We’ve entered a weird timeline where the Pistons commentators are fondly recalling the days of “vintage” Reggie Jackson, when he would put up statlines like 20/6 all the time. Apparently, those days when vintage Reggie Jackson was putting up vintage Reggie Jackson performances are worth pining over? Yeah, all those 8th/9th/10th seed finishes and first-round…
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Jevon Carter 15 Points Full Highlights (2/2/2020)
I gave Jevon Carter a lot of flak last season for being one of the least efficient players the league has ever seen. I get that he’s a defensive specialist and brings real value on that side of the ball (not that DownToBuck cares about defense), but he barely shot 30% from the field. He…
Read MoreChandler Hutchison 17 Points Full Highlights (2/2/2020)
I didn’t think this would happen so quickly, but I am OFFICIALLY ready to crown Chandler Hutchison as the BEST CHANDLER IN THE NBA RIGHT NOW. This isn’t so much praise for Hutchison as it is a chance to dump on the other guys who he has to share his name with: -Chandler Parsons. Any…
Read MoreBruce Brown 19 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (2/2/2020)
Bruce Brown, with his 19/10/8 statline, was a mere two assists away from a triple-double. If he had somehow gotten two more assists in the overtime period, would it have been the most unlikely triple-double this season? Really, the only players to get triple-doubles this season that I would put on the same level of…
Read MoreMonte Morris 19 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (2/2/2020)
Please excuse the delay in uploading this video. I wanted to actually watch the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl instead of just ignoring it like I usually do. And I have to say, if I was going to pick any one quarter of football the entire season to sit down and watch all the…
Read MoreSekou Doumbouya 17 Points Full Highlights (2/2/2020)
Sekou “The Fires of Mount Doum” Doumbouya had a spurt of good games at the beginning of this month, but for the past two weeks or so, his scoring has dropped off a cliff. There was even the threat from his coach of being sent back down to the G-League, which is basically the NBA…
Read MoreThaddeus Young 21 Points Full Highlights (2/2/2020)
Remember when Thaddeus Young was a long-term fixture in Philly and presided over a dream-realm known as Cheesesteakia? Those were the good old days. Now, Young is a veteran journeyman being passed from team to team, playing well enough to stick around for a few years, but never really entering the plans of any team…
Read MoreBen McLemore 22 Points Full Highlights (2/2/2020)
All Americans, even the least patriotic or the least sports-aware, are aware that the Super Bowl is going on right now. For my non-American friends, the Super Bowl is the culmination of the American football season, and if you don’t know what American football is, you’re not missing much. It’s basically rugby but with more…
Read MoreBrook Lopez 17 Points/9 Blocks Full Highlights (2/2/2020)
It’s unfortunate that Brook Lopez’s three-point percentage has tanked to sub-30% this season. It’s like the one thing that’s going wrong for the Bucks this season (well, there’s also the fact that Wes Matthews is completely washed). As it stands, Lopez still has enough gravity at the three-point line to force players to defend him,…
Read MoreZion Williamson 21 Points/3 Dunks Full Highlights (2/2/2020)
The chemistry between Zion Williamson and Lonzo Ball (a tandem which I have, perhaps unwisely, dubbed “Lonzion”) is progressing nicely. These are two of the most hyped-up high-school prospects in recent memory, and they’re on the same team! The Pelicans just lost Anthony Davis, but they’re remaining relevant in the eyes of casual fans by…
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