If there was ever a rookie who is ineligible for this channel, Ben Simmons is it. The man needs no introduction as the most hyped neophyte since LeBron James. Him missing an entire year only added to the hype. All the mystique around “the process”; even more hype. He is the next big thing, the…
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Domantas Sabonis 16 Points Pacers Debut Full Highlights (10/18/2017)
For all of you haters out there who were hating on the Pacers for trading Paul George, I have some statistical information for you that may be of interest: Domantas Sabonis + Victor Oladipo: 38 points this season Paul George: 0 points this season Wow, would you look at that! The prevailing narrative was that…
Read MorePat Connaughton Career High 24 Points Full Highlights (10/18/2017)
I don’t know how it happened, but the Trailblazers just blew the doors off the Suns, winning 124 to 76. Things started off well enough for the Suns, but then, oh look, here comes Pat Connaughton to bring Portland back to parity, and I guess that was so dispiriting for the home team that they…
Read MoreDennis Smith Jr. 16 Points/10 Assists Mavericks Debut Full Highlights (10/18/2017)
You know, I kind of thought, deep in the cockles of my heart, that Dennis Smith Jr. was maybe getting a little bit overrated by not only Mavericks fans, but by the entire NBA cognoscenti. Not super overrated, mind you, but enough that I kept thinking “who are these people who keep thinking that a…
Read MoreJohn Collins 14 Points Hawks Debut Full Highlights (10/18/2017)
Yes, there are tons of performances that happened tonight that are way better than this. You think I don’t know that? I looked at these god-damn boxscores and basically had a panic attack. But the reality of the situation is that right now I’m most interested in players I’ve never seen before. I don’t care…
Read MoreDillon Brooks 19 Points Grizzlies Debut Full Highlights (10/18/2017)
Alright, here’s the deal: I am pretty good at keeping track of the dudes currently playing in the NBA. I have to be. It’s part of my job description. And, as I said, I’m pretty damn good at it. No player escapes my watchful gaze undetected. No player except for Dillon Brooks. Did he even…
Read MoreLuc Richard Mbah a Moute 14 Points Rockets Debut Full Highlights (10/17/2017)
If the Rockets don’t play defense and don’t intend to play defense, why do they have a small forward rotation that consists entirely of defensively-oriented players? There’s Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, there’s P.J. Tucker, and there’s Trevor Ariza. That sort of redundancy is comparable to the redundancy of having two high-caliber ball-handlers in James…
Read MoreEric Gordon 24 Points/2 Dunks Full Highlights (10/17/2017)
Does it even really feel like Eric Gordon won Sixth Man of the Year to you? One of the commentators mentioned it during the broadcast and I was like “huh, oh yeah, I guess he did win that one”. At the same time, if you had told me it was Nick Young who won it…
Read MoreP.J. Tucker 20 Points Rockets Debut Full Highlights (10/17/2017)
Yet more evidence that Mike D’Antoni is a singularly offense-minded savant. We didn’t really need more evidence of that fact, but here it is anyway, ready to be added to the now towering pile: known non-scorer P.J. Tucker scored 20 points in his first game in D’Antoni’s system. Here’s a stat for you, because I…
Read MoreNick Young 23 Points/6 Threes Warriors Debut Full Highlights (10/17/2017)
A new season. Allow me to make a little noise of pure pleasure. UHHHHUUOOO. WUHHHH. It arrived a little earlier than expected, but it is, indeed, a totally new season. Who knows what’s going to happen? I’m not sure on the details quite yet, but I can tell you this: rookies will be scrubs, new…
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