Erik Spoelstra has come out and said directly that, with Goran Dragic out for a significant amount of time with an injury, Justise Winslow is the point guard. He actually used the words “point guard”. He didn’t dance around the issue. He just straight-up said it. Due to past experiences with coaches saying that a…
Read MoreDerrick Rose 24 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (12/26/2018)
Derrick Rose is making me look dumb over here. Really dumb. He was supposed to be washed up this season, an old guy on the decline, the perfect player for the DownToBuck highlights channel. Last season, when he made his late-season arrival in Minnesota, he looked okay at times, but once you looked past his…
Read MoreD.J. Augustin 27 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (12/26/2018)
A few weeks ago I officially undertook the ritual that transferred the “Deej” nickname from D.J. Wilson, who, at the time, was completely undeserving of the nickname, to its new recipient, D.J. “Deej” Augustin, who wasn’t playing spectacularly at the time but was playing significantly better than Wilson was. Now I’m having second thoughts about…
Read MoreLangston Galloway 22 Points Full Highlights (12/26/2018)
I was all ready to make some kind of intelligent-sounding proclamation in this video description about how, when the Pistons’ shooters actually show up to the game and make shots, the Pistons have no problem winning. It was going to be a masterpiece of sports journalism, honestly. People were going to look back at this…
Read MoreMalik Beasley 22 Points Full Highlights (12/26/2018)
Malik Beasley is still only 22! And he was 21 when the season started! I’m excited now. This new information has made me excited for Best Beasley. It took him a while to really get going, but now he’s a legit rotation piece on one of the best teams in the league. And he’s only…
Read MoreJeremy Lamb 31 Points Full Highlights (12/26/2018)
Everyone gives OKC crap for trading away James Harden in his prime, trading away Serge Ibaka in his prime, not retaining Royal Ivey after signing him to a 10-day contract, letting Caron Butler walk, but no one ever talks about how they messed up by trading Jeremy Lamb for frickin’ LUKE RIDNOUR (who they then…
Read MoreJuan Hernangomez Career High 27 Points Full Highlights (12/26/2018)
Now that he’s tied his career high of 27 points, let’s take a moment to think about how crazy it was when he scored 27 the first time. That was crazy! I’m thinking about how crazy it was, and it was definitely really crazy. I almost can’t believe that it happened because it was just…
Read MoreKent Bazemore Career High 32 Points Full Highlights (12/26/2018)
Is it a good sign when a player scores a career-high in points, and not a wimpy career-high, but a really solid and nice career-high, and it doesn’t even feel like they did much during the game? I can’t tell if Kent Bazemore’s quiet 32 points is good or bad. Of course, it’s all subjective….
Read MoreJoe Harris 27 Points/1 Game-Winner Full Highlights (12/26/2018)
The jubilation that the Nets commentators should have had for Joe Harris and his game-winner was ruined by whoever the clock operator is for the Brooklyn Nets. I don’t know if they’re a league employee or a team employee, so I don’t know who gets to mete out the punishment, but one thing I do…
Read MoreSpencer Dinwiddie 37 Points/11 Assists Full Highlights (12/26/2018)
Spencer Dinwiddie. 6MOY of the Year. Final destination. Sure, there are some other worthy candidates. But does anyone really want another midget chucker to win the award? And I bet there are still going to be people who vote for Jamal Crawford just based on name recognition. We need to start working NOW to get…
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