Since Andre Drummond got traded to the Cavaliers, Thon Maker has been doing things. He hasn’t had much of a choice, since the Pistons’ bigman rotation is pretty messed up right now (which is kinda what happens when your two huge-minute bigs from last season have disappeared), but there was a good chance that he’d…
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Tristan Thompson 27 Points/6 Dunks/3 Threes Full Highlights (2/12/2020)
I had previously held the opinion that Tristan Thompson and new arrival Andre Drummond would not be able to coexist due to their dramatically overlapping skillsets. Both of them are primarily inside operators whose value comes from tenacious rebounding and lots of hustle points inside. Neither is known as an especially skilled scorer from outside…
Read MoreMalik Monk 25 Points Full Highlights (2/12/2020)
Malik Monk has been consistently getting minutes (like, twenty or more minutes) for the past three weeks or so. Is it finally happening? Have the prayers of Charlotte Hornets fans worldwide been answered by a God who was always thought to be absent and cold towards his creation, but now is present and loving? Is…
Read MoreChristian Wood 26 Points Full Highlights (2/12/2020)
Christian Wood being unleashed on the Pistons makes them 1000% more watchable, in my opinion. My opinion doesn’t matter that much because I don’t have the time to just sit there and watch Detroit Pistons games, but it kinda does matter because I’m the leading expert on NBA watchability and you aren’t. Christian Wood has…
Read MoreBrandon Clarke 27 Points/6 Dunks Full Highlights (2/12/2020)
Brandon Clarke is having an extremely good rookie season, averaging basically 20/10 on 60% shooting if you use his per-36 stats. Many years, those stats would put him right in the thick of the ROTY of the year race, but this year, there’s a number of rookies who are considerably ahead of him in that…
Read MoreMalik Beasley 28 Points Full Highlights (2/12/2020)
Whenever a player takes an unexpected fall from hanging on the rim, as Malik Beasley does at the beginning of this video, I have violent flashbacks to Andrew Bogut getting Boguted by Amar’e Stoudemire. I can still hear Bogut’s screams in my ears. I can still see visions of Bogut’s dangling arm, the crucial bone…
Read MoreMarkelle Fultz 22 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (2/12/2020)
Philly fans are getting assaulted from all sides. Among the assaults that are currently being perpetrated against them: -Markelle Fultz showing huge amounts of development in Orlando after the Sixers traded him for basically nothing (where’s Jonathon Simmons now, anyway?). Not only that, but the Magic are going to make the PLAYOFFS on the back…
Read MoreDanuel House 17 Points Full Highlights (2/11/2020)
OFFICIAL WAYS TO PRONOUNCE “DANUEL” POWER RANKINGS 1. “Dan-You-Ell”. Since I am an expert at English-language pronunciation, you can take my word for it that this is how House’s fist name really should be pronounced if following the rules of the language. It’s like Manuel with a D. 2. “Dan-Ooh-Ell”. Pretty close to correct, but…
Read MoreLandry Shamet 19 Points Full Highlights (2/11/2020)
Patty Mills attained a notable statline tonight, scoring 20 points while record 0 each of rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks. That kind of nothing-but-scoring performance always captures my heart, because scoring is the whole point of the game and the other things don’t excite me very much. I call it “pulling a Snell”. Landry Shamet…
Read MoreWenyen Gabriel 12 Points Full Highlights (2/11/2020)
Perhaps the most notable thing to happen in Wenyen Gabriel’s career up to this point is when Adrian Wajonoosker announced that he (Gabriel) had been traded from the Kings to the Blazers as part of the Bazemore/Ariza swap. The tweet itself wasn’t that notable except it identified Gabriel as “Wendell Gabriel”. Ouch. The disrespect stings,…
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