With Shabazz Napier’s somewhat subpar play for most of the season with the Timberwolves (save for a random stretch in early January where he scored twenty-plus in four straight games), he OFFICIALLY relinquished his claim to the nickname “Shabazzle Dazzle”. While there is no such thing as an officialy, internationally-recognized repository of NBA player nicknames,…
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Dennis Smith Jr. 15 Points/5 Assists/7 Steals Full Highlights (2/24/2020)
I always complain when I have to include a player’s steals in a highlight video. Always. The complaining is like the never-ending wails of my kitty Japurri Purrker when I get distracted by highlight videos and forget to feed him. I complain as much as I do because steals in the NBA are considerably more…
Read MoreRJ Barrett 21 Points Full Highlights (2/24/2020)
With the Rockets happily utilizing their fancy new “no bigs at all strategy”, this seemed like the perfect night for RJ Barrett to go off. Him, along with every other big on the Knicks roster, but since this is an RJ Barrett highlight video, we’re going to focus on him. Early returns were positive, as…
Read MoreKevin Porter Career High 30 Points Full Highlights (2/24/2020)
I’m thinking that right now, right at this very moment, Cavaliers fans are happy for the first time this season. Like, legitimately happy. A happiness that is more than just the absence of frustration. A pure, true happiness. If Cavaliers fans come to this video (and I’m sure a lot of them will come to…
Read MoreKy Bowman 15 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (2/23/2020)
Ky Bowman started off the season stronger than anybody thought he would, given his apparently dismal performance in Summer League that set expectations for him at a very low level. For the first two months of the season, it really seemed like the Warriors had pulled an extremely productive rookie out of thin air. He…
Read MoreDamion Lee 22 Points Full Highlights (2/23/2020)
“Dear Glenn and Alec, Hope things are going well in Philadelphia! It’s really different without you guys in the locker room. I don’t know if you heard, but we got Andrew Wiggins, who is super chill and always has a bunch of bags of Doritos with him at all times. Not that I’m accusing you…
Read MoreJordan Poole 19 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (2/23/2020)
Jordan Poole is now shooting 45% from the field in the month of February. Those of you who had stopped paying attention to him because of his historically bad shooting performance as a rookie should take another look because, for these past eight games, he has looked not only like a real NBA player, but…
Read MoreNicolo Melli 20 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (2/23/2020)
Nicolo Melli and Zion Williamson are the most dynamic rookie bigman tandem that I can think of in a long time. The realities of the NBA draft are such that it’s hard to get even one young stud big, much less two. You can try and game the system by drafting Euro stashes or maybe…
Read MoreJuan Toscano-Anderson 16 Points Full Highlights (2/23/2020)
Things move quickly for rookies in the NBA. Just a few days ago, Juan Toscano-Anderson was the “Mexican Steph Curry”. But now, after this performance, he is, according to Warriors commentator Bob Fitzgerald, “Matt Barnes Part Two”. Somehow this doesn’t feel like an improvement. Barnes was a fine player, but he’s more renowned for his…
Read MoreZion Williamson 28 Points/5 Dunks Full Highlights (2/23/2020)
I am so super-duper tempted to put “1 Three” in the title of this video. It had been a long time since Zion made one, I was definitely thinking that the four long-bombs we saw in his debut were going to be it for his entire career. People have to know about this, although it’s…
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