I’ve lost track: has the roster for the three-point shootout been finalized yet? I know some dudes have definitely been OFFICIALLY confirmed for the contest, but it doesn’t seem like enough dudes have been named to round out the roster. Unless I haven’t been paying attention and all the names have been announced while I’m…
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Alec Burks 30 Points Full Highlights (2/3/2020)
Showcase games are a real thing that real teams really do to demonstrate to other teams that their players have value. Showcase games might not be as effective now, in the age of analytics and easily available game tape (I just bet that teams in the 60s would regularly trade for players who had dominated…
Read MoreElfrid Payton Triple Double 17 Pts/15 Asts/11 Rebs Full Highlights (2/3/2020)
Are you ready for a “vintage” Elfrid Payton performance? No you are not. You might think you are, but you aren’t. No one is. Because this is just WAY TOO MUCH Payton. Just like all those gigantic triple-doubles he had in Orlando, and in Phoenix (who even remembers the Payton era of Suns basketball?), and…
Read MoreDomantas Sabonis 26 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (2/3/2020)
Man. Kristaps Porzingis AKA Kristupid Porzingina could not hold Domantas Sabonis AKA The Saboner at all. KP was getting rammed by The Saboner basically every trip up the court and there was nothing he could to prevent getting bodied out of the way. Sabonis’ big meaty Saboner was so unstoppable that he didn’t even really…
Read MoreMarkelle Fultz 12 Points/14 Assists Full Highlights (2/3/2020)
With every bucket that Markelle Fultz scores, with every assist that Markelle Fultz dishes out, with every minute that Markelle Fultz spends on the court, another brick is added to the wall which will keep D.J. Augustin out of Orlando. Permanently. That should be a comforting thought to Magic fans who have had to watch…
Read MoreReggie Jackson 20 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (2/2/2020)
We’ve entered a weird timeline where the Pistons commentators are fondly recalling the days of “vintage” Reggie Jackson, when he would put up statlines like 20/6 all the time. Apparently, those days when vintage Reggie Jackson was putting up vintage Reggie Jackson performances are worth pining over? Yeah, all those 8th/9th/10th seed finishes and first-round…
Read MoreJevon Carter 15 Points Full Highlights (2/2/2020)
I gave Jevon Carter a lot of flak last season for being one of the least efficient players the league has ever seen. I get that he’s a defensive specialist and brings real value on that side of the ball (not that DownToBuck cares about defense), but he barely shot 30% from the field. He…
Read MoreChandler Hutchison 17 Points Full Highlights (2/2/2020)
I didn’t think this would happen so quickly, but I am OFFICIALLY ready to crown Chandler Hutchison as the BEST CHANDLER IN THE NBA RIGHT NOW. This isn’t so much praise for Hutchison as it is a chance to dump on the other guys who he has to share his name with: -Chandler Parsons. Any…
Read MoreBruce Brown 19 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (2/2/2020)
Bruce Brown, with his 19/10/8 statline, was a mere two assists away from a triple-double. If he had somehow gotten two more assists in the overtime period, would it have been the most unlikely triple-double this season? Really, the only players to get triple-doubles this season that I would put on the same level of…
Read MoreMonte Morris 19 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (2/2/2020)
Please excuse the delay in uploading this video. I wanted to actually watch the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl instead of just ignoring it like I usually do. And I have to say, if I was going to pick any one quarter of football the entire season to sit down and watch all the…
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