March 1, 2019 – DownToBuck

Noah Vonleh 16 Points Full Highlights (2/28/2019)

I am continually surprised by how low Noah Vonleh’s scoring output is. My designation for him in my mind has been replaced with “decent role player” from “bust”, and with that designation change comes a certain expectation of scoring. He did manage to get a 22-point game this season, by far a career-high, but other…

Joe Ingles 15 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (2/28/2019)

This highlight video is made noticeably worse by the amount of times that Reggie Miller has over-the-top reactions to plays made by Joe “The Aushole” Ingles and his teammates. Commentary, when executed correctly, can elevate a highlight video by providing a crescendo of excitement. Normally, I find it does nothing other than fill in the…

Justise Winslow 19 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (2/28/2019)

James Harden may have dropped 58 and 10 and won the game, but don’t forget about Justise Winslow, who scored got almost as many assists, with 8, and had almost as many points, with 19. He also had two missed free throws in the clutch, but since they don’t appear in this video, they might…

Jerami Grant 23 Points Full Highlights (2/28/2019)

When the Thunder traded Ersan Ilyasova for Jerami Grant all those years ago, I was incredulous. Why would they trade one of the league’s stretchiest fours for a still-raw pogo stick with few discernable basketball skills? At the time, it made no sense to me, and my only explanation was that somehow Ilyasova and Enes…

Jonah Bolden 14 Points Full Highlights (2/28/2019)

It was impressive to see Jonah Bolden stepping up in nationally televised game in the absence of Joel Embiid and Boban Marjanovic. With hardly any other centers on the roster, if he didn’t step up, the burden to step up would’ve fallen on Amir Johnson. And since we all know that’s not going to happen,…

Kyle Korver 22 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (2/28/2019)

It kinda pains me to bring it up, but is Kyle Korver just getting uglier as time goes on? Normally it’s the other way around, where weird-looking dudes come into the NBA as a rookies looking all weird and then a few years later they’re all handsome and muscly and have appropriate haircuts (thinking Kevin…

Henry Ellenson 13 Points Full Highlights (2/28/2019)

This thirteen-point outing from Henry Ellenson is basically just as good as his previous game, where he also scored thirteen points (a game which will also be known to future generations of NBA fans as the “Ellenson Breakout Game”). Sure, the 13/5/0 statline looks objectively worse than the previous 13/9/5 statline, but that’s why I…

Kelly Olynyk 21 Points Full Highlights (2/28/2019)

Every time I make a video for Kelly “The Klynyk” Olynyk, I can’t seem to stop myself from dwelling on his hairstyle in the description. But I do have to say this: Kelly, dude, if you insist on keep your hair an awkward length like yours, it’s really smart to keep it tied up in…

Allonzo Trier 22 Points Full Highlights (2/28/2019)

Allonzo Trier really likes to shoot shots (to the detriment of every other part of his game and probably to the detriment of his teammates too). This makes me wonder: was Trier’s development screwed up by Tim Hardaway Jr.’s presence on the team for the first two-thirds of the season, or was Trier going to…

Collin Sexton 22 Points Full Highlights (2/28/2019)

I’m going to try to do something new for this video description: make a valid basketball point that’s not solely based on half-remembered player attributes mixed with some haterisms and some overreliance on statistical metrics that have since been discredited. Are you ready? Here it comes. You sure you ready? Stop reading right now if…