When the Thunder traded Ersan Ilyasova for Jerami Grant all those years ago, I was incredulous. Why would they trade one of the league’s stretchiest fours for a still-raw pogo stick with few discernable basketball skills? At the time, it made no sense to me, and my only explanation was that somehow Ilyasova and Enes…
Read MoreJonah Bolden 14 Points Full Highlights (2/28/2019)
It was impressive to see Jonah Bolden stepping up in nationally televised game in the absence of Joel Embiid and Boban Marjanovic. With hardly any other centers on the roster, if he didn’t step up, the burden to step up would’ve fallen on Amir Johnson. And since we all know that’s not going to happen,…
Read MoreKyle Korver 22 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (2/28/2019)
It kinda pains me to bring it up, but is Kyle Korver just getting uglier as time goes on? Normally it’s the other way around, where weird-looking dudes come into the NBA as a rookies looking all weird and then a few years later they’re all handsome and muscly and have appropriate haircuts (thinking Kevin…
Read MoreHenry Ellenson 13 Points Full Highlights (2/28/2019)
This thirteen-point outing from Henry Ellenson is basically just as good as his previous game, where he also scored thirteen points (a game which will also be known to future generations of NBA fans as the “Ellenson Breakout Game”). Sure, the 13/5/0 statline looks objectively worse than the previous 13/9/5 statline, but that’s why I…
Read MoreKelly Olynyk 21 Points Full Highlights (2/28/2019)
Every time I make a video for Kelly “The Klynyk” Olynyk, I can’t seem to stop myself from dwelling on his hairstyle in the description. But I do have to say this: Kelly, dude, if you insist on keep your hair an awkward length like yours, it’s really smart to keep it tied up in…
Read MoreAllonzo Trier 22 Points Full Highlights (2/28/2019)
Allonzo Trier really likes to shoot shots (to the detriment of every other part of his game and probably to the detriment of his teammates too). This makes me wonder: was Trier’s development screwed up by Tim Hardaway Jr.’s presence on the team for the first two-thirds of the season, or was Trier going to…
Read MoreCollin Sexton 22 Points Full Highlights (2/28/2019)
I’m going to try to do something new for this video description: make a valid basketball point that’s not solely based on half-remembered player attributes mixed with some haterisms and some overreliance on statistical metrics that have since been discredited. Are you ready? Here it comes. You sure you ready? Stop reading right now if…
Read MoreCedi Osman 21 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (2/28/2019)
The box-score says that Cedi Osman scored 21 points in this game, and watching this video while tallying up the buckets also results in a total of 21 points, but under DownToBuck’s Revised and Super-Accurate Basketball Scoring Method (DTBRASABSM), he only scored 15. Why, you ask? Because two of his three-pointers should not have gone…
Read MoreGary Clark 14 Points Full Highlights (2/28/2019)
When I saw that Gary Clark had 14 points in this game, my first thought was, “Great! Now I get to see what Gary Clark looks like!” Hold back your gasps of incredulity, Rockets fans. Yes, it is true that I don’t care enough about the Rockets to watch any of their games and thus…
Read MoreT.J. Leaf 18 Points Full Highlights (2/28/2019)
It’s taken almost 100 games, but T.J. Leaf has finally surpassed the point total of 17 that he had in his second career game. This wasn’t quite a case of MCW-itis (the dreaded condition where you peak in your first career game), but is peaking in your antedebut really that different than peaking in your…
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