Whoa. Will Barton shot 9 of 65 from three his rookie year. I knew he was kind of an awkward jump shooter, really more of a slasher, but crap. That makes the triple he made tonight way more impressive than either of the dunks he threw down. Barton has always been one of those “potential”…
Read MoreMarkel Brown 10 Points/11 Rebounds/4 Blocks Full Highlights (2/23/2015)
10 points, 11 rebounds, 4 blocks. If you asked me which young Nets prospect accumulated that statline, I would say without hesitation “Cory Jefferson”. If you told me I was incorrect, I would then guess Mason Plumlee, then Cory Jefferson again, followed by Jerome Jordan, Bojan Bogdanovic, Sergey Karasev, and then maybe Markel Brown, if…
Read MoreDanilo Gallinari 22 Points Full Highlights (2/23/2015)
The Nuggets, as a whole, are super depressing to watch right now. What happened to the exciting team that they used to have? Even if the personnel is worse, the energy level should be the same, right? Trading noted energy-provider JaVale McGee must have really hurt, since this current group is just sleepwalking through games…
Read MoreAndrew Wiggins 30 Points Full Highlights (2/23/2015)
Happy 20th birthday Andrew Wiggins! You are now, officially, a “young adult”, a highly sought after distinction. You still can’t drink booze legally, but you can, uh, score 30 points in an NBA game? That doesn’t seem right. And what a 20th birthday it was! Breaking Michael Beasley’s record for most 20th birthday points (a…
Read MoreHenry Walker 11 Points/1 Dunk Full Highlights (2/23/2015)
I was excited to see Henry Walker in a Heat uniform. A freshly minted D-League scrub, ready to scrap for minutes as the Heat battle for a playoff spot? Sign me up. I love D-League scrubs. Imagine my sadness when I find out that this is just Bill Walker with a new name (and looking…
Read MoreGiannis Antetokounmpo 19 Points/3 Dunks Full Highlights (2/22/2015)
Giannis examined the obsidian door closely, searching for a way to go past it, to open it, to somehow reach the secrets held behind it. Running his slender fingers delicately across the finely-detailed engravings, he looked back in his memory for any hints that might have been given to him. However, there was nothing. The…
Read MoreEnes Kanter 20 Points Full Highlights (2/22/2015)
Well, Enes The Menace got his wish. He’s no longer on the Jazz and no longer withering under the cold, tall shadow of Rudy Gobert. His only competition for center minutes on the Thunder is Steven Adams, who, at the moment, is recuperating from injuries sustained from a sheep attack in the mountains of New…
Read MoreJaKarr Sampson 16 Points Full Highlights (2/22/2015)
JaKarr Sampson looks quite a bit like LeBron James, especially in the construction of his facial bones. I have expounded at length on this very topic in a previous description. What I have learned since then, however, is that JaKarr and LeBron are actually from the same city, that they went to the same high…
Read MoreSerge Ibaka 20 Points/8 Blocks Full Highlights (2/22/2015)
Do the Thunder even really need Kevin Durant? This dominating performance over a very good Nuggets team who have not totally phoned in the season shows that Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka are ready to forge a dyansty of their own. DurCANT can go suck his momma’s teat over in DC and watch as the…
Read MoreJoffrey Lauvergne 8 Points/3 Dunks Nuggets Debut Full Highlights (2/22/2015)
So, I remember when Joffrey Lauvergne was drafted. I remember thinking “I bet French people would love to watch highlights of him, when is he coming over?” And then he just disappeared from my awareness. Where did he go? No one knows. But now he’s back! Back and ready to slam the bejabers out of…
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