James Harden’s stepback three-pointers are a subject of much debate among NBA fans. Are they a benefit to the game, an aesthetic display of pure basketball skill topped with a bow of analytic-minded scoring efficiency? Are they a detriment to the game, an ugly manifestation of the kind of selfish, me-first basketball that some would…
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Miles Bridges All 47 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
Look at these numbers. Just look at them: Miles Bridges 2018-19: 71 dunks. Miles Bridges 2019-20: 47 dunks. Those numbers are totally unacceptable for a young player who is supposed to be showing rapid improvement. As the provider of the finest dunk compilations (“dunkilations”) anywhere to be found in the Internetubes, I demand more dunkage…
Read MoreChris Paul All 203 Midrange Jumpers Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Jumperilation Part II)
The room’s small space was illuminated by three torches which obscured no details of the horrific sight before them: two human corpses that had decayed past the point of identification. One was a slightly overweight man whose most distinctive feature was a very large black beard. The maggots which had consumed the flesh of his…
Read MoreChris Paul All 203 Midrange Jumpers Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Jumperilation Part I)
“Where did you say we were again?” Shai Gilgeous-Alexander asked. “Romania,” Chris Paul answered. He didn’t blame his young teammate for being unable to distinguish the landscape of one Eastern European country from that of another. Even the impressive castle that loomed in front of them was not distinctly “Romanian” in any way. It looked…
Read MoreBam Adebayo All 145 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
Bam Adebayo is a pretty good dunker. He’s not an insane acrobat like his teammate Derrick Jones Jr., but he can get up when he wants to, and, as you can see from this video, “when he wants to” is fairly often. Since his reputation as a dunk machine is pretty well established at this…
Read MoreDamian Lillard All 226 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2019-20 Three-ilation Part II)
“This isn’t gonna work. At all.” J.J. Hickson was standing in front of the mirror in the locker room, alternating his gaze between his own reflection and the picture of LaMarcus Aldridge that was up on his phone. “Our faces are totally different. There’s no way that I trick Neil into thinking I’m LaMarcus.” “I…
Read MoreDamian Lillard All 226 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2019-20 Three-ilation Part I)
Damian Lillard sat, waiting, in one of the many conference rooms that could be found in the office building where the Blazers’ front office was located. He had a meeting scheduled with Neil Olshey, the Blazers’ general manager, and he wasn’t looking forward to it. His previous encounters with the executive had been…strange, to put…
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