https://youtu.be/c3p1beyAOSo I don’t know the answer to this question, so I’m going to pose it to the people that are (hopefully) smarter than me who are reading this, and then when you give me the answer I’ll steal it and pretend it was my own original thought all along: is it a good thing that…
Read MoreMikal Bridges 23 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (6/7/2021)
https://youtu.be/grju22di-Os Ever since the first primitive sporting contest where a caveman named Gorg threw a rock between two tree trunks, mankind has recorded and analyzed statistics for his sports. It’s simply in our nature to keep track of stats for any pursuit where later analysis of those stats could be useful, and even for pursuits…
Read MoreBoban Marjanovic 14 Points Full Highlights (6/6/2021)
https://youtu.be/0XULKeApuoY Another NBA season comes and goes with Boban Marjanovic being used completely incorrectly for basically the entire year. This game, which saw the Mavericks get eliminated by the Clippers, was Boban’s most productive game from a pure bucketage perspective; seven FGM eclipsed his previous season-high of six. It was also his third-highest scoring game…
Read MoreReggie Jackson 25 Points Full Highlights (6/4/2021)
https://youtu.be/xoXaLVJxNq4 Reggie Jackson has been slandered his entire career. He was slandered in OKC probably because he randomly developed a big ego and wanted out even though he was on a superteam. He was slandered in Detroit because he put up stats for a team that was going nowhere (not really his fault, but he…
Read MoreMonte Morris 22 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (6/3/2021)
https://youtu.be/l2psuyKP9DY Two must-win (using the term loosely here, but I’ve got a narrative to weave, dammit) playoff games, two big performances in a row for Monte Morris. He wasn’t the most valuable player on his team those games, since Nikola Jokic was on the court and doing his usual Jokic things, but after looking at…
Read MoreSeth Curry 30 Points Full Highlights (6/2/2021)
https://youtu.be/fPi8l-m1XFk Seth Curry thinks that no one will notice the girth of his headband. He thinks that he can just walk out there on the court, in the playoffs, all the cameras pointed at him, with that laughably enormous fabric girdle perched atop his head and everyone will be cool with it. That is what…
Read MoreMonte Morris Career High 28 Points Full Highlights (6/1/2021)
https://youtu.be/E_lBZQeoH34 At some point, while no one was paying attention, Monte Morris became the best Morris in the NBA. He doesn’t have much competition, since the only other Morrises are Marcus and Markieff, but those dudes were definitely way better than Monte for a long time. So what happened? The answer is simple: Monte Morris…
Read MoreRomeo Langford 17 Points Full Highlights (6/1/2021)
https://youtu.be/D2MDpf3H5lI And that’s it for the Celtics this season. There was no way they were going to beat the Nets in this series, even taking one game off of them was a legitimate accomplishment, but that doesn’t make the conclusion of their season any less final. The truth is laid bare for all to see:…
Read MoreRobin Lopez 16 Points/5 Hook Shots Full Highlights (5/31/2021)
https://youtu.be/RiLo1pRcbH8 The prevailing narrative surrounding this game is that Joel Embiid exited with a minor knee injury prior to the end of the first quarter. Of course, the undiscerning sheeple which comprise the NBA fandom as a collective are eager to lap up this explanation with nary a second thought. Only DownToBuck and his faithful…
Read MoreBryn Forbes 22 Points/7 Threes Full Highlights (5/29/2021)
https://youtu.be/iIdptOM4IxM I’m sure everybody has already seen this fun statistical tidbit, but I’m sharing it with you anyway because I was so tickled by it: Jimmy Butler scored 58 points in this series. Bryn Forbes scored 60. I am deriving an unreasonable amount of joy from this. Bryn Forbes is just a role-player. Jimmy Butler,…
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