January 18, 2019 – DownToBuck

Chandler Hutchison 12 Points Full Highlights (1/17/2019)

Stacey King is right: Chandler Hutchison needs to be more aggressive. There’s no point being a low-volume low-usage non-factor on a team like the Bulls. Even if that’s what feels most comfortable to him, like he’s content to be a Tony Snell with some extra rebounding for the rest of his career, he needs to…

Robin Lopez 17 Points Full Highlights (1/17/2019)

For some reason, every time Robin Lopez made a bucket against the Nuggets (which was often, for him), Stacey King said “*INSERT CRUDDY CENTER FROM THE DISTANT PAST* would be proud”. Is he trying to make fun of Lopez’ retro style of play, or is he just trying to insert some levity into the utterly…

Lonzo Ball 18 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (1/17/2019)

I will continue thinking that Lonzo Ball can be a pretty good low-usage PG up until the moment he gets shipped off to China so he can steal sunglasses like his brother, get arrested, and plays for the local Uyghur Muslim internment camp team (I hear they’re always looking for American talent). No matter how…

Terrance Ferguson 21 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (1/17/2019)

The Oklahoma City Thunder have a long and storied history of underwhelming shooting guards that are constantly scapegoated by fans because they don’t score enough points. Andre Roberson is one from more recent times, but there’s also basketball non-luminaries like Thabo Sefolosha, Daequan Cook, Alex Abrines, and Corey Brewer in that dubious lineage. Basically, the…

Kyle Kuzma 32 Points/7 Threes Full Highlights (1/17/2019)

Imagine how mad LeBron would be if, in addition to Brandon Ingram and Lonzo Ball being underwhelming components of the Lakers’ young core, Kyle Kuzma where also an underwhelming component of the core. He would probably demand a trade to the Pacers so he could win uncontested championships in the East with little to no…

Ivica Zubac 26 Points Full Highlights (1/17/2019)

The hard-fought battle between centers of marginal quality continues on in Lakerland. After a string of games where he was only getting pity minutes from Luke Walton, Ivica “Zu Tycoon” Zubac played so well in this one that Walton had no choice but to give him 28 minutes. That, predictably, cut into Tyson Chandler’s minutes,…

Luke Kornet 16 Points Full Highlights (1/17/2019)

There were thousands of Londoners watching the first quarter of this game, seeing Luke “Korndog” Kornet get super hot from long distance, and thinking to themselves, “What would it take for a British national to be as good at basketball as Luke Kornet is?” They’ve already suffered through the NBA non-factor that was Joel Freeland,…

Thaddeus Young 27 Points Full Highlights (1/17/2019)

Thaddeus Young was the only player who kept the Pacers afloat in their game against the 76ers. And when I say “afloat”, I mean, he was the one who prevented a blowout loss from turning into an even bigger blowout loss. Check out these shooting numbers from his teammates, who are allegedly NBA players: Victor…

Mikal Bridges 15 Points Full Highlights (1/17/2019)

Everybody makes life choices that they regret. Regret is probably the one thing that makes humans human, not like that fact makes me feel any better about my poor life choices. The poor life choice in question is my decision to not make a Mikal Bridges fifteen-point highlight video immediately after making a Miles Bridges…

Serge Ibaka 22 Points Full Highlights (1/17/2019)

I would consider this a VINTAGE performance from Serge “Ibaka Gaijin” Ibaka. No free throws, no three-pointers, just dunks, hooks, and midrange jimbos. Eleven field goals made for twenty-two points, a mathematical cleanliness that is basketball’s analogue to the Golden Ratio. Ibaka even showed committment to the cause by being awarded two free throws, but…