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Dwight Powell 19 Points Full Highlights (1/11/2020)

Dwight Powell is one of those players where their perception among their team’s fans and their supposed impact (as suggested by advanced stats) don’t quite match up. Mavericks fans don’t even like him that much. They don’t hate him, and they appreciate what he does for the team, but they are also very aware of…

Boban Marjanovic 12 Points Full Highlights (1/11/2020)

It saddens me that Boban Marjanovic has become a fan-favorite “meme” player, trotted out to the patronizing cheers of the fans, often in blowouts. It seemed like his career trajectory was going to place him squarely in the “legit role-player” category, but it hasn’t turned out that way at all. He was always a fan-favorite,…

Christian Wood 17 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (1/11/2020)

Blake Griffin is done for the season. They surgically removed his knees and are patiently waiting for them to grow back. Until then, he’s not picking up a basketball, walking, or even leaving his hospital bed. That means there’s a bunch of minutes in Detroit that need to be filled by somebody, and I don’t…

Luke Kornet 15 Points Full Highlights (1/11/2020)

Near the end of last year, Luke Kornet kicked the Bulls’ butts. Hard. He dropped a career high 24 points on them. The butt-kicking was administered with such grace and dexterity, but also force, that the Bulls had no choice but to offer him a 2-year, 4.5 million-dollar contract. I made a video for that…

Enes Kanter 22 Points Full Highlights (1/11/2020)

Time ran out for Kanter on his quest to get a 20-20 game, but his final statline was impressive nonetheless: 22 points and 19 rebounds in only 23 minutes. Your first thought when you see such a statline should be “Would that have been the fastest 20-20 game ever if he had grabbed that extra…

Frank Jackson 22 Points Full Highlights (1/11/2020)

This game is a STATEMENT GAME for Frank Jackson. However, the statement isn’t being made to NBA fans or even Pelicans fans. Those groups don’t care enough about Frank Jackson to heed a statement from him no matter how emphatically it is delivered. No, the statement is being made to Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry, and…

Jaxson Hayes 20 Points Full Highlights (1/11/2020)

Ever since the first game of the season where Jaxson Hayes scored nineteen points, I have had an alert system set up in my house so that I know when he reaches the milestone of scoring twenty points in a game. I’ve got it all: claxons, flashing lights, text messages to my phone, confetti, anything…

Isaiah Hartenstein 17 Points/5 Blocks Full Highlights (1/11/2020)

The Rockets don’t ask for a whole lot of skills from their bigmen. Just roll to the rim, and dunk it when you can. Try and play some defense while they’re at it. Jumpers? They don’t need all five people standing behind the arc. Go back next to the rim and wait for the ball….

Brandon Goodwin 14 Points Full Highlights (1/10/2020)

Brandon Goodwin being a passable backup point guard should be a boon for the Hawks, since, as far as I can tell, they haven’t had a backup PG on the roster at all. Like, literally nobody who fits the conventional definition of a “backup PG” was on the roster to start the season. They have…

Willy Hernangomez 15 Points Full Highlights (1/10/2020)

The Hornets’ center situation is not in a good spot right now. They have some nice-ish talent at the guard and forward spots, but their centers? Eh, I guess Cody Zeller is alright. And Bismack Biyombo is having a career year which means he’s scoring two points per 36 instead of 0.5 points per 36….