I am really trying hard to find some justification for not straight-up anointing Richaun Holmes as the Kings best player right now. I’m seriously about to anoint him right here, right now, as the Kings best player, and unless someone comes in with some evidence that he’s not, it’s happening. Advanced stats notoriously love low-volume…
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Bogdan Bogdanovic 19 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (12/26/2019)
Thanks to the power of YouTube, I can portray NBA players as having had a good game when the truth may be totally different. That’s the problem with highlights, which is why I encourage everyone to not ever watch my videos and instead watch the games. I also encourage people not to read these descriptions…
Read MoreMarvin Bagley 18 Points Full Highlights (12/26/2019)
Right now, the idea for the Kings with regards to Marvin Bagley is for him to get the ball, and for him to try and score that ball. The thinking, presumably, is that if Bagley is going to have any great value in the NBA, it’s going to be for his scoring. So why not…
Read MoreTim Frazier 17 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (12/26/2019)
I insinuated in a previous description that Tim Frazier was never actually good and was only putting up good stats because he was getting tons of playing time on bad teams that had no other choice at the point guard position. I actually didn’t just insinuate it: I said it straight up. And for that,…
Read MoreMarcus Morris 22 Points Full Highlights (12/26/2019)
Amount of two-point field goals the Brooklyn Nets made tonight: 8. Amount of two-point field goals Marcus Morris made tonight: 7. I was really hoping that Morris would have outtwopointed the Nets as a team just by himself (that honor goes to Julius Randle instead) but alas, he was one midrange jumper short. I don’t…
Read MoreJaren Jackson 20 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (12/26/2019)
20 points is all well and good for Jaren Jackson Jr., that’s a nice point total for him these days. What I’m concerned about is the “4” I see for him in the rebounds column of the boxscore. Four? Rebounds? During the whole game? Okay, so not the whole game, because he only played 34…
Read MoreJonas Valanciunas 21 Points Full Highlights (12/26/2019)
21 points is all well and good for Jonas Valanciunas, that’s a nice point total for him these days. What I’m concerned about is the “4” I see for him in the rebounds column of the boxscore. Four? Rebounds? During the whole game? Okay, so not the whole game, because he only played 27 minutes,…
Read MoreChristian Wood 22 Points Full Highlights (12/26/2019)
The state of scoring on the Pistons isn’t super great right now. They have a bunch of players (as do most other NBA teams), but none of them are really what you’d call a “first option” at this point, either because of injury or because of their general lack of scoring skill. -Andre Drummond: can…
Read MoreAnzejs Pasecniks 17 Points Full Highlights (12/26/2019)
OFFICIAL THOMAS BRYANT STATUS: Crying bitter tears of sadness as his stranglehold on the starting center position, which was so clearly his at the beginning of the season, is loosening as Anzejs Pasecniks pries it from his fingers. With every slow, steady bucket that Pasecniks scores, Bryant sees his own superior athleticism become less and…
Read MoreFurkan Korkmaz 16 Points Full Highlights (12/25/2019)
When the unexpected light appears in my bedroom, I open my eyes expecting to have to scold my kitty Japurri Purrker for turning on the lightswitch, as he is prone to doing in the middle of the night. But the light filling the room does not have its source in the lightbulb above my head….
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