November 14, 2019 – DownToBuck

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 16 Points Full Highlights (11/13/2019)

I am finding it easy to get hyped for most of the players on the Raptors roster right now. They have an exciting team filled with homegrown young talent. But a few players, eh. Marc Gasol, he can go away now that he’s got his championship. And Rondae Hollis-Jefferson? Bleh bleeh. A 6’6″ dude with…

Jake Layman 16 Points Full Highlights (11/13/2019)

Jake “Justin Timberjake” Layman needs to somehow force his teammates to cater to his preferred playstyle. What is that preferred playstyle, you tremblingly ask while cowering before the intellectual might and intimidating good looks of Highlight God DownToBuck? Backdoor cuts. Backdoor cuts for days. Backdoor cuts for nights. Last year, my Jake Layman dunkilation was…

Malik Monk 20 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (11/13/2019)

Even though Malik Monk’s statline in this game was “only” twenty points and five assists, it still felt a little bit like a breakout game due to the following factors: Factor 1: Alley-Oop Dunkage. There was some seriously high-flying whammage coming from Monk in this game and it made his impact feel really big just…

Jonas Valanciunas 18 Points Full Highlights (11/13/2019)

Based on last year’s performances, I was all set for the Grizzlies this year to be the Valanciunas-Caboclo-Morant show. Is that a big three? As things currently stand, no, that’s not a big three, but it definitely should be if Taylor Jenkins would allow it to happen. A big three such as that would entice…

Anfernee Simons 17 Points Full Highlights (11/13/2019)

Am I being a dumb-dumb, or is Anfernee Simons just a younger, lower-minutes version of C.J. McCollum? Oh yeah, I forgot an adjective: better. This season, at least through twelve games, Simons is a younger, lower-minutes, BETTER version of McCollum. At least, that’s what it seems to me. But I don’t watch many Blazers games…

JaVale McGee 18 Points/6 Dunks/3 Blocks Full Highlights (11/13/2019)

JaVale McGee has had his career ruined by Anthony Davis and Dwight Howard. Since I care about the plight of the role-player about 100x more than the so-called “plight” of the superstar, this situation is very upsetting to me. It’s doubly upsetting because McGee had the sickest dunkilation out of all of them last season,…

Ja Morant 23 Points/11 Assists/1 Game-Winner Full Highlights (11/13/2019)

Because of the nature of my work, my slavish devotion to all things role-playerish and scrublike, I don’t often get to see performances that really wow me. I see a lot of performances that are pretty okay, a role-player getting hot and hitting a bunch of shots usually. But I don’t get to see performances…

Terence Davis 15 Points Full Highlights (11/13/2019)

Raptors’ previous strategy for winning a championship: trade for an up-and-coming superstar and build around him. Raptors’ current strategy for winning a championship: find a random undrafted guy, sign him, and play him 30 minutes so that he may become the next up-and-coming superstar. I’m talking about Terence Davis here, but I could be talking…

Marko Guduric 17 Points Full Highlights (11/13/2019)

I’m sensing that there are a lot of people out there who don’t realize that Marko Guduric in the league. Admittedly, I didn’t realize he was in the league until I saw a boxscore with his name in it, and it still took me a bit because I deliriously thought that Dan Gadzuric was back…

Rodney Hood 25 Points Full Highlights (11/13/2019)

You just know LeBron James is keeping a close eye on Portland, catching most of their games, watching Rodney Hood dominate for them. You just know he’s thinking “why couldn’t he do that for me in Cleveland” followed by “how can I get him on the Lakers” and then “they call me ‘LeGM’ but if…