The art of the midrange lives on in young Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. No one told him that the cool kids only shoot threes now. He does what he wants, and what he wants is to worm his way in to about 14 feet from the basket and take a jumper. His name is long, but his…
Read MoreMonth: December 2018
Stanley Johnson 20 Points Full Highlights (12/17/2018)
It’s taken a while, three long years of patience from Pistons fans, but Stanley Johnson is finally turning into a not-horrible offensive player. After tonight’s performance, he’s crawled over the 40 percent mark for field goal shooting on a season, something he has never done before. At least, something he has never done before as…
Read MoreReggie Bullock 24 Points Full Highlights (12/17/2018)
Looking at the Pistons schedule so far, is it a coincidence that there seems to be a clear correlation between Reggie Bullock playing and the Pistons winning? Detroit’s two losing streaks coincide almost excactly with the two times he’s been injured. My hypothesis, which is based only on my preconceived notions of Bullock as a…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 14 Points Full Highlights (12/17/2018)
Just putting it out there: I am not salty at all over the fact that Mario “Crobe” Hezonja dunked “on” Giannis Antetokounmpo and then, on his way back up the court, stepped over his vanquished foe’s dunked-on body laying prone on the hardwood. It’s easy to say that he’s not good enough to do stuff…
Read MoreDeandre Ayton 21 Points Full Highlights (12/17/2018)
Pictured in the thumbnail: Deandre Ayton smiling for the first time all season. Things have been pretty grim over in Phoenix this season. NBA players don’t like to lose, and the Suns have been doing almost nothing but since opening night (a night where they actually won, what are the odds?). Did I catch wind…
Read MoreT.J. Warren 26 Points Full Highlights (12/17/2018)
One thing I’ve noticed while doing all these T.J. Warren highlights is that it really sucks that he’s hitting threes this year because we have to sit through that whole “Fulton Homes” monologue every time. It’s great that he’s taking a bunch of threes and making an elite percentage of them, but it’s becoming clear…
Read MoreEmmanuel Mudiay 32 Points Full Highlights (12/17/2018)
I was, before Emmanuel Mudiay decided to be all good all of a sudden for no reason, ready to see him sent off to China in a 16th-century trading vessel in exchange for a literal boatload of exotic spices and fragrances. That’s where he started his career, and I thought that’s where he’d continue finishing…
Read MoreJeff 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…
Read MoreMatthew 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…
Read MoreLandry 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…
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