Remember how there was that “Banana Boat” squad that everybody was secretly (and not-so-secretly) hoping would team up in real life to form a superteam? If my memory serves me correctly, the Banana Boat squad was LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul, and Carmelo Anthony. They were photographed riding on a giant inflatable banana once,…
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Shabazz Napier 21 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (3/10/2020)
The “Shabazzle-Dazzle” nickname for Shabazz Napier is overplayed, in my opinion. And since I am the world’s foremost expert on NBA player nicknames (having coined a large percentage of the total nicknames in circulation myself), my opinion is basically fact. I am going to use my domain-specific knowledge here to throw my weight around a…
Read MoreDaniel Theis 20 Points Full Highlights (3/10/2020)
One sad thing about Tommy Heinsohn doing fewer and fewer Celtics games is that we might never get to hear first-hand accounts of what Daniel Theis looks like in the shower (or, as Heinsohn would say, “in the SHOWAH”). If Mike Gorman or Brian Scalabrine have gotten any sneak peaks, they’re not sharing the details….
Read MoreJa Morant 21 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (3/10/2020)
In my opinion, Ja Morant is still the runaway ROTY of the Year. I’ve discussed this many times since Zion Williamson’s return and my opinion has not changed. No matter how good Zion has been, he simply missed too many games to qualify. The argument over which player is actually better from a basketball standpoint,…
Read MoreJonas Valanciunas 27 Points Full Highlights (3/10/2020)
Jonas Valanciunas has always had very vibrant eyes. In every thumbnail image I make of him, as long as his face isn’t in shadow, his eyes stand out like two little beams of light emanating from the area between his mouth and forehead. I’d put him at a solid 9.0 on the EVI (eye vibrancy…
Read MoreMichael Carter-Williams 20 Points Full Highlights (3/10/2020)
Remember when Jason “The Point Guard Whisperer” Kidd thought he was going to turn Michael Carter-Williams into the next Jason Kidd? I don’t want to say he failed in his efforts, but the next Jason Kidd would never score 20 without dishing a single assist. Somehow he turned MCW into a scoring-only chucker instead. Oops!…
Read MoreFrank Ntilikina Career High 20 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (3/10/2020)
Frank Ntilikina is alive! If you are doubting the veracity of this proclamation, just take a look at the statline in the title of this video. That is not the statline of a dead person. That is the statline of an alive person. The Knicks have been somewhat resurgent after firing their coach (which was…
Read MorePaul Millsap 20 Points Full Highlights (3/9/2020)
Paul Millsap started off this game just straight-up torching a Bucks team that seemed to have no desire to guard him. He dropped thirteen points rather quickly and was making D.J. Wilson look like a total bum. Which he is. But Millsap was making him look like one too. Sorry Deej. Then I stopped watching…
Read MoreSterling Brown 16 Points Full Highlights (3/9/2020)
Sterling Brown played 36 minutes in this contest, the first time he’s played more than thirty in a game this season. He took sixteen shots (a season high) to score sixteen points (also a season high). There are a lot of factoids you can pull from the Bucks’ lineup this game to drive home the…
Read MoreKyle Korver 23 Points Full Highlights (3/9/2020)
Now THIS is the Bucks I want to see. Take out all the good players, and what do you have? A fun group of guys who are HUNGRY and want to WIN but CAN’T because they SUCK. The amount of role-playerness contained with in Milwaukee’s starting lineup is too much to be typed out here;…
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