Threes Full Highlights (11/28/2018)

Malcolm Brogdon’s (AKA Brogdog, The Cybrog, Junkyard Brog, Imbroglio, and many other nicknames) six-of-six three-point shooting in this game is the most three-point makes without a miss by any player this season. Isaiah Canaan (RIP), Dante Cunningham, and Lou Williams have all made five without a miss, but five is a lame number. Anybody could…

Kelly Oubre 22 Points Full Highlights (11/28/2018)

On the team bus that was driving the team back to their hotel, Austin Rivers couldn’t help but notice that something interesting was up on Kelly Oubre’s laptop screen. “What’s that?” he asked. Kelly didn’t look up from his intense, focused work. “CAD software.” “CAD?” Kelly rolled his eyes. “Computer-Aided Design. Duh.” “Looks complicated,” Austin…

Nik Stauskas 18 Points/5 Threes Full Highlights (11/28/2018)

The commentators asked a good question during this video: how much sauce is too much? This question can refer to a lot of things, so I will do my best to address some common sauce situations. -Buffalo wings. There’s too much sauce if the sauce is dripping off the wing. My philosophy is, at a…

Jerami Grant 21 Points/4 Blocks Full Highlights (11/28/2018)

The trade of Ersan Ilyasova for Jerami Grant is finally paying dividends. It looked really stupid for a while there, and I bet the Thunder could use a nice stretch four right about now whose name isn’t Patrick Patterson, but Grant is looking really good this year while Ilyasova is looking a little old. Sorry…

Elie Okobo 19 Points Full Highlights (11/28/2018)

Did the Suns commentators just totally put Igor Kokoskov on blast at 0:42 of this video? It was said like a joke, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard a home commentary person just straight up criticize a coach like that. Not by name, at least. Usually it’s like “I know it’s tough but you…