Frank Ntilkina has been hovering around an average of ten points per 36 minutes all three years he’s been in the league. This season, that puts him at 263 out of 287 players who meet the unknowable qualification criteria for appearing on basketball-reference’s per-36 scoring leaderboards (by the way, Kenrich Williams really sucks). Ntilkina’s shooting…
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OG Anunoby 19 Points Full Highlights (1/8/2020)
OFFICIAL PLAYERS WHO GO BY THEIR INITIALS DRAFTED IN THE 2017 DRAFT POWER RANKINGS 1. OG Anunoby. Okay, fine, so “OG” aren’t really his initials. It’s short for Ogugua, which is a name that no American or Canadian could hope to pronounce. But he’s definitely the best player out of this short list of names….
Read MoreTerry Rozier 27 Points Full Highlights (1/8/2020)
Terry “Tank Commander” Rozier completely neglected his duty at the end of this one, contributing nine points in the fourth quarter including a clutch free throw to tie the game and send it overtime, and then adding in seven more points in the overtime period. It was only at the very end of the game,…
Read MoreBen McLemore 18 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (1/8/2020)
Ben McLemore’s role on the Rockets is to stand outside the three-point line and wait to be passed the ball. Since the Rockets’ system is all about acquiring players who can do that exact thing (as their insufferable commentators remind us over and over and over…and over…until death seems like the preferred option to hearing…
Read MoreAdmiral Schofield 18 Points Full Highlights (1/8/2020)
I had been under the impression that Admiral Schofield, owner of the coolest name in the NBA, had been in the G-League for the past couple weeks. I hadn’t been noticing his name in box-scores, so it only made sense to me that he would be getting reps in the G-League with the Capital City…
Read MoreTyler Herro 19 Points Full Highlights (1/8/2020)
I’m thinking about all the dudes who I think should be in the All-Star Weekend three-point contest, and the only conclusion that I can come to is that the NBA needs to expand the field. By a lot. They increased it to 10 last year, which is a nice start, and shows they’re willing to…
Read MoreDomantas Sabonis 27 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (1/8/2020)
Everyone talks all about all the All-Star players that the Oklahoma City Thunder had and then didn’t have anymore, but when those talks are happening, no one remembers to bring up Domantas Sabonis. The circumstances are slightly different in his case when compared with James Harden or Kevin Durant, because the Thunder actually got a…
Read MoreMiles Bridges 26 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (1/8/2020)
Miles Bridges subbed out with around five minutes to go in the third quarter, sitting on 26 points. By my count, he took two shots after that point as the Hornets lost in overtime, 110-112. Is this what the young people call “tanking”? I doubt it. For one thing, the Hornets, even with their crazily-constructed…
Read MoreAnzejs Pasecniks 16 Points Full Highlights (1/8/2020)
I am hereby designating Anzejs “Guybrush Threepwood” Pasecniks an official role-player in the NBA. That means, from now on, whichever team he goes to, he will find a role on that team and help that team win games. Officially. I may be a little late with my designation, but you always want to be careful…
Read MorePatrick McCaw 13 Points/11 Assists Full Highlights (1/8/2020)
When I saw that Patrick McCaw got 11 assists, I had to drop everything and get to work on this. I mean, come on. Patrick McCaw. 11 assists. Far surpassing his previous career high, which was 2, set back when he was with the Warriors. He’s had a few other games with 1. Fine, I’m…
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