How many triple-doubles would Nikola Jokic have if the Nuggets’ (and others) scorekeepers weren’t insistent on putting the “ass” in “assists” and rewarding him with them at their own whim? Probably that game where he had 17 dimes would still make the cut, and maybe that 14-assist performance, but other than that, I don’t think…
Read MoreJonas Valanciunas 25 Points Full Highlights (4/9/2018)
Jonas Valanciunas’ minutes are the lowest they’ve ever been this year, and at the same time, the Raptors as a team are better than they’ve ever been. Also Dwane Casey might win coach of the year even though it’s been demonstrated for many, many years that he’s not a good coach at all. Have all…
Read MoreAllen Crabbe Career High 41 Points/8 Threes Full Highlights (4/9/2018)
This was, officially, a “Crabbe Feast” tonight for Allen Crabbe. Officially. The commentator even said it after the 40th point (that must be the cutoff for such a designation) was scored, and why would he say it was official when it wasn’t official? I don’t know what kind of monetary/other incentive he had for unlocking…
Read MoreKhem Birch 12 Points Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
Khem “The Alkhemist” Birch returns to his home country of Canada and shows off some more of his occult alkhemical skills with another 12-point performance. Every time I see him play I’m like “yeah this dude could totally be an athletic five-man collecting garbage baskets and playing defense (not like I care about defense) in…
Read MoreMario Hezonja 14 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
Mario Hezonja might have improved quite a bit over the course of the season, but he’s not yet good enough to avoid being part of the “scrub lineups” that losing, tanking teams run at the end of games. However, I would say that in those same scrub lineups where he has to play with the…
Read MoreLuke Kennard 18 Points/2 Dunks Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
At the rate he’s going, Luke Kennard will be one of just two rookies who will end the season shooting over 40% from three. He’s at 41% right now, and would have to miss quite a few of them to do enough damage to bring his percentage below the 40% mark. The other player to…
Read MoreDennis Smith Jr. 20 Points/11 Assists Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
I often rag on players for scoring too many points in garbage time and my opinion that points scored in garbage time should not count is well-publicized. However, I have barely touched on the separate, but related, issue of garbage time assists. My position on this is simple and unambiguous: assists attained at the end…
Read MoreJae Crowder 18 Points Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
Who else is ready for the relentless praise that Jae Crowder will get during the playoffs for being a “steadying veteran presence” for the Jazz? If he even has one good game, we’ll hear all about how he replaced the immature, not-quite-ready-for-the-big-time Rodney Hood with the gritty, no-nonsense, defense-first Crowder. I can already hear it…
Read MoreDonovan Mitchell 28 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
We’re rapidly approaching the time when I can no longer upload Donovan Mitchell highlights to my channel. Realistically, he’s probably been too good for a while now, but next season, when he’s no longer a rookie, I’ll have no choice but to hand him off to those other channels. I expect him to have some…
Read MoreC.J. Miles 22 Points Full Highlights (4/8/2018)
Every time I make a C.J. Miles video, I’m forced to think about the Instagram model who shares his name (but definitely doesn’t share his gender), and then I’m forced to think about how my attempt to make a career as an Instagram model has been nothing but a total failure. The previous step I…
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