How many good games does a player have to have before it stops being “lucky” and starting being a “legitimately good stretch of play”? It is three? More? Less? I don’t know. What I do know is that Josh Jackson has now had three good games in a row, and I’m wondering if this is…
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Lauri Markkanen 30 Points Full Highlights (2/6/2019)
Normally I would be getting on Lauri Markkanen’s case for making a layup with two seconds left in a game that was obviously going to be a loss. Not because of any feeble argument about “sportsmanship” (a concept which does not encompass whining about players playing until the end of the game), but because I…
Read MoreNikola Jokic Triple Double 25 Pts/14 Rebs/10 Asts Full Highlights (2/6/2019)
With the whirlwind of trade activity going on this evening and promising to extend to tomorrow afternoon, I’m sort of surprised that the Nuggets haven’t made any big moves yet. Or any moves, really. They’re just sitting there amidst the chaos like the whole NBA isn’t being ripped down and rebuilt around them. You might…
Read MoreMyles Turner 22 Points/4 Blocks Full Highlights (2/5/2019)
Myles Turner is the league’s leading shotblocker, both in terms of raw blocks and blocks per game. And that’s in only 28 minutes per game. If he played a full 36, his dominance would be even more pronounced. As it is, the league is kinda lacking in a single player who is way above everyone…
Read MoreAlec Burks 21 Points Full Highlights (2/5/2019)
I always thought that having Alec Burks and Rodney Hood on the same team was kind of an avoidable redundancy. The Jazz solved that particular problem by getting rid of Hood to the Cavaliers, but then they burned the Cavaliers by giving them Burks as well. Do they realize that LeBron isn’t there anymore and…
Read MoreDwyane Wade 22 Points Full Highlights (2/5/2019)
Dwyane Wade isn’t even that old. He’s only just turned 37; it’s not like he’s out there Dirking it up, barely able to move. He can still do things on the court. 14 points per game is a totally legitimate amount of points to be scoring. What I’m trying to get at here, is that…
Read MoreEvan Fournier 25 Points Full Highlights (2/5/2019)
Going into this description, I was planning on criticizing Evan Fournier for his, frankly, pathetic block numbers. He only has 8 on the season, and it’s not like he’s even that short. But then I looked at his previous seasons, and aside from last year where he had 16 (!!!!!), this is actually already his…
Read MoreBojan Bogdanovic 24 Points Full Highlights (2/5/2019)
Bojan Bogdanovic started this game off with a personal 10-2 run against the Lakers, setting the tone for the devastation that was to come. I don’t think LeBron James and company ever recovered from the Croatian booty-kicking delivered in those first few minutes, eventually leading to total team collapse. YES. This is what I want;…
Read MoreJeremy Lamb 22 Points Full Highlights (2/5/2019)
Jeremy Lamb has been playing pretty well as a starter this season. For a long time I maintained that he could be the Hornets’ second option behind Kemba Walker, and guess what? I was right. He might be one of the least-potent “second options” in the league, but it’s not a total disaster, and the…
Read MoreMitchell Robinson 13 Points Full Highlights (2/5/2019)
The problem with being a dunking-only bigman is that, if your teammates don’t feel like getting you the ball where you can do something with it, you don’t get to score any points. That’s part of the reason a player like Rudy Gobert, who is somewhat reliant on feeds from other players, isn’t quite as…
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