Tonight was the first game of the “Andre Drummond” era of Cleveland Cavaliers basketball. I can think of some other eras of Cleveland Cavaliers basketball that might have had more potential for success than this one, but it is, definitely a whole new era. And, following in the trend of the Andre Drummond era of…
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Reggie Bullock 21 Points Full Highlights (2/9/2020)
Reggie Bullock was another one of those numerous Knicks players who had rumors swirling around him as the trade deadline drew closer, closer, and ultimately went by. He is a good shooter in theory, and he was inactive for enough of the season that his stats don’t necessarily represent how good of a player he…
Read MoreMoritz Wagner 19 Points Full Highlights (2/9/2020)
That thirty-point game that Moritz “Der Gotterdammerung” Wagner dropped in the first month of the season continues to wreak havoc on my Wagner-related thought processes. Even though I know logically that he’s just a low-end role-player, that thirty-burger has tricked part of my mind into thinking that he’s a night-in, night-out scoring god who makes…
Read MoreJa Morant Triple Double 27 Pts/10 Asts/10 Rebs Full Highlights (2/9/2020)
The legend of Fourth Quarter Ja Morant continues to grow, except it’s not really a legend if you can verify it with your own eyes, is it? So it’s actually the reality of Forth Quarter Ja Morant. A legend would be like if Ja Morant was rumored to bathe in the blood of real grizzly…
Read MoreLuke Kornet Career High 25 Points Full Highlights (2/9/2020)
Luke Kornet had somehow gotten lost on the way to the team bus. He had navigated the Wells Fargo Center successfully in the past, but always with a group of teammates in case one of them turned the wrong way. This time, he had set out alone, and now he was paying the price. He…
Read MoreFurkan Korkmaz 31 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (2/9/2020)
Furkan “Klaykmaz” Korkmaz is breaking out right in front of our eyes. Elton Brand and the Sixers front office were obsessed with acquiring more shooters at the trade deadline, but maybe their obsession wouldn’t have been so obsessive if they had realized exactly what they had with Korkmaz: a lights-out shooter who can give you…
Read MoreTerrence Ross 20 Points Full Highlights (2/8/2020)
I think there should always be the option of revoking a nickname that has been assigned to a player when that player no longer lives up to the nickname. This is especially true in the case of role-players who aren’t even that old when their decline starts. For example, you would never take away MJ’s…
Read MoreAvery Bradley 21 Points Full Highlights (2/8/2020)
I want Avery Bradley to score the same amount of points (roughly 16 PPG per game) as he was scoring for the Grizzlies. Somehow, he needs to take control of the offense to the point that his unstoppable midrange jimbo becomes demonstrably unstoppable rather than theoretically unstoppable. Bradley will have to step on some toes…
Read MoreWillie Cauley-Stein 15 Points Full Highlights (2/8/2020)
Kings fans had totally given up on Willie-Cauley Stein by the end of his tenure with the Kings. Actually, they had given up on him well before he finally signed a contract somewhere else. The fans at that “somewhere else” place, the Warriors, also tired of him quickly when it turned out that he couldn’t…
Read MoreReggie Jackson 20 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (2/8/2020)
The more I think about it, the more I think that Reggie Jackson should definitely not ask to be bought out of his Pistons contract in order to pursue opportunities with a playoff team. He’s got it all right now. He’s in the perfect position for a veteran point guard looking for another payday. The…
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