December 17, 2018 – DownToBuck

Jeff Green 20 Points Full Highlights (12/16/2018)

When people were talking about the locker room issues that the Wizards were having, which involved Beal and Wall punching each other, half the players on the roster being embroiled in unconfirmed trades, and Scott Brooks wailing “I thought we were going to sign Kevin Durant” while crying, I feel like they were ignoring one…

Matthew Dellavedova 13 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (12/16/2018)

When I tune in for Matthew “Wacky Delly” Dellavedova highlights, I expect at least one lob, if not multiple lobs, to Tristan Thompson for slam dunks. That’s like the baseline of what a Wacky Delly highlight video should contain. So when I went ahead and compiled this entire video, only to find that there was…

Landry Shamet 16 Points Full Highlights (12/16/2018)

Landry “Shamwow” Shamet continues his strong-shooting rookie campaign by going 6-of-7 from the field (4-of-5 from three). The applicability of the nickname “Shamwow” is still in doubt, because nothing he does ever makes me or anybody else go “WOW!”, but it’s a good nickname, so as long as he’s shooting above 38% from three he…

Buddy Hield 28 Points Full Highlights (12/16/2018)

I was standing there in the middle of the zoo parking lot, surrounded by five men who were equipped with various types of firearms. I couldn’t see them very clearly; it was still nighttime and the parking lot was poorly lit. About fifty feet away I could see the moving van that would have been…

Myles Turner 24 Points Full Highlights (12/16/2018)

Myles Turner has had three twenty-point games in his past four outings after not scoring above that mark even once at any point during the rest of the season. His field goal attempts are also way up. Somebody must have told him, “Myles, it’s nice that you want to defer to your teammates, but you’re…

De’Aaron Fox 28 Points Full Highlights (12/16/2018)

Here’s a pro-tip if you’re feeling down: search for pictures of tarsiers on the internet. Let me repeat it because phrasing is important: on the internet, search for pictures of tarsiers. I doubt you will find many pictures of tarsiers sitting down at a tarsier-sized computer or using their little tarsier-sized mobile phone and looking…

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 25 Points Full Highlights (12/16/2018)

Don’t worry, Lakers fans: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope looks like he’s having a bad season, but he’s actually just the same old KCP that he always has been (which has never been all that great), only getting fewer minutes. So there’s no reason to be upset at him for demanding a trade. He just wants more minutes…

Cedi Osman 18 Points Full Highlights (12/16/2018)

I am still upset over being so thoroughly fooled by Cedi Osman’s first two games this season of 17 and 22 points. I was convinced he had turned some sort of corner, turned into some sort of second option behind Kevin Love, and that we were seeing a Turkish legend being born right before our…

Jared Dudley 16 Points Full Highlights (12/16/2018)

Somehow, the Nets are finding room in their rotation to give Jared Dudley 20 minutes per game. Maybe that’s why they’re not a good team this year? Because they’re giving a starting job (recently revoked) and a bunch of playing time to a do-nothing chubby vet? Savvy vetness can carry you a long way in…

Nikola Jokic 26 Points Full Highlights (12/16/2018)

This is the kind of game that helps build narratives. On a game-to-game basis, narratives aren’t important, but they sure as heck are when talking about a player’s legacy, or when discussing certain candidates for certain awards. The stage was set: top two teams by record in the league, led by two sorta-MVP-candidate-ish players, Nikola…