I don’t know what Zach LaVine being out for the season means for Ricky Rubio. I know what it means for Brandon Rush (Thibs is gonna try and kill him with minutes), but Ricky? He’s probably gonna keep doing what he has been doing a lot lately: dropping hella dimes. As long as Towns isn’t…
Read MoreDerrick Favors 20 Points Full Highlights (2/6/2017)
This is Derrick Favor’s best scoring game of the season. That injury must have really screwed him up, because he averaged 16 the last two years, and now double figures is a good game for him. Combine his general ineffectiveness with the Jazz’s surprisingly good record, and Favors has become the forgotten man in Utah….
Read MoreWill Barton 31 Points Full Highlights (2/6/2017)
What is there to say about Will Barton? He’s such an average player. He doesn’t really have any outstanding characteristics now that he’s toned his game down a little bit, no longer resembling the crack-monster known as Corey Brewer as much. He’s having a decent year, but not as decent as last year. Here’s something:…
Read MoreNikola Jokic 13 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (2/6/2017)
Before anyone says anything: yes, that is an unaltered image of Nikola Jokic in the thumbnail. Unrotated. That’s the angle he took to show his displeasure with the referees. Nothing says “I think you made the wrong call” like tilting your whole body 45 degrees to the left. Also before anyone says anything: yes, 13…
Read MoreBrandon Ingram 14 Points Full Highlights (2/6/2017)
“Hack-a-Ingram” is officially a thing. Note: it’s not “Hack-an-Ingram” because that just sounds weird. “Hack-a-Ingram” is the official name for the thing that officially happened to Brandon Ingram tonight. This isn’t a good sign, when your supposed sweet-shooting prospect is getting purposefully fouled because he has trouble making free throws. He made them both in…
Read MoreWillie Cauley-Stein 14 Points Full Highlights (2/4/2017)
Remember when Ty Lawson seemed like he had a direct brain connection with JaVale McGee (back when they were in Denver) and it resulted in endless unstoppable alley-oops? Lawson might be considerably more alcoholic at this point in his career, but that doesn’t mean he can’t develop a similar brain connection with another player if…
Read MoreDTB’s Official NBA Power Rankings (Week 14)
This week’s biggest busts: Thunder -5, 76ers -5, Raptors -4, Pelicans -4, Trail Blazers -4 This week’s biggest successes: Mavericks +7, Heat +6, Bulls +6 1. Golden State Warriors (43-8, 3-1 this week) (last week: #1 [3-1] +0) The Warriors appeased their fans this week by ridding themselves of the player whose hair most accurately…
Read MoreErsan Ilyasova 21 Points Full Highlights (2/4/2017)
The Sixers might have lost to the Heat by twenty and Hassan Whiteside might have put up an easy-peasy 30/20 line, but at least there’s no way to blame Ersan Ilyasova for those things. He was never charged with keeping Whiteside in check; that was “defensive specialist” Nerlens Noel’s job. I mean, with Embiid out…
Read MoreLavoy Allen 18 Points Full Highlights (2/4/2017)
As outlandish as it may seem, eighteen points is NOT Lavoy “My Boy” Allen’s career high. He scored twenty when he was on the Sixers back in 2013 and, in case you’re wondering, yes, I did make a highlight video for that game. Eighteen is merely the second-highest point total that Allen has scored in…
Read MoreWilly Hernangomez 16 Points Full Highlights (2/4/2017)
The transferral of minutes is complete. Joakim Noah, the starter in name only, got six minutes in this game and then “injured” his “hamstring” (more like Hornacek injured his feelings LMAO). Hernangomez then got thirty-five minutes off the bench, putting up 16-5-5 (I didn’t show the assists because I didn’t want to) and helping the…
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