So, Frank Ntilikina finished the season shooting below 40%. Well below 40%. 36.4%, if we want to be precise about it. It’s basically an international standard at this point that 40% is the official cut-off line for an acceptable field goal percentage. Anything below that and you’re probably a marginal player at best, and you’d…
Read MoreLuke Kornet Career High 23 Points Full Highlights (4/11/2018)
Luke Kornet walked into the visitors’ locker room and saw that there was something else, other than his jersey, waiting for him in his locker. Stepping closer, he saw that it was a small, resealable pouch of whey protein powder. He picked it up to investigate it closer, maybe return it to whatever trainer had…
Read MoreNikola Jokic 35 Points Full Highlights (4/11/2018)
Nikola Jokic walked into the now-barren Nuggets locker room. He had been putting off this moment for days, like if he didn’t clean out his locker, the season could still be going on… the act of cleaning out his locker had a certain finality about it. There was no turning back after that, no returning,…
Read MoreAron Baynes Career High 26 Points Full Highlights (4/11/2018)
Let us take this moment, while basking in the radiant green glow of Aron Baynes’ career-high 26 points, to remember one of the greatest lines of the season, brought to us by Tommy Heinsohn a week in: “I tell yah, I took a look at Baynes… in the showah… he looks like all of Australiah!…
Read MoreJonathan Gibson 18 Points Full Highlights (4/11/2018)
Jonathan Gibson only averaged 34 points per game in China this past season. When I think “American shooting guard chucker playing in China”, I think 50 points per game. Russ Smith really messed up my expectations, I think. But it’s not even that unreasonable for Gibson, because he averaged 42 the season prior. Every 50…
Read MoreGuerschon Yabusele 16 Points Full Highlights (4/11/2018)
Okay, I admit, I didn’t have a very clear picture of how Guerschon Yabusele looked before tonight. I knew he was black. That was about it. That issue has been rectified, happily. Has he always been this… thick? That is one thick dude. The French Jared Sullinger for sure. I didn’t know what he played…
Read MoreR.J. Hunter Career High 19 Points Full Highlights (4/11/2018)
R.J. Hunter is a real-life representation of the age-old question “what good is a pure shooter who can’t really shoot?”. The answer, as represented by Hunter throughout his three-year NBA career, is “not much good at all”. Even for most of his career in the D-League/G-League, he was a bad shooter. That’s, uh, not good….
Read MoreGary Payton II Career High 25 Points Full Highlights (4/11/2018)
The Lakers fans who were posting mocking comments directed at the Bucks like “thanks for Gary Payton” and “wow why would they cut him he’s so good” after Gary Payton II’s first game with the Lakers fell silent pretty quickly. That Lakers debut, 4 points/4 assists/2 blocks was good, but the success was short lived,…
Read MoreJohn Holland 21 Points Full Highlights (4/11/2018)
John Holland is already 29 years old. Everyone was freaking out about Andre Ingram getting called up to the Lakers at the age of 32, but what about this guy? He’s been playing with the Cavaliers on-and-off all season, he probably struggled just as much trying to get to the NBA, now he’s here, and…
Read MoreAnte Zizic 20 Points Full Highlights (4/11/2018)
Unlike a lot of scrubs who will be featured on my channel tonight, Ante Zizic’s season did not end tonight. He gets to go the playoffs! He didn’t have much to do with that fact, but he gets to go there anyway. I don’t really see him getting playing time once he gets there, though….
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