January 30, 2020 – DownToBuck

Brandon Clarke 17 Points Full Highlights (1/29/2020)

Brandon Clarke (whose last name will never not be pronounced “Clarky” in my head) hasn’t gotten a highlight video for over a month. I’m not apologizing for that fact, I’m just saying, that’s how long Clarke has gone without a video. The issue, if you can even consider it an “issue”, is that Clarke’s low-volume,…

Ben McLemore 17 Points Full Highlights (1/29/2020)

James “Man Boobs” Harden and Russell “Chucksell Statpadbrook” Westbrook returned to the lineup for the Rockets last night after a blessed one-game respite from their chucktastic ways three nights ago against the Jazz. Remember, that was the game where Danuel House had 21, Austin Rivers also had 21, Eric Gordon dropped a GOD-DAMN FIFTY BURGER,…

Christian Wood 20 Points Full Highlights (1/29/2020)

I’ve made a big deal in the past over how Christian Wood benefited mightily from the tutelage of a certain back-to-back MVPer named Giannis Antetokounmpo. Meanwhile, Thon Maker received all those same teachings, and maybe he even internalized them, but his body just doesn’t have the ability to execute scoring moves like Wood’s does. That’s…

Reggie Jackson 23 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (1/29/2020)

Reggie Jackson is really making up for all the time that he missed at the beginning of the season. In the four games that he’s played in January, he’s scored 19 PPG per game. When you account for the fact that he’s on some kind of minutes restriction as he works his way back from…

Taurean Prince 22 Points Full Highlights (1/29/2020)

Taurean Prince is second on the Nets in total field goal attempts. Obviously, Spencer Dinwiddie is first, because he’s been available for the whole year and kinda turned into a chucker when Kyrie Irving was out. But Prince being in second is kind of wild if you haven’t really been paying attention to the Nets’…

Trevor Ariza 21 Points Full Highlights (1/29/2020)

In three games with the Trailblazers, Trevor Ariza has a 7-point game that no one saw or cared about, and two 21-point games performed in front of a national TV audience. Which means there are a TON of ultra-casual NBA fans out there who know way more than they ever thought they would about him,…

Elfrid Payton 15 Points/11 Assists/1 Fight Full Highlights (1/29/2020)

DownToBuck doesn’t usually deal excessively in footage of fights. Part of the reason is that the NBA doesn’t really like having clips of fights getting more attention than clips of actual basketball being played. Part of the reason is that I’m not a violent person in real life and watching fights makes me anxious. The…

Dillon Brooks 27 Points Full Highlights (1/29/2020)

I am completely out of things to say about Dillon “Dill$wag” Brooks. After having made ten highlight videos for him in the month of January (out of a possible fourteen), the well has completely run dry. He’s turning into a dynamic, exciting scorer right in front of my eyeballs, but all I can think about…

Ja Morant 18 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (1/29/2020)

This is the eighth assists-points double-double of Ja Morant’s young career. He doesn’t actually have any games of double-digit reboundso I didn’t need to make the distinction between the different types of double-doubles, except for the fact that Zion Williamson will probably be getting the other kind of double-double on a near-constant basis for the…

Bogdan Bogdanovic 23 Points Full Highlights (1/29/2020)

Finally, a showcase game for Bogdan Bogdanovic. The Kings were just waiting for him to drop another twenty-burger (his first since late December) so that he would be at his maximum value when they decide to pull the trigger on a trade. The trade deadline is sometime within the next week or so, so the…