January 2019 – DownToBuck

Dirk Nowitzki 14 Points Full Highlights (1/30/2019)

It took a long time, a really long time, almost two whole decades worth of time, but Dirk Nowitzki is finally slowing down. Last year he looked like he could go for a few more seasons, he wasn’t amazing or anything (unless you consider his age), but he was still good. Now, I feel like…

Dennis Smith Jr. Triple Double 13 Pts/10 Rebs/15 Asts/1 Trade Full Highlights (1/30/2019)

Attention Wojarooski: you have to wait until DownToBuck is done uploading videos for the day before breaking the news of a blockbuster trade involving many good players. Otherwise we find ourselves in the awful situation we currently find ourselves in: a video getting uploaded for a player who is no longer on the team depicted…

Monte Morris 20 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (1/30/2019)

Monte Morris has only started two games this season. One was back in November, when he put up a sick eight-point, two-assist line against the Hawks. The other was this game, where he put up a similarly sick line of twenty points, seven assists, and seven rebounds, which is sort of close to a triple-double…

Jeff Green 23 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (1/30/2019)

I wonder if Thunder fans were projecting All-Star levels of play for Jeff Green after his second season, where he averaged 16 points per game for a team playing its first season in OKC. He had been drafted high (fifth overall) and shown substantial improvement from his rookie year to his sophomore year. It would…

Trae Young 23 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (1/30/2019)

Repeatedly seeing the name “Trae” reminds me of the fact that, here in Wisconsin, there are no locations for the fast food chain “Cookout”, and thus, no opportunity to acquire what is known as a “Cookout Tray”. Allegedly one of the best deals in all of fast food, a Cookout Tray is an entree plus…

Terry Rozier 17 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (1/30/2019)

While doing research for a recent Kevin Knox highlight video, I discovered that the was the second-worst midrange shooter in the league out of player who had at least fifty attempts from that range. Since I’m not going to waste all the effort I expended trying to navigate the stats.nba.com user interface, do you want…

Meyers Leonard 16 Points Full Highlights (1/30/2019)

Meyers Leonard is currently playing his seventh season for the Blazers. That’s a long time to play for just onte team these days, especially as a role player, and especially especially as a role player who doesn’t even appear in every game. His contract is bad but not completely atrocious for his level of production…

Jerryd Bayless 19 Points/12 Assists Full Highlights (1/30/2019)

OFFICIAL DTB DISCLAIMER: What you do not see in this video is Jerryd Bayless inexplicably deciding that he gets to be the one who takes the game-winning shot attempt at the end of regulation. He pulls up for a tough, well-defended 21-footer, which clangs off the rim at he perfect angle for him to get…

Jaylen Brown 24 Points Full Highlights (1/30/2019)

Celtics fans better not get too attached to Jaylen Brown, because he is almost certainly going to be part of the package that the Celtics trade to the Pelicans in order to get the disgruntled Anthony Davis in return. I feel like Celtics fans have already detached from Brown given his regression from last season…

Marvin Bagley 17 Points Full Highlights (1/30/2019)

Imagine my surprise when I pulled up this game to find that the legendary Kings commentator Jerry Reynolds had come back for a game. Kings games just sound better with that old guy saying his old-guy catchphrases and describing slam dunks in the corniest way possible. Doug Christie brings a different flavor to the broadcasts…