If Nikola Jokic WASN’T in a rookie class filled to the brim with talented bigmen, we’d be sensing a lot more hype around him. Sadly, he is, and there’s nothing anyone can do to change that, so here we are, languishing in a Nikola-Jokic-hype-less existence. Before you mention the Serbs, yes, I am aware that…
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Nikola Jokic 17 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (1/23/2016)
Forget about the rookie-year Pau Gasol vibes I was receiving from Nikola Jokic. I am not receiving those vibes anymore. He is emanating new vibes. Better vibes. Vibrant-er vibes. Prime Dirk Nowitzki vibes. No, I am not overreacting to the post-up fadeaway jumpers he has hit occasionally this year. I don’t even have a choice…
Read MoreEmmanuel Mudiay 14 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (1/21/2016)
You might think, considering the circumstances surrounding Emmanuel Mudiay (namely, that he sucks), that I would write in this description box a whole bunch of negative stuff about him and make him feel sad. Nothing could be further from the truth! I have compiled a list of positive aspects about him, so that he doesn’t…
Read MoreJoffrey Lauvergne 12 Points Full Highlights (1/19/2016)
Mike Miller crossed his arms over his chest. “Joffrey, we’re sitting here in this club surrounded by pretty ladies, and you’re telling me that you just want to sit here and drown yourself in champagne?” Shrugging, Joffrey Lauvergne took another sip of champagne straight from the bottle. A trio of similar bottles, yet empty, adorned…
Read MoreGary Harris 20 Points Full Highlights (1/17/2016)
Gary Harris keeps having games where he scores in the upper teens or maybe twenty. That’s all well and fine, and those performances can certainly sustain my state of being #hypedforgaryharris, but I’m thinking it’s time for him to take the next step. That step being to score 25 in a game. It will be…
Read MoreNikola Jokic 18 Points Full Highlights (1/17/2016)
Anyone else getting rookie-year Pau Gasol vibes from Nikola Jokic? Please tell me I’m not the only one, because he is emitting, at least to me, some serious rookie-year Pau Gasol vibes. Seriously. Serious vibes are being emitted and I don’t want to be the one everyone thinks is crazy just because they are the…
Read MoreDarrell Arthur 18 Points Full Highlights (1/15/2016)
When I saw the Nuggets were beating the Heat by sixteen at the half, I thought to myself “makes sense since the Heat suck now, good job Nuggets,” and then moved on with my life. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the Nuggets had lost by three! I didn’t have a drink in my…
Read MoreGary Harris 19 Points Full Highlights (1/13/2016)
Gary “Hairy Garris” Harris is clearly not a passer or a rebounder at this point in his career. He is a scoring-only shooting guard like Wes Matthews or Kevin Martin. However, his inability to set up his teammates for easy buckets should not dissaude you from using my #hypedForGaryHarris hashtag which is definitely going to…
Read MoreDanilo Gallinari 29 Points Full Highlights (1/8/2016)
“Damn, I love Fazoli’s! This was the raddest idea ever!” yelled Mike Miller, waving two complimentary breadsticks in the air like an aircraft marshaller. “Mama mia! Italy rules!” Danilo Gallinari sat in a booth of the fast-food restaurant with several of his Nuggets teammates, a plate of fettuccine Alfredo untouched in front of him. A…
Read MoreJusuf Nurkic 15 Points/5 Blocks Full Highlights (1/6/2016)
Seeing Jusuf Nurkic and Nikola Pekovic playing on the same court at the same time makes me so happy. We’ve been too long without their brand of Eastern European justice. Their methods might be different (Nurkic can jump and is more vocal with his intimidation), but the results are the same: control of the paint….
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