“James, you have to be like LeBron,” Erik Spoelstra urged his player. “We need you to be like that for us or we’re going to suck forever.” James Johnson looked up at his coach, tears beginning to form in his eyes. “I can’t, coach. I’m not good enough.” “I believe in you,” Erik said firmly,…
Read MoreDTB’s Official NBA Power Rankings (Week 3)
This week’s biggest busts: Suns -8, Nets -4, Trail Blazers -4 This week’s biggest successes: Grizzlies +8, Pacers +5, Bulls +4, Pelicans +4 1. Los Angeles Clippers (12-2, 3-1 this week) (last week: #1 [4-0] +0) Who even needs a decent SF rotation when you’ve got Chris Paul on your team? Playing Luc Mbah a…
Read MoreTrey Lyles 21 Points Full Highlights (11/19/2016)
With Derrick Favors out for an unspecified amount of time, and with Trey Lyles presumably starting lots of games in his absence, we will learn one of the essential truths about Lyles: is he a sensible option as a starting power forward? Or is he an irredeemable tweener who has no position on the floor?…
Read MoreMarcus Morris 24 Points Full Highlights (11/19/2016)
This video is good because it doesn’t have any layups. In case you missed the memo that I sent to everybody, basically I just find layups to be really unaesthetic and boring, and I resent it when I have to make a video where the player does nothing but make layups. On the other side…
Read MoreClint Capela Career High 20 Points Full Highlights (11/19/2016)
When James Harden gives his MVP speech, he’d better devote a whole section of it to talking about how good Clint Capela is at catching lobs. I’m thinking like 10-15 minutes of the speech would be good. That still leaves like 10 minutes to talk about all the other stuff he wants to. Plenty of…
Read MoreLangston Galloway 23 Points Full Highlights (11/19/2016)
Eventually you guys are gonna start caring about Langston Galloway. One day you will be sitting at the dinner table, or brushing your teeth, or walking the dog, and you will receive a sudden realization: Langston Galloway is a player worth caring about. You will rush to your preferred YouTube-viewing device, and you will search…
Read MoreJrue Holiday 22 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (11/19/2016)
That’s it. I’m done. The NBA is under the thumb of a vast conspiracy that reaches deeper than feared. I can hardly stand to support this rigged league any longer. For those who missed it the first time: Jrue Holiday returning to the Pelicans led to one of their few wins of the season. Maybe,…
Read MoreMarco Belinelli 22 Points/7 Threes Full Highlights (11/19/2016)
Marco Belinelli hasn’t been the same since he left the Spurs. Heck, maybe it goes even further back than that. Has he ever recovered from winning the three-point shootout? He had a brief spurt of success after that particular All-Star Weekend, but by the playoffs was barely doing anything. He was pretty broken with Sacramento,…
Read MoreRodney Hood 25 Points Full Highlights (11/19/2016)
Rodney Hood has reached an exciting new stage of development: the one where he’s so good that you don’t even really notice when he scores 25 points. Wow! Jazz fans must be so happy. It’s good for Hood to get to that stage so quickly in his career. Many, many players never get there, and…
Read MoreNik Stauskas 21 Points Full Highlights (11/19/2016)
In my opinion, the possession starting at 0:31 of this video is the best thing to happen in the NBA so far this season. Nik Stauskas didn’t even look to pass. I don’t know if his eyes ever left the ball he was pounding into dust. And if Stephen Curry did something like that, we’d…
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