Who even wants Anthony Davis? Not the Lakers, not the Pelicans, nobody. Maybe, MAYBE, the Celtics, but only because they lost to a chemistry-deprived and still-worried-about-getting-traded Lakers squad. AD is the unwanted man in the NBA. Personally, I would only take him on the Bucks if it was a straight swap for Thon Mak… oh…
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Rudy Gay 25 Points Full Highlights (2/7/2019)
Rudy “Better than Fernandez but Worse than Gobert” Gay continues to be, against all odds, a solid scoring option for the Spurs. After getting ragged on by analytics-minded fans (including myself) for the entirety of his decade-plus in the NBA, he’s finally putting up efficienct scoring numbers at the grand old age of 32. And…
Read MoreJusuf Nurkic 22 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (2/7/2019)
When you talk about the Portland Trailblazers, everybody immediately thinks of their two-man guard core of Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum. It makes sense to consider them the core members of the team given that they score the most points. But what if the two-man core is actually Damian Lillard and Jusuf Nurkic, and McCollum…
Read MoreDaniel Theis 20 Points Full Highlights (2/7/2019)
According to the NBA’s stats, Daniel Theis has the second best net rating in the league. I don’t want to jump to conclusions, but as far as I can tell that means he’s the second-best player in the league, after Stephen Curry, who is first in the category. The rest of the top 10 is…
Read MoreJerami Grant 20 Points Full Highlights (2/7/2019)
I like to periodically revisit the “Jerami vs. Jerian” battle of the Grants just to get an update on how each of them are doing. Neither gets any media coverage at all, so one has to actually go out and do focused research on them to find out what they’re up to. The national media…
Read MoreJaren Jackson 27 Points Full Highlights (2/7/2019)
NBA historians will look back on this day as day one (or day zero?) of the Jaren Jackson Jr. era in Memphis. This is the day that Marc Gasol was traded to the Raptors, breaking up the iconic Gasol/Conley duo that had endured for a decade. This is the day that the Grizzlies moved on…
Read MoreBojan Bogdanovic 29 Points/1 Kick Full Highlights (2/7/2019)
“Dear Father, Today, there was a bat in the arena while we played our game. While it was a little bit of light-hearted fun for my teammates, and an unexpected moment of entertainment for the fans (provided none of them were bat-phobic), for me it was a truly miserable experience. When I got a close…
Read MoreFred VanVleet Career High 30 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (2/7/2019)
Fred “Vleetwood Mac” VanVleet has alternately drawn the ire and the support of Raptors fans. When he’s playing well, and especially when Lowry is playing poorly, there are calls for him to get more minutes. When he’s playing badly and chucking up bricks, there are calls for him to be removed from the rotation and…
Read MoreTerrence Ross 32 Points Full Highlights (2/7/2019)
Terrence Ross is quietly becoming one of my favorite shooters in the league. I never expected that something like this would happen, honestly. Either the “favorite” part or the “shooter” part. He’s always been an okay shooter, but in Toronto, he was content to float through games without making a consistent effort to have an…
Read MoreYuta Watanabe 10 Points Full Highlights (2/7/2019)
There is nothing that I love more, and I mean NOTHING, than unearthing a never-before-seen scrub/role-player/something-in-between and showcasing him for the first time. The guys on two-way contracts are the best for this. Now, for Yuta Watanabe, the “never-before-seen” part isn’t exactly true, because this guy has a whole native country’s worth of followers just…
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