DownToBuck’s literary technique of the day: the “cliffhanger”! A cliffhanger is when you expect to find out the resolution of some perilous/dramatic happening, but the author stops writing before the point where you would find out, and never ends up telling you. Talk about getting cock-blocked! Sounds horrible, doesn’t it? When I read something, I…
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Reggie Jackson 29 Points Full Highlights (1/25/2016)
It’s only through performances like this that Reggie Jackson is going to elevate his scoring average this season to twenty per game. Assists don’t count for your own point total even if you are, in a way, scoring points for your team. I think that’s unfair to be honest but I’m not going to get…
Read MoreKentavious Caldwell-Pope 23 Points Full Highlights (1/21/2016)
I don’t get it. Why is Kentavious Caldwell-Pope second in the league in minutes per game? At the time of this writing he’s at 37.5, which is tied with James Harden; Jimmy Butler is the only dude who gets more time on the court. That amount of minutes should be reserved for players who are…
Read MoreBrandon Jennings 20 Points Full Highlights (1/21/2016)
The 2009-10 Rookie of the Year award was a three-man race by the end. Two of those players, Tyreke Evans and Brandon Jennings, faced off tonight, both long departed from their original teams. Tyreke showed why he was ROY; he put up 22 and 10, compared to the still-recovering Brandon’s 20 and 5. The voters…
Read MoreStanley Johnson 19 Points Full Highlights (1/14/2016)
With all the rookies who are doing great things this year, there is not much room remaining in DownToBuck’s heart for rookies who are doing just okay. Stanley Johnson is one of those “just okay” rookies. He’s fine. Not a total stud scorer like Pistons fans were hoping for, but every sane person knew it…
Read MoreKentavious Caldwell-Pope 25 Points Full Highlights (1/12/2016)
One of the many perils of highlight-compiling is that I only see the good of every player. From my point of view, the NBA, on average, is filled with dudes who never miss shots except when they get fouled and score 20 or more point per game. KCP is one of those dudes. I think…
Read MoreAndre Drummond 23 Points/1 Dunk Full Highlights (1/9/2016)
Attention potential viewers of this video: if you are clicking in order to see major whamjams by Andre Drummond, withhold your click and check out my video of all of Andre’s dunks from last season instead. Attention all remaining viewers: it’s a good thing you’re here for something other than dunks, because Andre only crushed…
Read MoreBrandon Jennings 17 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (1/4/2016)
It happened again. Same as last time. I was watching the Pistons game, you know, cause I love me some Anthony Tolliver, and Brandon Jennings checked in. My breath caught in my chest a bit, and my extremities got all tingly, but otherwise I was fine. I had prepared myself for this, and the sight…
Read MoreKentavious Caldwell-Pope 23 Points Full Highlights (12/31/2015)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope might be regressing a little bit. After his second season where he actually shot okay from three, he’s shooting below 30% five “long gun” attempts per game. The last guy who did that in Detroit got run out of town with a bunch of years still left on his contract. I’m not advocating…
Read MoreErsan Ilyasova 19 Points Full Highlights (12/29/2015)
Watching Brandon Jennings pass the ball to Ersan Ilyasova for a three pointer brought back memories I thought permanently repressed. Years of Bucks fandom, rushing back into my mind like a river bursting through a dam. Images of Andrew Bogut, the screams of him mangling his arm, remembrances of drafting Joe Alexander, an apparition of…
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