December 1, 2018 – DownToBuck

Jamal Crawford 18 Points Full Highlights (11/30/2018)

Jamal Crawford already ran Isaiah Canaan out of town by, somehow, being the superior player. However, the rest of the guards on the roster are too young or too skilled to chase off the team, so if Crawford wants to get more playing time, he’s just going to have to convince Igor that his status…

Tony Parker 20 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (11/30/2018)

There were probably reasons why Tony Parker decided not to stick around in San Antonio, but I don’t remember them off the top of my head. They must’ve been pretty good though, because by departing his only franchise and playing for a new team, he lost the 30 percent career-quality buff one-team players get at…

Terrence Ross 21 Points Full Highlights (11/30/2018)

It sort of snuck up on me, but is Terrence Ross, right now, RIGHT NOW, a semi-fringe candidate for 6MOTY of the year? He’s averaging fourteen points per game without having started a game. Right now I don’t feel like there’s a breakout, surefire 6MOTY of the year winner determined yet, and if Ross just…

Al-Farouq Aminu 20 Points Full Highlights (11/30/2018)

After a problematic 1-of-13 shooting performance a week ago (which featured nine missed three-pointers and zero made three pointers), Aminu continued to struggle shooting the rock, but that all ended last night as he went 7-of-9 from the field for twenty points. Rather than shoot a ton of threes, Aminu scored his points on “creative”…

Monte Morris 16 Points Full Highlights (11/30/2018)

Monte Morris: top five backup PG in the league? I could go through and make a list of all the backup point guards in the league, then rank them, but that’s a lot of effort just for one video description, so I won’t bother with that. Instead, I’ll just think about the various backup point…

Jae Crowder 24 Points/7 Assists/6 Threes Full Highlights (11/30/2018)

This video ranks right up there in the “performances this season that DTB is extremely unenthusiastic about” rankings. Let me explain why. First off, nobody really cares about Jae Crowder, since his largest potential fanbase (the residents of Utah) are turned off by certain characteristics Jae possesses in regards to the pigmentation of his skin….

DeMarre Carroll 21 Points Full Highlights (11/30/2018)

Since DeMarre Carroll is getting paid fifteen million dollars this season (with the consensus being that he isn’t quite worth that much money) and this is the last season of his deal, I believe that confluence of events results in him being a “trade asset” due to being an “expiring contract”. Right now I’m just…

John Collins 19 Points Full Highlights (11/30/2018)

You can tell that Hawks commentator Dominique Wilkins is a little bit agitated with John Collins’ role on the team. Multiple times in this video he opines that Collins needs more touches and needs to be emphasized more in the offense overall. The impact of that statement isn’t as hard-hitting given that Collins was tied…

Gary Harris 27 Points Full Highlights (11/30/2018)

I was excited (one could even say…hyped) for Gary Harris to take the next step this season and turn himself into a true star in this league. Instead, he’s scoring the same PPG as last season, on way lower efficiency but higher volume (to make up for the lowered efficiency). He’s still a hella good…

Thomas Bryant 12 Points Full Highlights (11/30/2018)

Some notes about Thomas Bryant/this game since I’m too lazy to weave these disparate points together into a logical narrative: -If you ever wondered whether Thomas Bryant could dunk, you don’t have to wait much longer unless you paused the video to read the description. -Was Thomas Bryant always this chubby-looking? The dude I remember…