Eric Gordon has been, as the kids say, “cheeks” lately. Cheeks is a reference to butt cheeks, I have learned. So when we say “Eric Gordon is cheeks” that means he plays like he’s just a butt that somehow can move and think. It doesn’t make sense to me but not much does these days….
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Jeff Green 22 Points Full Highlights (8/18/2020)
Jeff Green has now had seven straight games scoring in double figures. I’m crossing my fingers that he does well in the Rockets’ next game as well and pushes that streak to eight. Why? Because Jeff Green hasn’t scored in double figures in eight straight games since 2015. (Isn’t that a cool stat? I found…
Read MoreBen McLemore 20 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (8/9/2020)
I’m not gonna be the guy who judges other dudes for their hair-styling choices, but I just want to confirm that everybody else is seeing what I’m seeing. Is Ben McLemore reining in his uncontrollable hair strands by tying them to the side of his head with a rubber band? Am I seeing this correctly?…
Read MoreAustin Rivers Career High 41 Points Full Highlights (8/9/2020)
“Dear Diary, When I found out that we would all be playing basketball in Orlando for a long time, without ever having to leave, I was really really excited. Orlando is my favorite place in the whole world because of the theme parks and fun rides and the Disney characters walking around everywhere! When I…
Read MoreBen McLemore 20 Points Full Highlights (8/6/2020)
Check out the last bucket of this video, at around the one-minute mark. Isn’t that the saddest thing ever? The bucket, the commentary, the whole overarching situation, everything. Just sad. I thought I wanted the NBA to return, but after seeing that, I’m not so sure. Maybe we can just go back to it being…
Read MoreDanuel House 17 Points Full Highlights (8/4/2020)
Oh, to be a role-player on the Houston Rockets. There is no pressure to do anything; in fact, doing anything is actively discouraged. Just stand there while James Harden does his thing, maybe move around a bit if you’re feeling up to it, and wait until whatever gimmick defense the other team is using to…
Read MoreJeff Green 22 Points Full Highlights (8/4/2020)
Jeff Green, somehow, is still only 33 years old. I think the fact that he was a rookie with the Supersonics is distorting my view of him. I mean, he was on the Supersonics. You know, that team that was in Seattle a million years ago? And if he’s been around long enough to be…
Read MoreDanuel House 20 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (7/31/2020)
I know this video is all about Danuel House Jr. and his sploits (that’s cool-person talk for “exploits”) from behind the arc, but I just want to point the absurdity of Ben McLemore’s statline this game: 4 of 4 from the field, all threes, 1 of 2 from the line, no other stats besides 6…
Read MoreJames Harden All 271 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2019-20 Three-ilation Part II)
In chapter one of my illuminating oral history on James Harden and his stepback three-point shot, we investigated his upbringing and how it shaped him into the man that he is today. But his journey didn’t end when he made it to the NBA as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder. His journey was…
Read MoreJames Harden All 271 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2019-20 Three-ilation Part I)
James Harden’s stepback three-pointers are a subject of much debate among NBA fans. Are they a benefit to the game, an aesthetic display of pure basketball skill topped with a bow of analytic-minded scoring efficiency? Are they a detriment to the game, an ugly manifestation of the kind of selfish, me-first basketball that some would…
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