I guess I can put away for now the obituary/eulogy I had written up for Jeremy Lin. I saw how poorly he started off the season, and knowing that he was coming off a bad injury, I thought that was it for him. That his minutes would slowly dwindle to nothing and he’d be out…
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Caris LeVert 26 Points Full Highlights (11/6/2018)
We are a full half of a quarter of the way through the 2018-19 season (the greatest NBA season ever by my reckoning), and Caris LeVert is averaging over 20 points per game. I’ve looked everywhere, on the Nets roster, under my desk, inside of his psyche, down the road, up the hill, in the…
Read MoreTrae Young 18 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (11/6/2018)
Trae Young’s been playing way better to start the year than I anticipated. I’ve said this before. He just doesn’t have the look of a player who can come in and, if not dominate, at least be competent right away. Only problem is, he’s not making any threes. That’s the whole reason I watch Hawks…
Read MoreDamyean Dotson 18 Points Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
The Knicks shook up their starting lineup a few games ago, and now it consists only of young, potential-y players (besides Vonleh, who will never be anything more than what he is right now). Tonight, it was Trier, Ntilikina, Robinson, Vonleh, and Damyean Dotson. That’s the kind of lineup that gets me excited. Buh-bye, Lance…
Read MoreAllonzo Trier 21 Points Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
Normally the prospect of Allonzo Trier scoring 21 points would send him rocketing up my priority list, but not this time. Why? Too many free-throws. 9 of them. That’s why you’re getting this vid 12 hours after the game ended instead of right after. Now, on to more pressing matters. Trier’s on a two-way contract,…
Read MoreReggie Jackson 25 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
You can tell by the commentary at the end of this video: the Pistons commentators are fully aware that Reggie Jackson has sucked for the better part of the last three seasons, and they’re desperate for the return of “vintage” Reggie Jackson, whatever that is. And you can see why they would be so wistful…
Read MoreDerrick Rose 21 Points Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
After Derrick Rose’s 50-point explosion a couple days ago, everybody (including me) was wondering: does this momentous occurrence mark the official return of Derrick Rose? Has he permanently regained his mojo? Will Bulls-era D-Rose reappear in Minnesota? Given that Rose took 20 shots in this game, the most on the team, my early answer is…
Read MoreAlfonzo McKinnie 14 Points Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
Now that Alfonzo McKinnie appears in my highlights archivium not once, but twice, I can’t help but yearn for the opportunity to fill in the missing slots of that vast highlights library. McKinnie is great and all, and I’m quite pleased that he has secured his place in the immortal halls of NBA highlight infamy,…
Read MoreAntonio Blakeney 17 Points Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
Before I made these highlights, I was speculating on why Antonio Blakeney didn’t get any minutes in this game after the beginning of the fourth quarter. I figured that Zach LaVine had gotten so hot by that point that Hoiberg didn’t want to play him with a guy who doesn’t pass. Maybe that guess is…
Read MoreDennis Schröder 22 Points Full Highlights (11/5/2018)
“Yo Dennis, what are those ugly things you’re putting on?” Russell Westbrook ribbed in the locker room before the game. “Suspenders made out of paper bags?” Dennis Schröder looked down at his outfit, then looked back up at his teammate, affixing him with a cold stare. Silently, he beseeched the spirits of German basketball players…
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