Alex Len has accepted who he is. He has excised the midrange jumper from his repertoire, and now operates almost exclusively around the basket. His percentages were really bad while he was trying to show the Suns that they didn’t draft only a garbageman. I have to imagine that they did think they were getting…
Read MoreLuke Kennard 16 Points Full Highlights (3/20/2018)
The Pistons are getting to the point where they should give up trying to win games and just develop some talent for next year. Note that this different from tanking. They are way too far ahead (behind) of the other tanking teams for additional losing to help their draft slot. There is a subtle difference…
Read MoreRicky Rubio 23 Points Full Highlights (3/20/2018)
What’s up with all these people who want to beef with Ricky Rubio? He is a participant in more beefs than any active NBA player, I think, and these aren’t fake Twitter beefs, these are PHYSICAL beefs. I wouldn’t be surprised if he keeps a makeshift shiv in his shoe, because it seems like every…
Read MoreDennis Schröder Career High 41 Points Full Highlights (3/20/2018)
Dennis Schroder rummaged through his duffel bag, looking for the last bit of equipment he would need to face the Jazz. Where was it? Pushing aside various red-colored armbands, headbands, anklebands, and bodybands, he found what he was really looking for. The Magic Lederhosen, bestowed to him by none other than Detlef Schrempf himself. He…
Read MoreDirk Nowitzki 19 Points Full Highlights (3/20/2018)
The list of people who have assisted Dirk Nowitzki on a shot is undoubtedly really long, and full of really weird names. I would only be 50 percent surprised to find that Mark Cuban was on it. Kyle Collinsworth is definitely on it now, if he wasn’t before, which he probably was. I don’t know,…
Read MoreQuinn Cook 20 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (3/19/2018)
Quinn Cook continues his strong run of play in the absence of Curry, Durant, and Thompson. He didn’t set another career-high in points, but he did tie a career-high in assists with five of them. I don’t really care as much about assists as some people, and the first assist in particular was total donkey…
Read MoreJustin Jackson 15 Points Full Highlights (3/19/2018)
Justin Jackson this game: 7/9 FG, 15 points Garrett Temple this game: 1/10 FG, 2 points This is one of those times where playing the rookie over the veteran isn’t a tanking move, but actually a move that might help win games. I still feel like Temple is the better player overall, but if he’s…
Read MoreBuddy Hield 20 Points Full Highlights (3/19/2018)
I had a scary and exhilarating experience last night. So, pretty much every night now, me and my 12-foot-tall purple 3D-printed plastic sentient naked statue of Buddy Hield go for walks in the area around my place. The weather here in Wisconsin is getting a little bit warmer, not that I think the cold affects…
Read MoreWilson Chandler 26 Points/3 Dunks Full Highlights (3/19/2018)
Wilson Chandler scored 26 points in this one, and scored 26 points in another game about a week ago, so I had formed the half-baked impression that he had improved his play lately. Getting your season-high in points twice in a week means something, right? Then I checked the stats and my ill-informed opinion was…
Read MoreJames Johnson 31 Points Full Highlights (3/19/2018)
“James, come over here for a second,” Erik Spoelstra said to his player as the team prepared for the start of the first overtime. James Johnson raised one eyebrow. He figured his coach would give them all a peptalk, not just take one of them off to the side for some one-on-one coaching. But he…
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