Why are people still pretending that the Warriors are invulnerable? LeBron James has proved that “playoff mode” doesn’t exist, and what we’re seeing from the Warriors is what we’re going to get in the playoffs. And what we saw tonight was them taking their foot off the gas and letting a rookie named Collin Sexton…
Read MoreEnes Kanter 24 Points Full Highlights (4/5/2019)
This is the purest possible highlight video: 12 buckets presented in chronological order, no interruptions. No replays (none were shown by ESPN). No free throws (none taken). No defense (by either side). No assists (I ignored them). Just buckets, an even dozen of them, scored by Enes Kanter, arranged in one smoothly-flowing package. Buckets are…
Read MoreEvan Fournier 25 Points Full Highlights (4/5/2019)
It’s finally happening for the Magic: with a 40-40 record, they are almost a lock to make the playoffs. All these years of kinda rebuilding but not really, trying to stay competitive instead of tanking, pushing for the 8th seed but always ending up with the 10th (or worse, usually worse), all that has come…
Read MoreJamal Crawford 28 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (4/5/2019)
Unlike Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki, Jamal Crawford has come out and said that he doesn’t want to retire. He wants to keep playing. Now, he’s not on the same tier as those other two guys, but he’s on some sort of tier, the tier you get assigned to when you play 20 years in…
Read MoreSalah Mejri 12 Points/5 Assists/3 Blocks/2 Threes Full Highlights (4/5/2019)
I’ve written a lot of words about who the next Dirk Nowitzki should be for Dallas. I’m still not one-hundred percent convinced that Dirk is actually going to retire, and I won’t be convinced until he at least cries a little bit because of how emotional he is for his career ending. But let’s say,…
Read MoreDragan Bender 11 Points/6 Assists/7 Blocks Full Highlights (4/5/2019)
Is this it for Dragan Bender? Are we seeing the last few games of his NBA career before he schlepps back over to Europe, never to return? The Suns, as we should all know by now, declined to pick up the last year of his rookie deal. He’s a free agent after this season, a…
Read MoreAlex Caruso Career High 32 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (4/5/2019)
Alex Caruso stood in front of the mirror in the visitor’s locker room. He sighed heavily. He knew he should be happy, but… Running has hand over the top of his head, he cursed his genetics for what had to be the fiftieth time that day. Sure, he could hang up thirty points on a…
Read MoreRay Spalding 21 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (4/5/2019)
Just two days ago, I typed these agonizingly stupid words in the description of a Richaun Holmes highlight video: “I mean, Booker’s out too. Who else is gonna score the ball? Ray Spalding? LOL (lots of laughs)” Well, there’s definitely somebody laughing a lot in this situation, and it’s not me. It’s Ray Spalding. After…
Read MoreJosh Jackson 35 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (4/5/2019)
Josh Jackson exists in that hazy, hard-to-define place that remains a scientific enigma, but is also known to be present on every team in the NBA: the border between being part of the YOUNG CORE and not being part of the YOUNG CORE. Like every other player stuck in this unpleasant limbo, Josh Jackson can…
Read MoreFrank Kaminsky 22 Points Full Highlights (4/5/2019)
Frank Kaminsky is a free-agent this season. I’m guessing he’s probably actually maybe a restricted free-agent or something (maybe), and maybe there’s some Bird Rights thrown in there too (whatever those are), but what I know for sure is that his contract doesn’t have any more years left on it. This is the last one….
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