On March 2nd, roughly a week before the NBA went into a COVID-induced hibernation, Malik Monk was suspended “indefinitely” for an undisclosed substance abuse violation. There weren’t a whole lot of details about Monk’s suspension available at the time, and then everybody forgot their need for details when a different kind of suspension, the league-wide…
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Richaun Holmes All 70 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
Richaun Holmes, sitting at the too-small desk in his hotel room, looked at the containers of hotel-provided food with distaste. He had been expecting something like the high-end room service that he often ordered for himself on road trips: steaks, double-decker cheeseburgers, sushi made out of exotic sea life. What he was looking at was…
Read MoreC.J. McCollum All 139 Midrange Jumpers Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Jumperilation)
I sit at my computer desk, hungrily perusing the menus of various restaurants on GrubHub but knowing that all of them are out of my price range. The life of an NBA highlight maker is not an extravagant one, and to splurge on something other than Hot Pockets for dinner is a rare indulgence. Still,…
Read MoreNicolas Batum All 28 Field Goals Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Bucketilation)
At any given point in the NBA, there are a select few players who are held up as examples of what happens when the guaranteed contract system goes horribly wrong. Rashard Lewis was one of those players, once upon a time. Gilbert Arenas has been in this category. More recently, the cap spike that enabled…
Read MoreNemanja Bjelica All 125 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Three-ilation)
“I don’t know if this is a very good idea, Bogdan,” said Nemanja Bjelica, speaking in his native Serbian. “Shhhh! Don’t talk so loud!” Bogdan Bogdanovic hissed angrily. “Sorry,” Nemanja replied in a whisper. “I forgot for a second that if we get caught out here breaking quarantine, they’ll probably deport us. Wait, no, I…
Read MoreLeBron James All 75 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
There was a mysterious beeping coming from behind him and to his right. But it didn’t sound like his alarm clock. This beeping was much less melodious than the beeping that he woke up to every morning. LeBron opened his eyes to look. But when he saw his surroundings, all thoughts of his alarm dropped…
Read MoreJames Harden All 271 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2019-20 Three-ilation Part II)
In chapter one of my illuminating oral history on James Harden and his stepback three-point shot, we investigated his upbringing and how it shaped him into the man that he is today. But his journey didn’t end when he made it to the NBA as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder. His journey was…
Read MoreJames Harden All 271 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2019-20 Three-ilation Part I)
James Harden’s stepback three-pointers are a subject of much debate among NBA fans. Are they a benefit to the game, an aesthetic display of pure basketball skill topped with a bow of analytic-minded scoring efficiency? Are they a detriment to the game, an ugly manifestation of the kind of selfish, me-first basketball that some would…
Read MoreMiles Bridges All 47 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
Look at these numbers. Just look at them: Miles Bridges 2018-19: 71 dunks. Miles Bridges 2019-20: 47 dunks. Those numbers are totally unacceptable for a young player who is supposed to be showing rapid improvement. As the provider of the finest dunk compilations (“dunkilations”) anywhere to be found in the Internetubes, I demand more dunkage…
Read MoreChris Paul All 203 Midrange Jumpers Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Jumperilation Part II)
The room’s small space was illuminated by three torches which obscured no details of the horrific sight before them: two human corpses that had decayed past the point of identification. One was a slightly overweight man whose most distinctive feature was a very large black beard. The maggots which had consumed the flesh of his…
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