Deandre Ayton – DownToBuck

Deandre Ayton 20 Points Full Highlights (3/21/2019)

Here’s a question for you: would Deandre Ayton have been in the running for ROTY of the year if he had played with a competent point guard at any point during his rookie season? No disrespect to the guys that the Suns are playing at the point guard position, I’m sure they’re trying their best,…

Deandre Ayton 25 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (3/18/2019)

I had already seen the dominance that Robin Lopez had put on Deandre Ayton in this game. If you don’t feel like watching the highlight video of the performance, I have a one word summary for you: “hooks”. But even while knowing and cherishing that dominance, I knew that Ayton had 25 points in this…

Deandre Ayton 21 Points Full Highlights (3/9/2019)

My ability to write a coherent video description right now is severely compromised by the fact that I have a coupon sitting right in front of me which entitles me to a buy-one-get-one-free breakfast sandwich at a local fast food establishment. The power which that coupon confers to me is magnificent and intoxicating. To imagine…

Deandre Ayton 26 Points Full Highlights (3/2/2019)

I’m afraid that, among all the hullabaloo surrounding the NBA’s pair of high-profile rookies, Luka Doncic and Trae Young, the accomplishments of Deandre “The Bahamaniac” Ayton are getting lost. Doncic has been good all year long, and Young recently has come on strong to reinvigorate the previously-stalled ROTY of the Year talks, but nobody remembers…

Deandre Ayton 23 Points/6 Dunks Full Highlights (2/8/2019)

Somehow, even without Devin Booker, the Suns managed to make it a game against the Warriors, who were playing at full-strength. With four and a half minutes left, they were only down by four points. The fact that they played this well should be encouraging, because it means that their miscellaneous cast of project players…

Deandre Ayton 20 Points Full Highlights (2/6/2019)

20 points, 10 buckets, final destination. There is nothing in this video besides those 10 field goals arranged in chronological order starting from the first quarter and ending in the fourth quarter. No replays. No defense. No assists. Just buckets gotten through the actions of one Deandre Ayton, king of bucket-getters. A video in this…

Deandre Ayton 22 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (1/12/2019)

The more I think about it, the more I think a Deandre Ayton dunkilation would be kinda lame. I’ve seen all his dunks this year, either while making all these highlight vids or while reviewing them for potential dunks-of-the-month candidacy, and I’ll be forthright with you: most of them are lame. Thus rendering a dunkilation…

Deandre Ayton 25 Points Full Highlights (12/31/2018)

The Suns need to trade for Ricky Rubio in order to unlock Deandre Ayton’s full scoring potential. Devin Booker is fine, but he’s not a true PG who can consistently set him up for makeable buckets. I shouldn’t need to remind anyone of what Rubio did to Karl-Anthony Towns’ scoring output, but these three words…

Deandre Ayton 33 Points Full Highlights (12/29/2018)

The comparisons are inevitable, so here we go: during Deandre Ayton’s 24-point second quarter, I was reminded strongly of a certain mega-fornicator who also scored 100 points in a single game. Maybe you’ve heard of him. Wilt Chamberlain. Nike destroyed most of the footage of his playing days because of how embarrassed it made LeBron…

Deandre Ayton 26 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (12/23/2018)

If Deandre Ayton wants to win ROY of the Year, he has to start building his narrative NOW, to compete with Luka Doncic’s already mature and fully-formed narrative. It’s tough for voters to give the award to the guy averaging fewer points on the worse team. Really tough. But it’s possible, and the way forward…