“We are gathered here today to honor and remember the life of one of the NBA’s greatest sharpshooters…” The assembled group of mourners stood solemnly as the minister paid a final tribute to the man who was, at that very moment, lying in a casket that was waiting to be lowered into a six-foot-deep hole…
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Brandon Ingram All 124 Midrange Jumpers Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Jumperilation)
Brandon Ingram felt a draft of air rush across his body. This unexpected sensation roused him to a half-awake state. A few seconds passed before he realized that there was no reason he should be feeling a breeze; the windows of his brand-new apartment were perfectly sealed against the elements, and he never opened them….
Read MoreChris Clemons All 51 Field Goals Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Bucketilation)
Everybody knows that size matters in the NBA. Short guys are often overlooked because their scoring almost never makes up for the extreme size disadvantage that makes effective defense an impossibility. You know this is a real issue for short guys because I myself am 5’9″ (roughly) and my defense is awful. The blame falls…
Read MoreMontrezl Harrell All 134 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
Montrezl Harrell got out of his car and walked up the long walkway to the front door of the mansion. He had been invited to this house before, but it never ceased to impress him with its size and grandeur. It was the kind of place that would have pet tigers roaming the lawn. He…
Read MoreJavonte Green All 49 Field Goals Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Bucketilation)
This season saw a real deficiency of Boston Celtics highlight videos on my channel. From the 64 games that the Celtics played in the regular season before all professional sports got abruptly covidded, I made 25 total highlight videos for Celtics players. That’s fewer than one video every two games. It’s still fewer than one…
Read MoreJarrett Allen All 165 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
The dining room table was haphazardly covered both with computer components and the packaging they had arrived in. Sitting at the edge of the chaos, Jarrett Allen wondered why his computer builds always turned out this way. It was like he couldn’t just sit down and do things in a logical manner. He had to…
Read MoreTony Snell All 32 Free Throws Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Freethrowilation)
The 2034 Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony was proceeding without any hitches. Emotional speeches by the inductees touched the hearts of all those present. Rivalries were set aside in recognition of the on-court dominance that defined all of their careers. Retired stars told jokes at each others’ expense, garnering laughter from the players, spouses,…
Read MoreKawhi Leonard All 198 Midrange Jumpers Full Highlights (2019-2020 Season Jumperilation Part II)
Ignoring the persistent knocking at his door, Kawhi focused on assembling a robotic arm that had three independently-moving fingers at the end of it. Mechanical engineering was another discipline that he had taught himself over the past two weeks of nonstop work. Whoever was trying to get his attention would just have to accept the…
Read MoreKawhi Leonard All 198 Midrange Jumpers Full Highlights (2019-2020 Season Jumperilation Part I)
“You got permission to bring a blowtorch in here?” Lifting up his facemask, Kawhi Leonard regarded his teammate Paul George with a blank expression. “You think Ballmer’s gonna say no when I ask him for something?” “I guess not,” Paul replied. He looked around the Clippers’ weight room, which had had all its weight machines…
Read MoreJaren Jackson Jr. All 135 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Three-ilation)
For being one of the best up-and-coming jumpshooting bigs in the game today, Jaren Jackson Jr. (henceforth referred to as “Jx3” because “JJJ” is lame) sure does have an ugly-looking jumper. You don’t even have to be a hater to see it (although you will likely latch onto the reality of his ugly jumper if…
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