Norman Powell has finally developed into something roughly resembling the player that many Raptors fans thought he could be for so long. He’s averaging a cool 15 points per game, playing a big role on a good team. But Raptors fans are too busy getting distracted by all the shiny new toys on their roster…
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Devonte Graham 22 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (1/12/2020)
A lot of what Devonte’ Graham is doing this season was totally unexpected coming in, but here’s another one where, if you told me this was happening while Graham was sucking it up last season, I would’ve laughed in your face. Or if, we were not conversing in person but rather over the internet, I…
Read MoreDwayne Bacon 24 Points Full Highlights (1/12/2020)
By many metrics, Dwayne Bacon is one of the very worst players in the NBA this season. You’d have to search far and wide to find an advanced stat that likes him, and when you did find it, it would turn out that it used “Last name resemblence to names of food items” as a…
Read MoreKelly Oubre 25 Points Full Highlights (1/12/2020)
Remember: the ‘Zards traded this dude for Trevor Ariza. Trevor Ariza. Not even anyone good. Trevor Ariza. Now, I understand that they traded him because they didn’t want to have to pay him during the offseason and wanted to get some value for him before he went away forever, but still. Trevor Ariza. Trevor Ariza….
Read MoreKendrick Nunn 20 Points Full Highlights (1/12/2020)
The situation around Kendrick Nunn reveals a truth about rookies that the NBA probably doesn’t want you to realize and that I had hardly thought about before: a lot of their eventual NBA hype is carried over from their college days. As an NBA fan first and foremost, who doesn’t give even one single hoot…
Read MoreKevin Knox 17 Points Full Highlights (1/12/2020)
Last year, Kevin Knox was the worst midrange shooter in the league who had considerable volume. He was 42 of 173 on midrange attempts, good for 24%. This season, he is NOT the worst midrange shooter in the league. He’s pretty bad, but not the worst. Obviously, the raw volume of those shots is down…
Read MoreRJ Barrett 23 Points Full Highlights (1/12/2020)
RJ Barrett has improved his ROTY of the year candidacy by contributing directly to an unexpected Knicks victory over the Heat. He could have contributed even more by hitting more of his free throws at the end of the game, but it was still a very good game for the rookie. However, the ROTY of…
Read MoreCam Reddish 20 Points/5 Steals Full Highlights (1/12/2020)
Cam Reddish has now had seven games this season where he’s hit more than one three-pointer. If you just read that stat without thinking about it, that doesn’t even seem that bad. Making multiple three-pointers in a game is a good thing! Hitting four of them in a single game, as Reddish did tonight, is…
Read MoreJonas Valanciunas 31 Points Full Highlights (1/12/2020)
Reminder to the Grizzlies commentators: exclamations of “jėga”, which means “strength” in Lithuanian, should be reserved for when Jonas Valanciunas does something on the court that displays his strength. If the word is misused, it will lose its meaning and viewers will think that it just means “good” or “beast” or something. I have gone…
Read MoreJoe Ingles 20 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (1/12/2020)
The greatest Australian contribution to world culture, aside from Joe Ingles of course, is certainly the wallaby. Wallabies have it all: they’re cute, they’re friendly (probably), they’re better than kangaroos, and there are so many of them bouncing around Australia that the Australian government shouldn’t care if you fly there and try to pick one…
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