The oft-mocked acquisition of Dion Waters by the Lakers has already paid dividends. Because I don’t think it’s wrong to say that Waiters WON this game for his new team. Take away his 5 buckets (only one fewer bucket than LeBron, take that for data), take away his 11 points, and do the Lakers come…
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Jordan Clarkson 23 Points Full Highlights (7/30/2020)
OFFICIAL DTB POLICY UPDATE: Jordan Clarkson has, effective immediately, been moved off my OFFICIAL EXCLUSION LIST. That means he is now ELIGIBLE to receive highlightage courtesy of everybody’s favorite scrub-themed NBA highlight maker, DownToBuck. My rationale for this sudden policy update is three-fold. Actually it’s probably more folds than that but I haven’t thought this…
Read MoreZion Williamson 13 Points Full Highlights (7/30/2020)
I wake up to the sound of rain pounding on my window. How many days in a row has it been raining? It seems like forever. The clock next to my bed says 10:46 AM. I’ve overslept again, but can it really be called oversleeping when your excessive sleep isn’t causing you to miss anything…
Read MoreMalik Monk All 27 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
On March 2nd, roughly a week before the NBA went into a COVID-induced hibernation, Malik Monk was suspended “indefinitely” for an undisclosed substance abuse violation. There weren’t a whole lot of details about Monk’s suspension available at the time, and then everybody forgot their need for details when a different kind of suspension, the league-wide…
Read MoreRichaun Holmes All 70 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
Richaun Holmes, sitting at the too-small desk in his hotel room, looked at the containers of hotel-provided food with distaste. He had been expecting something like the high-end room service that he often ordered for himself on road trips: steaks, double-decker cheeseburgers, sushi made out of exotic sea life. What he was looking at was…
Read MoreC.J. McCollum All 139 Midrange Jumpers Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Jumperilation)
I sit at my computer desk, hungrily perusing the menus of various restaurants on GrubHub but knowing that all of them are out of my price range. The life of an NBA highlight maker is not an extravagant one, and to splurge on something other than Hot Pockets for dinner is a rare indulgence. Still,…
Read MoreNicolas Batum All 28 Field Goals Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Bucketilation)
At any given point in the NBA, there are a select few players who are held up as examples of what happens when the guaranteed contract system goes horribly wrong. Rashard Lewis was one of those players, once upon a time. Gilbert Arenas has been in this category. More recently, the cap spike that enabled…
Read MoreNemanja Bjelica All 125 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Three-ilation)
“I don’t know if this is a very good idea, Bogdan,” said Nemanja Bjelica, speaking in his native Serbian. “Shhhh! Don’t talk so loud!” Bogdan Bogdanovic hissed angrily. “Sorry,” Nemanja replied in a whisper. “I forgot for a second that if we get caught out here breaking quarantine, they’ll probably deport us. Wait, no, I…
Read MoreLeBron James All 75 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
There was a mysterious beeping coming from behind him and to his right. But it didn’t sound like his alarm clock. This beeping was much less melodious than the beeping that he woke up to every morning. LeBron opened his eyes to look. But when he saw his surroundings, all thoughts of his alarm dropped…
Read MoreJames Harden All 271 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2019-20 Three-ilation Part II)
In chapter one of my illuminating oral history on James Harden and his stepback three-point shot, we investigated his upbringing and how it shaped him into the man that he is today. But his journey didn’t end when he made it to the NBA as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder. His journey was…
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