A quick reminder to LeBron James: while it’s very kind of you to transfer your powers of basketballing to Cedi Osman so he can use them while your “groin” is “injured” (code for “he jacked it too much”), you have to remember to take them back when it’s time for the All-Star game. Even if…
Read MoreTheo Pinson 19 Points Full Highlights (1/25/2019)
I’m a big fan of performances where a player scores a big chunk of their entire season output prior to the game in a single game. I’m rereading that sentence and it’s not making much since, and I can’t figure out how to phrase it better, so how about an illustrative example! Theo Pinson had…
Read MoreJerryd Bayless 16 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (1/24/2019)
Derrick Rose probably isn’t going to be an All-Star, but if he was, he’d be an All-Star who was getting outplayed by Jerryd Bayless. Which would be a huge indictment on the whole system, because Bayless shouldn’t be outplaying All-Stars. Under any circumstances. Don’t believe me about Rose getting outplayed? Here’s Rose’s last two games…
Read MoreElie Okobo 12 Points Full Highlights (1/24/2019)
I have been noticing for a while that French people aren’t doing a good enough job of flocking to my videos and increasing my view counts. Other European countries do just fine, and France used to do a better job of it, but now it’s like they don’t even care about basketball. Evan Fournier? Apparently…
Read MoreSeth Curry 17 Points Full Highlights (1/24/2019)
Is it too late to get people into the three-point contest? Did they already announce the roster for that when I wasn’t paying attention? If there is still a chance to do so, I humbly submit Seth Curry for consideration. He’s shooting 48% on three-pointers this season, and while his volume of shots looks low,…
Read MoreTrevor Ariza 27 Points Full Highlights (1/24/2019)
I just happened to look at the stats and I noticed that Trevor Ariza, during his stint with the Wizards so far, is playing 38 minutes per game. That would be good for most minutes per game in the entire league it applied to the whole season; he would be ahead of Harden, Beal, and…
Read MoreTomas Satoransky 20 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (1/24/2019)
“Trevor, you gotta help me out here.” Trevor Ariza looked mildly at his harried-looking teammate, Tomas Satoransky. “Help you with what?” “Getting this locker room under control like coach wants,” Tomas answered. “You’re a vet, don’t you have some kind of, I don’t know, some kind of veteran leadership skills that would stop everybody from…
Read MoreDarius Miller 21 Points Full Highlights (1/24/2019)
DTB’S OFFICIAL* FUN** FACT*** OF THE DAY****: Darius Miller has been a teammate of Anthony Davis since they were both in their rookie years. There’s a bit of a technicality there in that Miller was out of the league in the 15-16 and 16-17 seasons, but other than that, both players have played for the…
Read MoreDragan Bender 17 Points Full Highlights (1/24/2019)
“Dear Diary, I struggle to believe it, but the young Croatian, Bender, has played passibly well in three consecutive games. In discussions with my predecessors, all are in agreement that this is the longest streak of decent play that he has had in his tragic, unsuccessful career to this point. There is a shared astonishment…
Read MoreJake Layman 20 Points/3 Dunks Full Highlights (1/24/2019)
I’ve mentioned it before, but it bears repeating now that the situation has grown extremely dire: while it’s great that Jake “Timberjake” Layman is emerging as a good basketball player after two years of complete, total, bottom-of-the-barrel scrubdom, it’s not so great that his minutes directly come at the expense of Nik Stauskas’ minutes. Stauskas…
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