We already know that Lauri Markkanen is a very good shooter. I don’t want to use the word “elite” just yet, simply because Markkanen hasn’t been in the league long enough to earn “elite” status, but I do want to allude to his eliteness. So I’m going with “very good” for now. But what about…
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Tyler Johnson 29 Points Full Highlights (2/23/2019)
Tyler Johnson, since getting traded to the Suns, has been, to put it bluntly, total butt cheeks. If that phrase was too blunt for you, I’m sorry, but it’s just the truth as I see it. There’s not really any getting around it; 7 of 34 to start a stint with a new team is…
Read MoreJonas Valanciunas 25 Points Full Highlights (2/23/2019)
OFFICIAL THINGS THAT JONAS VALANCIUNAS DOES THAT MARC GASOL DOESN’T DO POWER RANKINGS 1. Be Lithuanian 2. Score efficiently 3. Have a cool haircut 4. Get marginalized by coaches for his entire career 5. Watch torrented Lithuanian television series while snuggling with his cat Arvydas 6. Dunk the ball (I’m pretty sure Marc can’t jump…
Read MoreRobin Lopez 18 Points Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
I was hopeful that every single shot in this video was going to be a hook shot, but my hopes were dashed when it turned out that Robin Lopez threw a couple garden-variety layups in there. Layups are kind of like hook shots where you’re shooting from in front of your body instead of from…
Read MoreMiles Bridges 14 Points Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
So apparently Miles Bridges was in the dunk contest. I don’t know how he did because I don’t watch the dunk contest and I don’t care about the dunk contest. In-game dunks are just way better than contrived dunks with props. That’s not an unpopular opinion, but I take it one step further by purposely…
Read MoreDwight Powell 20 Points Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
Over the offseason, Dwight Powell came up with a (pretty decent, in my mind) plan to get DeAndre Jordan off the Mavericks. It involved serving Jordan a chocolate cake laced with marijuana that would cause Jordan to fail the routine drug test that’s part of his physical. The plan didn’t go according to plan because…
Read MoreDavis Bertans 16 Points Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
It’s not shown in this video, but Davis Bertans was afforded the opportunity to be the hero in this game when he took a leaning baseline jumper with four seconds left in the game, the Spurs down by one. It wasn’t really a good look, but that’s on DeMar DeRozan for getting locked down hard…
Read MoreCheick Diallo 16 Points Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
I don’t know how over-unders work or what they even are really, because I’m not a degenerate gambling-addicted schmoe, but what’s the over-under on Cheick Diallo getting a 20-20 game before the season is over? I’m going with 1000. Final answer. The Pelicans commentators (or at least Joel Meyers) seem to think it will happen,…
Read MoreNicolas Batum 20 Points Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
Bad news for Hornets fans: Nicolas Batum is still getting paid 75 million over the next three years (this year included, and the last year is a player option but why the heck wouldn’t he take it), and he seems to have decided that he doesn’t want to score the ball anymore. Good news for…
Read MoreTaj Gibson 19 Points Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
Standing with his teammates in the huddle, Taj Gibson knew he should be listening to his coach. Normally he was attentive during timeouts, but this timeout was different. Before the game, Taj had used his status as an NBA player to covertly meet one-on-one with the Madison Square Garden employee who was in charge of…
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