I can’t believe what just happened! I guess I’d better tell you the story. Better get out your tissues. So I’m with my girl on a romantic date at the local Applebee’s. She’s gossiping about some girl crap I don’t even know, and, you know, I’m not really paying attention. So I take out my…
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Andre Drummond 18 Points/18 Rebounds Full Highlights (1/29/2013)
Andre Drummond is the perfect case study for why NBA scouting is crap. Except for a rare sure-fire prospect like LeBron or Anthony Davis it’s pretty much a crapshoot as to your draft pick being good. Players who are bad get picked comparatively high (Austin Rivers). Players who are amazing get picked comparatively low (Andre…
Read MoreBrandon Knight Career High 31 Points/Career Low 0 Assists Full Highlights (1/27/2013)
(Note: the following may make more sense if you read the description for my first Brandon Knight highlights) Noticeable just on the edge of hearing, the dull murmur of the city broke the otherwise perfect silence of the room. Brandon Knight tossed restlessly in bed. Somewhere inside he felt he’d had this dream before… “You…
Read MoreAustin Daye 20 Points Full Highlights (1/4/2013)
There are players known in basketball circles for being weird heights for their positions. Like Chuck Hayes the 6′ 6” center or Magic Johnson the 6′ 8″” point guard. Or Austin Daye the 6′ 11” shooting guard. What were his high school coaches thinking? “Oh hey Austin, yeah, why don’t you go stand around on…
Read MoreGreg Monroe Career High 35 Points Full Highlights (12/19/2012)
While most teams are happy just to have a center with full use of their arms and legs (sorry Oden), the Pistons are blessed to have a center that not only possesses that quality, but several other positive qualities as well: ballerina-esque footwork, a midrange game, punishing post play, and a manic pursuit of rebounds….
Read MoreCharlie Villanueva 19 Points Full Highlights (11/28/2012)
Before the season started I created a list (available upon request) of players (including nicknames) ranked by how likely it was that I make highlights of them. Every NBA player. And there right at the very bottom: 414. Charlie “Cancer Patient” Villanueva So here you are, gazing in bewilderment at the video title, wondering what…
Read MoreBrandon Knight 26 Points Full Highlights (11/26/2012)
He turned his gaze inwards. What was there to see, here, deep in his own psyche? At first, nothing. Nothing but a vague blurry lightness. Slowly, steadily, the haze condensed and reformed, revealing what had previously been hidden. A glimmering radiance, his inner essence, an immortal being of pure white. It was his soul! He…
Read MoreKyle Singler Pistons Debut Highlights 10 points/1 block (10/31/12)
Kyle Singler, pale as always despite playing last year in the sunny climes of Spain, makes a splash in his first NBA action, knocking down two triples and scoring 10 points. He also had a vicious swat on Daequan Cook which nearly ended the three-point-specialist’s life.
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