Being around extremely talented shooters like Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, and Klay Thompson (LOL [lots of laughs]) has certainly rubbed off on guys like Ian Clark. When he played for the Jazz, he didn’t have that same caliber of shooter around him (Trey Burke waves from his new home on the bench in D.C.), and…
Read MoreJake Layman 17 Points/5 Threes Blazers Debut Full Highlights (11/1/2016)
Jake Layman snuck towards the visitor’s locker room after the game. It was actually pretty easy to avoid security personnel if you knew all the back ways and unused corridors. In no time at all, he was there; he entered brazenly, not caring which Warriors player saw him. The target of Jake’s quest was facing…
Read MoreSergio Rodriguez 12 Points/11 Assists Full Highlights (11/1/2016)
All this good stuff being done by Sergio Rodriguez is reminding of when T.J. McConnell burst onto the scene last year for the 76ers. Except, you know, what Sergio is doing isn’t a fluke like what T.J. was doing. Otherwise, very similar, in that they both made the 76ers look like a passable offensive team…
Read MoreKris Dunn 10 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (11/1/2016)
Ricky Rubio going down is good for fans of youth movements, but maybe not so good for fans of winning basketball. I hold the opinion that Rubio was responsible for a significant part of Karl-Anthony Town’s ROY campaign, and that without him, he along with the rest of the Timberwolves will devolve into a dreary…
Read MoreTobias Harris 25 Points Full Highlights (11/1/2016)
If you were wondering where the Tobias Harris highlights were this season, it’s not because I hate him or anything. I don’t even care that the Bucks had him and gave up on him way too early, all that is water under the bridge at this point. Okay? The real reason is that 22 points…
Read MoreTyler Johnson 22 Points Full Highlights (11/1/2016)
Tyler Johnson got paid a lot of money this offseason. Like, A LOT. I know that Brooklyn was desperate for talent, but that ludicrous offer sheet to him was not the way to address their myriad shortcomings. The Heat matched, because they have talent problems of their own. Understandable, and it’s paying off for them….
Read MoreKristaps Porzingis 18 Points Full Highlights (11/1/2016)
I said in my last Kristaps Porzingis video that I was favoring Brandon Jennings as the Knicks starting PG over Derrick Rose, simply because of the superior chemistry he already had with Kris-P (pronounced “crispy”, you can also spell it that way if you want). I am vindicated. Not like anyone was saying I was…
Read MoreZach LaVine 31 Points Full Highlights (11/1/2016)
Zach LaVine is rapidly approaching the “too good for DownToBuck’s Scrublights Archivium” threshold. He put up decent stats last year, but there were still arguments to be made that beneath the flashy exterior of dunks and threes there was a player who wasn’t actually all that good. Maybe those arguments still exist. Inefficient, not a…
Read MoreJoel Embiid 18 Points/4 Blocks Full Highlights (11/1/2016)
Let’s just ignore those turnovers that Joel Embiid had late in the fourth quarter that hurt his team’s chances at winning their first game of the season. Just straight up ignore them. Instead, we can blame the loss on Hollis Thompson. Yeah, that sounds good. Frickin’ Hollis, sabotaging his team yet again with his antics….
Read MoreDeyonta Davis 17 Points Full Highlights (11/1/2016)
One of the saddest things about this year’s draft was Deyonta Davis sitting there sadly as team after team passed on him. He was projected to be a reasonably high first-rounder, and as the night grew longer, so too did his face. Seemed like after every pick, after the producers got done showing who was…
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