February 22, 2020 – DownToBuck

Steven Adams 19 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)

The “19 Points” that comprises the majority of the video title does not really encompass the vast impact Steven Adams on this game. If you want, you can consider these additional bits to be part of the title as well: “17 Rebounds”, “2 Assists”, “4 Steals”, “2 Blocks”, “1 Fat ‘Superstar’ Dominated”. And, in a…

Juan Hernangomez 17 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)

Right now, Juan Hernangomez is averaging 15.5 PPG per game in his 4-game stint with the Timberwolves, which is higher than ANY individual game he had with the Nuggets this season. He is being unleashed right before our eyes, this is what we’ve all been waiting for. Paul Millsap cannot hold him down anymore. The…

Bobby Portis 19 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)

It’s only been a few minutes, but I’m already really starting to regret making this video. YouTube has this fancy thing where it shows you realtime views per minute on stuff you uploaded (back when I started, the only way you found out about view counts on your videos was when YouTube mailed you a…

Josh Jackson 20 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)

There is a really solid all-around role-player buried somewhere within Josh Jackson, I just know it. He has the physical tools. Those tools were one of the main reasons he was drafted so high, and they haven’t gone away unless his wingspan got shorter by a foot while I wasn’t looking. And he has the…

Zion Williamson 25 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)

We all knew that Zion Williamson’s 4-for-4 from three in his NBA debut wasn’t going to be the norm for him, but I’d have thought that he would have at least made one more three in the next 10 games. After that debut, I was really thinking that we could maybe get one made three…

Markelle Fultz 14 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (2/21/2020)

Markelle Fultz was on his way what possibly would have been the third 20-point, 10-assist game of his career, but his evening was cut short when he went up for a block and, after coming down from his flight, immediately had a debilitating calf cramp. I’ve mentioned before that I’m “Mr. Cramps” at the park….

RJ Barrett 17 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)

Welcome to the inaugural episode of DTB’S GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS, where your favorite highlight maker DownToBuck gives you alternating snippets of both good and bad news. GOOD NEWS: RJ Barrett scored 17 points in this game. BAD NEWS: RJ Barrett needed 19 shot attempts in order to score 17 points. GOOD NEWS: RJ Barrett…

Frank Ntilikina 14 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)

I’m not usually the guy who puts a lot of stock into concepts like “confidence”. The way I figure it, everybody in the NBA has confidence. They might have slightly smaller or larger amounts of it relative to each other, but they all have lots of it. My theory is vexed, however, by the existence…

Emmanuel Mudiay 18 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)

Remember when I prematurely declared Emmanuel Mudiay’s career to be over, and also declared him to be a massive bust, after his third season in the league where he put up some truly uninspiring numbers with the Nuggets and Knicks? I don’t remember making such declarations, but I probably did. Declaring things like that definitely…

Dejounte Murray 23 Points Full Highlights (2/21/2020)

Dejounte Murray, along with his brother-in-arms Shai Gilgeous-Alexander up in Oklahoma, is making sure that the midrange game doesn’t die in today’s era of obsessive analytics (an era which I have had no hand in perpetuating whatsoever…nope, none at all). Like SGA, Murray is lanky enough that he can usually get his shot even if…