This D’Angelo “Dan-Jello” Russell performance, of 22 points and 13 assists, is eerily similar to his performance on December 18th, 2018 against the Lakers. In that game (which was probably a REVENGE GAME, if we’re being honest here), D’Angelo again had 22 points and 13 assists. Crazy coincidence, right? Wait, it gets even crazier: he shot 9-of-21 from the field in that game, the SAME EXACT field goal attempts and makes as he had this game.
These two statlines are so close in construction that I’m beginning to think that maybe the results of NBA games are being altered in ways that the NBA wishes we didn’t know about. It’s very easy for them to rewrite history by modifying box-scores after the fact. What better way to portray Russell as a consistent, up-and-coming young star than to deliberately alter box-scores to make it look he’s routinely capable of games with double-digit assists?
You and I both know that Russell isn’t a pass-first point guard. He’s a “shoot midrange jimbos” first point guard. That he has so many double-digit assist games is unusual. Tell me, have you ever watched a Nets game where he had more than ten assists? How about a highlight video depicting the feat? If your answer is yes, you’re lying, because you either have manufactured those memories from reading the box-scores, or you’ve watched altered game tape that purports to depict assists that never happened in real life.
Open your eyes sheeple.