https://youtu.be/ibxjAJj6qtA While desperately sifting through basketball-reference’s treasure trove of stats, searching for any scrap of statistical insight that I could use as a seed to germinate a full-length video description, I found out this marginally interesting fact about Darius Bazley: He is 21st in the league in total rebounds this season. He’s got two more…
Read MoreMonth: February 2021
T.J. McConnell 17 Points/12 Assists Full Highlights (2/27/2021)
https://youtu.be/hwuFVHBjE7I I’m struggling to come up with a white-guy trio that has much chemistry as the Pacers’ white-guy trio of T.J. McConnell (6 PPG), Doug McDermott (13 PPG), and Domantas Sabonis (21 PPG). There are three-man squads of white guys in the league, but they’re not really “trios” with “chemistry”. For example, Tyler Herro, Duncan…
Read MoreDarius Garland Career High 25 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (2/27/2021)
https://youtu.be/gDzKLicMP84 Darius Garland and Collin Sexton, a duo lovingly termed “Sexland” (tbh not a very creative nickname, they definitely did not consult world-renowned nickname master DownToBuck on this one), combined to shoot a chuckerific 20 of 51 from the field in this game. Sexton was 11 of 27 for 28 points, fine, whatever, and Garland…
Read MoreDennis Smith Jr. 17 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (2/26/2021)
https://youtu.be/f4xwaqebyuI The “Dennis Smith Jr. Will Be An All-Star” ship has sailed, right? That ship sailed right out into the open seas with nobody on it except the corpse of a dude named “Captain Stumpy” and a bunch of ship cats. Nobody is holding out hope that DSJ will morph into a star-level player. Right…
Read MoreTheo Maledon 13 Points/12 Assists Full Highlights (2/26/2021)
https://youtu.be/NNHMmRur-Jo For reference: it took Tony Parker 84 games before he had a 12-assist game. Theo Maledon? Only 28. John Stockton? 16. You know, I thought I was being really clever there with Stockton. I know he had a bit of a slow start to his career, so my plan was to impress everybody with…
Read MoreNorman Powell 30 Points Full Highlights (2/26/2021)
https://youtu.be/O9l7zJJumpY If Norman Powell doesn’t watch out, he’s going to find himself evicted from DownToBuck’s vaunted Hall of Scrubs onto the cold, unforgiving streets of general NBA highlightdom, where the view counts may be bigger but camaraderie and warmth are absent. It’s not a decision I take lightly, the banishment of a longtime channel fixture,…
Read MoreTyus Jones Career High 20 Points Full Highlights (2/25/2021)
https://youtu.be/vd9JVhRMmQM The Grizzlies blew the Clippers out of this game even though the leading scorer on the winning side was frickin’ Tyus Jones with twenty. Jones also happened to outscore everybody on the losing side, making him the undisputed MVP of the game. That’s nuts when you think about it, but what’s even more nuts…
Read MoreDonte DiVincenzo Career High 24 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (2/25/2021)
https://youtu.be/fbros5Of-rs After this game, I feel confident in stating that if Donte DiVincenzo decided to launch a nationwide line of pasta sauces right at this very second, he would see substantial success. Are you telling me that you could go to the pasta sauce aisle of your local supermarket and turn down a 24oz jar…
Read MoreDejounte Murray 27 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (2/24/2021)
https://youtu.be/hmRjB_gKrhA This is the fifth Dejounte Murray I’ve made this season. Normally, that wouldn’t be noteworthy in the slightest, but, this season, that’s extremely noteworthy, since I am making far fewer videos now than I was in past seasons. A lot of perfectly eligible players have yet to receive their deserved DTB highlightage this season,…
Read MoreDanilo Gallinari 38 Points/10 Threes Full Highlights (2/24/2021)
https://youtu.be/GCrFg1Qj60M Danilo Gallinari hasn’t been very good this year. His regression has kind of gone under the radar, because basically everything he’s done so far in his career has gone under the radar, but he’s definitely experienced a major decline in minutes, scoring, and efficiency (in case you were wondering why he’s back on my…
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