DownToBuck doesn’t choose which videos to make based on how many views he thinks they’ll acquire. Rather, he uses a proprietary algorithm which takes into account a variety of factors. Proprietary factors, no less. One of the factors is player popularity, sure. But another one is how many hairs the player has, so they cancel…
Read MoreStanley Johnson 19 Points Full Highlights (1/14/2016)
With all the rookies who are doing great things this year, there is not much room remaining in DownToBuck’s heart for rookies who are doing just okay. Stanley Johnson is one of those “just okay” rookies. He’s fine. Not a total stud scorer like Pistons fans were hoping for, but every sane person knew it…
Read MoreDoug McDermott 17 Points/1 Dunk Full Highlights (1/14/2016)
Racism alert! Check out 1:10. Hear that? Stacey King saying “Doug with the sneaky hops!”? I hate to be an agent of the PC Police, but damn. That is some racist stuff right there. Because Doug McDermott is white that means that he can’t throw down when he wants? Is that what is being implied…
Read MoreNorris Cole 18 Points Full Highlights (1/13/2016)
Thanks to a Korveresque 2-of-4 excursion behind the long line last night, Norris Cole has raised his three-point percentage from 19% to 23%. That’s a big improvement. If he can go 2-of-4 every game and thereby gain four percentage points every game, it won’t be very long until he’s shooting better than Curry. I’ve double-…
Read MoreShane Larkin 17 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (1/13/2016)
As I predicted would happen, Shane Larkin lost his starter’s job two games ago when Donald Sloan put up a gnarly 15/10 statline. However, Sloan did not play very well in either of the games he started, so I’m thinking that Larkin probably gets the job back at some point. It’s a pointless exercise, however,…
Read MoreGary Harris 19 Points Full Highlights (1/13/2016)
Gary “Hairy Garris” Harris is clearly not a passer or a rebounder at this point in his career. He is a scoring-only shooting guard like Wes Matthews or Kevin Martin. However, his inability to set up his teammates for easy buckets should not dissaude you from using my #hypedForGaryHarris hashtag which is definitely going to…
Read MoreEric Gordon 24 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (1/13/2016)
It figures that the one game where Eric Gordon shows an inclination to do anything other than shoot (in this case, pass), I decide not to show those parts of his game because I want to move on quickly to other vids. Gordon’s always been a 16/3/3 type of guy, but in this game he…
Read MoreCole Aldrich 19 Points Full Highlights (1/13/2016)
That’s it. DeAndre Jordan’s 360-game streak ends thanks to a made-up non-disease called “pneumonia”. I just looked it up and it doesn’t exist. There’s probably some deeper conspiracy going on here, but honestly, I got tired of doing investigative reporting after I found out some stuff about Andrea Bargnani and pasta smuggling rings. Don’t ask….
Read MoreTrey Lyles 16 Points Full Highlights (1/13/2016)
“Guys! I found it! I thought I lost it forever!” announced Trey Lyles happily as he walked onto the court for the pregame shootaround. In his hands was a tattered, squashed, and damp cardboard box. “Did you steal that from a hobo on the street or something?” asked Jeff Withey, wrinkling his nose at the…
Read MoreJae Crowder 25 Points Full Highlights (1/13/2016)
It’s unfortunate for Jae Crowder that he has improved so much in a season where C.J. McCollum and Will Barton have also improved by a ton. In lots of years, he would be getting serious consideration for the Most Improved Player award. Instead, he gets to toil in obscurity for a decent but unexciting Celtics…
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