The Heat have had a couple big losses to bad teams, so Bam Adebayo finds himself once again left off of the top 10 on basketball-reference’s MVP tracker, replaced by Kemba Walker. Talk about a snub, if I’m Adebayo, I’m on the phone with those dudes telling them to get their algorithms in order. Casual…
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Derrick Jones 19 Points/4 Dunks Full Highlights (1/5/2020)
I am officially reserving the use of “Career High” when designating a performance by Derrick Jones Jr. for when he scores 20 points. This is the most points he has ever scored in a game, but a “Career High” I will not call it, because what kind of pathetic career high is a mere 19…
Read MoreJonas Valanciunas 30 Points Full Highlights (1/5/2020)
Jonas Valanciunas already had 20 points less than halfway through the second quarter tonight but, jaded as I am by years of various coaches blatantly mismanaging him, I did not have even a single vision of him scoring 40 enter my mind. Under normal circumstances, where a player has not been cruelly marginalized for their…
Read MoreGorgui Dieng 22 Points/6 Assists/4 Blocks Full Highlights (1/5/2020)
“Dear diary, Recently, a large quantity of the cursed white sand has been deposited onto this land of Minnesota which is forsaken by god. Thankfully, the prophets and soothsayers employed by the local television stations under the title of “weatherman” were accurate in their auguries, and I was able to plan in advance of these…
Read MoreDante Exum Career High 28 Points Full Highlights (1/5/2020)
“This isn’t funny guys,” Dante Exum called out to the empty hallway. A group of his teammates had told him about the “secret media room” where there was “tons of free food” available before games. But Dante had somehow gotten separated from them in the unfamiliar corridors of the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, and now he…
Read MoreJohnathan Williams 12 Points/3 Blocks/1 Final Game? Full Highlights (1/4/2020)
I think I’m properly applying the term “irony” when I note the irony of the Washington Wizards commentators talking about how Johnathan Williams is “finally looking comfortable”, given that Williams, as of this morning, has been waived by the team. That’s right. After playing twenty MPG per game in six games for the ‘Zards, starting…
Read MoreGeorges Niang 15 Points Full Highlights (1/4/2020)
I wouldn’t call this three-point shooting display “blistering” or even “scorching” (and I have those adjectives in the correct order, since getting blistered is more painful than getting scorched). However, I would call it “hot”. Georges Niang was hot from three. I don’t think that’s an unfair description of the temperature of his shooting, given…
Read MoreSerge Ibaka 21 Points Full Highlights (1/4/2020)
Ever since Stephen Jackson made one dumbass tweet a while back, I’ve been pronouncing Serge Ibaka’s name incorrectly in my head: “Serg Aybaka”. When I do have occasion to say his name out loud, I have to fight the urge to pronounce it wrong. One day I’ll screw up and everybody will think I’m a…
Read MoreP.J. Washington 19 Points Full Highlights (1/4/2020)
It’s gotta be official now that P.J. Washington is the most beloved Charlotte-based P.J. of all time, ahead of P.J. Hairston and P.J. Brown, right? Can we make that official? Does a Hornets fan want to weigh in and add some officiality to the proceedings? P.J. Washington being more beloved than P.J. Hairston was a…
Read MoreAlec Burks 27 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (1/4/2020)
I put off making this video as long as possible, but I could put it off no longer. On the surface, Alec Burks scoring 27 points is an eminently highlight-worthy performance that should be compiled as soon as possible. But lurking just below the surface is a fact that is currently causing me great anguish:…
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