I have some very sad news from the “obscure as heck NBA stats” front: Brandon Bass is no longer the active leader in playoff free-throw percentage. As of 2014, he was the leader in that category, but since then, he has been surpassed by two players; Dirk Nowitzki and teammate J.J. Redick. Steve Nash also…
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Brandon Bass 18 Points/5 Dunks Full Highlights (1/20/2016)
In the course of making my Dunks of the Month videos, I see a lot of dunks, and I get a pretty good sense of which players are liable to throw down monster whaps and which ones will do nothing but catch passes under the basket and go straight up with no power. Brandon Bass…
Read MoreBrandon Bass 17 Points/1 Three Full Highlights (1/9/2015)
Brandon “I’m More of a Bass Man Myself” Bass has not shown any willingness or ability to shoot three-pointers over a career that has spanned nearly a decade. Before this momentous game, he only had made two, and they both came last year. With this one, he brings his career percentage above the 10% mark…
Read MoreBrandon Bass 23 Points Full Highlights (11/19/2014)
There are a lot of odd stats in the NBA. I think that’s the whole reason they play the game; to accumulate numbers for analysis. One of the odder stats is the one for active career playoff free-throw percentage. Who do you think would be the leader? Maybe Steve Nash, yeah, he’s pretty good at…
Read MoreBrandon Bass 19 Points Full Highlights (2/2/2014)
Brandon Bass just scored more points (19) than many entire baseball teams score over the course of three games. Tell me again why people watch that boring crap? After you do that, try to come up with an answer that doesn’t use the words “tradition”, “America”, or “pastime”. Oh that’s right, you can’t, because baseball…
Read MoreBrandon Bass 20 Points Full Highlights (4/7/2013)
There a lot of players in the NBA who can really only do one thing well. Defense, rebounding, setting screens, drawing fouls. Not everyone is lucky enough to have a well-rounded game, or even a semi-rounded game. Like Brandon Bass. He has one skill, and one skill only. Shooting mid-range jumpers. Not a bad skill…
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