This is already my 10th Kelly Oubre vid of the season. That’s more DTB love than almost any other player has received, the exceptions being Tyler Herro (who has 11 vids), and Devonte’ Graham (who has 16, oh my god, how did he turn into such a beast).
Now, I love me some Kelly Oubre. He’s fun, he has attitude, he tries to dunk it as hard as he can, and he’s pretty. His presence on the court instantly makes any boring old contest just that much more entertaining. Did I mention his hair? That might fall under “pretty”, but it’s so good I feel I need to mention it separately.
But when I have to make vids for nearly half of a player’s games, that’s a sign that he might be outgrowing my channel. Oubre is still a role-player, I think, but he’s turned into a very high-end one. I kind of thought that his averages at the end of the season last year with Phoenix were maybe an aberration, but he has come back and gotten a little bit better, improving his stats even though he’s now on a team that wants to win games.
I finally came out with my exclusion list recently (it only took a few extra months this time), and Oubre definitely isn’t on it yet, but if present trends continue, he’ll need to be reevaluated during the offseason. But even if he does depart, I think I’m going to do a dunkilation for him every season from now until the end of his career.