Or: “Eh, These Guys are Okay”
Part II of my series of every NBA player’s first made field goal in the 2018-19 season already presents a noticeable dropoff from part I. However, if you were paying attention, you would have known this was going to happen. After all, Justin Holiday was in Part I, and there’s three whole parts left to go. That’s a lot of players who are worse than Justin Holiday.
I shouldn’t talk too much trash because the players in part II make up the bulk of my highlight videos. Instead of talking trash, I’ll shamelessly plug my Patreon since YouTube doesn’t compensate me in any way for being a visionary pioneer of NBA highlights: https://www.patreon.com/downtobuck
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0:09 Running hook shots across the lane should be reserved for rookie centers who are too weak to post up properly.
0:21 We all would have been more entertained if this was a lob like Plumlee expected. Also, note that the proper spelling is Deandre’ (with an apostrophe), but, again, my font doesn’t have apostrophes.
0:31 You can dunk all you want, Marvin, but you’re still a bust.
0:39 I’m trying to come up with a funny way to joke about the commentator misspeaking and saying “comes fry”, but it’s just not “coming” to me. LOL! (lots of laughs)
0:49 A semi-successful Plumlee alley-oop. I am semi-entertained.
1:07 Dedmon officially begins his transformation into a stretch-five right in front of Dirk Nowitzki. It’s so majestic and poetic. You should be crying right now. I’m definitely crying over here.
1:11 That’s “Charlotte Hornets Tank Commander” Rozier to you.
1:16 Should I have made an Al-Farouq Aminu dunkilation? Nah. Judging by his reaction to the dunk, Jusuf Nurkic disagrees.
1:20 I should make a special “part V” for players who got kicked out of the league for drug violations. Guest appearances by O.J. Mayo and Nick Calathes!
1:33 This is already more points than Nic Batum scored in the FIBA tournament.
1:55 Why does this clip look like it was drawn with crayons?
2:00 At this point, I’m expecting John Wall to return in 2026 and get paid eighty million dollars to play six minutes before his legs fall off and are hurtled into the fifth row.
2:03 Mikal Bridges: OFFICIALLY better than Miles Bridges.
2:29 Miles Bridges: OFFICIALLY worse than Mikal Bridges.
2:34 I’m always amazed by people who can identify former college teammates. If you asked me to name ten alma maters of NBA players I would probably fail.
2:56 Finney-Smith took an extra dribble like he was getting ready for a two-hand tomahawk, but then he just dunked it normally. The NBA owes me a refund.
3:05 I blame Dwane Casey for allowing Luke Kennard to be below Langston Galloway in this video.
3:31 Anybody else tired of all these floaters?
3:40 My excuse for not being able to catch passes is I have scrawny skeleton hands. Looney has no such excuse. Luckily he was able to bat the ball around until he got control of it.
3:48 It’s not just a matter of poor judgment to call Kris Dunn “KD”. It’s actually illegal and I have called the police.
4:01 Forget about the spin move and the no-call. When is Wisconsin gonna get a Krispy Krunchy Chicken?
4:15 Missed opportunity to bust out the “LeVertical” nickname.
4:19 “Give it to Lyles” is what nobody on the Nuggets coaching staff ever said.
4:32 When Mike Breen stops exclaiming “Oh-hoh!” after big plays, I’m going to switch to hockey highlights.
5:01 I can’t help it. When I see Ron Baker on the court I smile.
5:10 “Let me just spin move backwards so I can get this contested hook shot off.”
5:22 You thought that VC might dunk it here, didn’t you? Don’t lie.
5:27 Okogie must be total trash if the commentator is excited for his first free throw.
5:58 This is blatant false advertisement. Zeller made just six threes all season. I feel bad for the commentators.
6:48 Is it just me or did Ferguson jump up super duper high to shoot that three?
7:03 The WGN Sports logo makes Harrison’s name totally illegible here. In case you need help deciphering it, it says Harrison. No comment on the blown dunk that went in anyway.
7:29 Ever since Elfrid Payton got rid of his “hair stuck in a vacuum cleaner”/”sun visor made out of hair” haircut, I don’t usually realize he’s on the court.
7:47 So wet. Dirk would be proud. Actually, he is proud. You can see him.
8:00 I disagree. Stanley Johnson shooting a jumpshot is not “really good basketball”.
8:22 I disagree again. Ilyasova’s only had two stints with the Bucks, it’s just that one was broken up by two years on some rando backwater foreign team called FC Barcelona.
8:35 I swear that this part has had like eight “kaboom”s.
8:57 You can try to kill the Prince of Darkness, but it won’t work. His soul is eternally bound to hell. That’s why McDermott’s attempt to destroy Snell’s ankles was totally ineffective.
9:14 No. I want dunks.
9:30 Nice cadence here. “The lead feed and Faried.” Usually I think that I could do a better job than the commentators, but not this time.