Making the Raptors into his bitches Abandoning the goggles allows him to ball Yes, he is actually decent now Befitting a player picked third overall Everyone was down on him, including me Not Wizards fans, though, who always believed Otto Porter is blossoming before our eyes The tree of stardom grown from the potential seed…
Read MoreEric Gordon 23 Points Full Highlights (4/20/2015)
Am I the only who was really happy when the Pelicans got off to a good start and shut up everybody at Oracle? I hate it when home fans are happy. During that first quarter, any time those Warriors fans stood up and applauded, or when one of the Warriors players got all excited, I…
Read MoreKhris Middleton 22 Points Full Highlights (4/20/2015)
My body is ready for the Bucks’ inevitable sweep at the hands of the Bulls. My hope would be that the Bulls can then take care of their second round matchup so Bucks fans can point at them and say “see, we had no chance of beating THAT.” I also hope that Derrick Rose goes…
Read MoreRudy Gobert All 134 Dunks Full Highlights (2014-2015 Season Dunkilation)
Rudy Gobert reclined in the chair on his porch, sipping a small glass of chartreuse. In front of him stretched the expanses of his finely-cultivated Victorian garden. Here and there, a dazzling peacock would appear in a pathway, strutting self-assuredly. Rudy could see a few of his gardeners tending to the flora. Sometimes it was…
Read MoreClint Capela 8 Points/2 Blocks Full Highlights (4/18/2015)
Clint Capela’s going to have to start stepping it up if he wants DownToBuck highlights made of him in the future. Eight points and two blocks is on the low end of acceptability, and he’s already had two performances like this previously. Now, something like 16 points, a couple slams, and like 3 blocks, that…
Read MoreJason Terry 16 Points Full Highlights (4/18/2015)
The Mavericks-Rockets first round matchup is fraught with storylines. Terry won a ‘chip with the Mavs a while back. So did Corey Brewer. Chandler Parsons, meanwhile, is fighting to show his original team that he was worth all that money. Those storylines all sort of suck, honestly, when you think about the biggest one of…
Read MoreQuincy Pondexter 20 Points Full Highlights (4/18/2015)
The modern highlight-maker faces a difficult choice over his nature: does he act merely as a conduit for the highlights, presenting the performance with clinical detachment? Or does he curate the highlights, presenting a more entertaining display of the performance, with an artist’s touch? I note this because Quincy Pondexter had 6 assists tonight. That’s…
Read MoreDennis Schröder 21 Points Full Highlights (4/15/2015)
Dënniß ßchrööder is like Bojan Bogdanovic in that if he has a good game and you don’t make highlights right away, fans from his home country (in this case, Germany) will post comments on all your videos until you make the video they want. They will also order pizzas for your address and disseminate pictures…
Read MoreArinze Onuaku Career High 12 Points/3 Dunks Full Highlights (4/15/2015)
My perception of Arinze “The Otaku” Onuaku was permanently and irrevocably screwed up when he opened the 2013-14 season by playing fifteen minutes off the bench for the Pelicans. That was almost as many minutes as Tyreke Evans played that game, and it was more than what Anthony Morrow got. You can see how my…
Read MoreNik Stauskas 14 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (4/15/2015)
I swing my scepter of disapproval at this new nickname for Nik Stauskas. “Sauce Castillo”. I thought we had already discovered and agreed upon the correct nickname for him. Nik Sucksass. Get it? Because he kind of sucks ass right now? Instead of pantomiming stirring a jar of sauce after hitting that three, he should…
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