https://youtu.be/qxLbovrPaj8 Prior to the start of the 2020-21 season, basketball-reference locked away their analytical tools behind a paid service called Stathead. I relied heavily on those services in past years when I needed to supply my video descriptions with a sprinkling of hard numerical facts, so it was a no-brainer that I would pay for…
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Cameron Oliver 17 Points Full Highlights (5/12/2021)
https://youtu.be/y0ypYrztKdo Cameron Oliver: the next P.J. Tucker for the Rockets? After making this highlight video, which is well over a minute long, I think I am qualified to say that yes, Cameron Oliver is the next P.J. Tucker for the Rockets. The comparisons are there, people. First off, both of them are kind of stocky…
Read MoreKenyon Martin Jr. Career High 27 Points Full Highlights (5/8/2021)
https://youtu.be/nhtJ-vPPtUc So I guess Kenyon Martin Jr. is going by “KJ” now? At first I thought it was just the Rockets commentators being senile, getting him confused with Rockets legend KJ McDaniels, but then the Jazz commentators were calling him that as well, and there’d be no reason for them to be confused in the…
Read MoreKhyri Thomas Career High 27 Points Full Highlights (5/8/2021)
https://youtu.be/kbX1kS32z78 On the surface, this Rockets versus Jazz matchup looked like just another random late-season game between two unevenly-matched teams. Nothing special, nothing notable, just another one of the thousands of games that comprise the NBA season. But a closer look reveals that this was actually a very exciting matchup between two players, Khyri Thomas…
Read MoreKhyri Thomas 16 Points Rockets Debut Full Highlights (5/7/2021)
https://youtu.be/1G827xAM5-s Every team has a certain role-player that destroys them every time. Or, if not destroys, at least scores an unreasonably large amount of points considering the role-player status. You can ask any fanbase, and they’ll quickly respond with the name (or names) of their tormentor. Someone should do a survey; I’d be interested to…
Read MoreKenyon Martin Jr. Career High 26 Points/7 Assists/3 Dunks Full Highlights (5/7/2021)
https://youtu.be/NOZWNmd5NS0 I will never stop being mad at Kenyon Martin (Sr.) for being the one to KILL Nate Wolters’ NBA career. Not a day goes by where I don’t think “Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin teamed up to ruin the NBA prospects of a promising young point guard just so that they could crappily relive…
Read MoreAnthony Lamb 22 Points Full Highlights (5/5/2021)
https://youtu.be/eryW4ihkF0Y Anthony Lamb has had a bit of weird season. He’s got two twenty-burgers under his belt, which has him tied for 11th place on the “rookie twenty point games” leaderboards (which isn’t a leaderboard that existed until I spoke it into existence just five seconds ago*). But he hasn’t had any other games scoring…
Read MoreArmoni Brooks 20 Points Full Highlights (5/5/2021)
https://youtu.be/uNQz3FB9fuI Armoni Brooks recently made his DTB debut by scoring 16 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the threezone. Now he has improved on that mark by scoring 20 points on…6-of-14 from the threezone. That’s eight more attempts for one more make, but it’s still a decent percentage, so I’ll roll with it. I would take…
Read MoreKenyon Martin Jr. 23 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (5/5/2021)
https://youtu.be/y9WQe6e6D2o The Houston Rockets only had seven players available to suit up for this game. Then, Kevin Porter Jr. left the game with an injury, so they were left with six. That kind of lineup is necessarily going to result in some inflated statlines for almost everybody who plays. Cue Opera Winfrey gesticulating wildly and…
Read MoreKelly Olynyk 28 Points Full Highlights (4/27/2021)
https://youtu.be/JFbUvDiXFkE It doesn’t matter too much with only a few weeks left to go in the season, but I think Kelly Olynyk is OFFICIALLY off my channel for now. He’s averaging 18 PPG per game since getting traded to the Rockets, and in my semi-retired state, I need to be strict with my cutoffs. Just…
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