I was going to write a long (okay, medium-length) diatribe on how it’s TOTALLY NOT COOL that Frank Jackson is stealing all of Ian Clark’s minutes, but when I looked at Clark’s minutes splits this season, he’s getting more minutes per game in the month of March than any other month this season. So my…
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Stanley Johnson 18 Points Full Highlights (3/20/2019)
You already know this, especially if you’re a Pelicans fan, but Stanley Johnson has been BAD on the offensive end in New Orleans, way below even his very low standards. He scored 6 in his debut with them, which was his high before this game. He had two other games where he made more than…
Read MoreDamyean Dotson 21 Points Full Highlights (3/20/2019)
Shouldn’t Knicks fans be talking more about Damyean Dotson being their 6th man shooter of the future? When I start off a description with a question like that, the answer is always “yes”. It’s like “Betteridge’s Law of Headlines”, except reversed, because in that law the answer is always “no”. So, yes, Knicks fans should…
Read MoreCollin Sexton 25 Points Full Highlights (3/20/2019)
If the ROTY of the Year award was as “what have you done for me recently” as the MVP award, Collin Sexton would be way in the lead. Sure, Trae Young had that 49-point game, but that was practically a million years ago now, and he hasn’t been as amazing these last few games. Meanwhile,…
Read MoreCristiano Felicio 15 Points Full Highlights (3/20/2019)
Just a friendly reminder for people who maybe forgot: Cristiano “Onions Have Layers” Felicio is getting paid 8 million dollars this season, just like he will be for the two seasons after that. Normally such a bad contract would get lots of press due to its overwhelming badness, but since Felicio barely gets to play,…
Read MoreShaquille Harrison 18 Points Full Highlights (3/20/2019)
Shaquille “Cookies” Harrison can do two things on the basketball court: steal the ball, and jet up the court for a layup with the ball he just stole. If you’re feeling nitpicky, you might say that that only counts as one thing. And maybe you’re right. But it doesn’t feel very nice to say that…
Read MoreFred VanVleet 23 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (3/20/2019)
Everyone’s seen the stats. If you haven’t seen them, because you’ve been too busy decorating the underside of your rock to try and make it fit for human habitation, let me tell you about the stats. Okay: the stats say that Kyle Lowry and Kawhi Leonard don’t play well together. The lineups with both of…
Read MoreLuka Doncic 24 Points/6 Assists/2 Dunks Full Highlights (3/20/2019)
It took almost the entire season, but Luka Doncic is finally hitting the rookie wall. Not running straight into it, really, but more like gently nudging it while running alongside it. As the season lurched into February with Doncic actually speeding up instead of slowing down, I was hopeful that he’d be one of the…
Read MoreKevin Knox 27 Points Full Highlights (3/20/2019)
I will give Kevin Knox credit: he definitely fits the physical profile of an NBA player. He’s in that Aaron Gordon mold of player where he’s tall-ish but doesn’t need or want to play like a big man. And Aaron Gordon is a good NBA player. Good enough to be kicked off my channel, anyway…
Read MoreLauri Markkanen 32 Points Full Highlights (3/20/2019)
The commentators in this game couldn’t stop talking about how Lauri Markkanen had “returned” and how his “stroke” was “back”. The mystical codeword “February” was invoked multiple times. So I checked the stats, and they do seem to indicate that Markkanen played much better than in February than he has so far in March. In…
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