January 5, 2020 – Page 2

Ja Morant 22 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (1/4/2020)

Yes. Keep it up Ja. As long as you keep having these twenty-point games with large amounts of assists, eventually the media will have to acknowledge that you are the undisputed ROTY of the Year no matter what Zion Williamson does when he comes back to the court. Catching sick lobs can only further solidify…

Devonte’ Graham 27 Points/13 Assists Full Highlights (1/4/2020)

While I was editing this video, I suddenly experienced some kind of hallucination or vision. I can only assume that my body went limp and unresponsive during this episode. What I saw when visiting that visionscape has profoundly changed my life. I was floating in the sky, surrounded by a circle of Romanesque pillars. There…

Terry Rozier 29 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (1/4/2020)

OFFICIAL DTB CONFESSION: I was maybe a little bit wrong about Terry Rozier going into this season. I never thought he would put up stats the way he’s currently putting up stats. I thought he would put up 16/3/3 on 37% shooting while leading the Hornets to twenty wins. I did not think he would…

Domantas Sabonis 25 Points Full Highlights (1/4/2020)

So the Pacers just lost to the Hawks, which, in a single moment, has reduced their status from “fringe contender” to “just another East playoff team”, but out of all the people you could blame for the loss, Domantas Sabonis is not one of them. Instead, you should pin the loss on one of the…

Troy Brown 25 Points Full Highlights (1/4/2020)

Since Troy Brown is a wing player who can’t shoot threes very well at all, but has an acceptable midrange game, it shouldn’t take much of your brainpower to figure out what low-effort comparison I’m about to make between this guy and an all-time great. That’s right. Dwyane Wade. How far off-base am I? I’ve…

Anzejs Pasecniks 13 Points Full Highlights (1/4/2020)

Hype for Anzejs Pasecniks, which had reached a fever pitch in Latvia and probably maybe existed a little bit in Washington DC as well (or not), completely fizzled out when he had a string of four games that looked like this: 4 points, 1-of-4 shooting vs NYK 2 points, 1-of-2 shooting vs MIA 4 points,…

Kevin Huerter 26 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (1/4/2020)

The Hawks won a game! Against a good team! All it took was Trae Young to do his usual Herculean things, and for Kevin Huerter to actually provide him with some help for once. The Hawks had had a lot of losses recently, and I felt like things were starting to become unraveled. Evidence of…

Fred VanVleet 29 Points/11 Assists Full Highlights (1/4/2020)

I thought that with Kyle Lowry returning to the Raptors’ lineup, Fred VanVleet would take a break from ruining my life. I guess this is what I get for having even the flimsiest shred of optimism: VanVleet redoubling his efforts to ruin my life by having a surfeit of stat-stuffed performances. He did temporarily take…

Maxi Kleber Career High 24 Points Full Highlights (1/4/2020)

OFFICIAL NEXT DIRK ON THE MAVERICKS POWER RANKINGS JANUARY 2020 EDITION 1. Maxi Kleber 2. Luka Doncic 3. Kristaps Porzingis 4. Dwight Powell 5. Boban Marjanovic 6. J.J. Barea POWER GAP 16. Courtney Lee 17. Josh Reaves If you want a little bit of explanation, Maxi Kleber is first because he’s a big German and…

Cedi Osman 22 Points Full Highlights (1/4/2020)

Pictured: Cedi Osman desperately, but ultimately unsuccessfully, attempting to get one of the Cavaliers’ young guards to pass him the dang ball. Not pictured: Kevin Love stomping around the post-game locker room yelling obscenities and destroying furniture while Cedi Osman looks on sadly. It’s not Osman’s fault that the Cavaliers are so dysfunctional. From my…