One may not think that free throws would be, on their own, an acceptable subject of an NBA highlight video. And if you had confronted me on the subject not two weeks ago, I would have agreed with that viewpoint. After all, my disdain for free throws is well-publicized. Frequently I will bemoan the fact…
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DTB’s Top 100 Hook Shots of the 2019-20 NBA Season (2019-20 Season Hookilation)
I sigh contentedly and lean back into the soft embrace of my desk chair, a chair whose sensual caress could never be matched by a woman. The editing process is complete for my video depicting the hundred best midrange jumpers of the 2019-20 NBA season, and it now eagerly consumes CPU cycles as it renders…
Read MoreDTB’s Top 100 Midrange Jumpers of the 2019-20 NBA Season (2019-20 Season Jumperilation)
The classic “Top 100 [x]” concept is familiar and comforting to the average NBA fan. By ranking something in such a straightforward way, order is brought to the jumbled chaos that is inherent in all sports analysis. However, under the prevailing paradigm, the variable [x] doesn’t have many possible values: “players”, “dunks”, “game-winners”, and “crossovers”…
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