https://youtu.be/IDWzORxPsJg Sometimes plebs need to be put in their place. This is one of those times. It’s been a while since I reminded my loyal viewership of the fact that I pay real-life American dollars to subscribe to the analytical service Stathead, and that I’m a superior basketball fan to my viewers because of that…
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T.J. McConnell 16 Points/15 Assists Full Highlights (3/19/2021)
https://youtu.be/yCSGHxLM0VA HOT TAKE ALERT! DOWNTOBUCK HAS A HOT TAKE THAT HE IS ABOUT TO PRESENT TO HIS UNQUESTIONING VIEWERSHIP! ALERT! HOT TAKE ALERT! T.J. McConnell could lead the league in assists, if he got to play 40 minutes a game on a team filled with elite shooters/scorers while monopolizing the ball in a Harden-esque way….
Read MoreT.J. McConnell Triple Double 16 Pts/13 Asts/10 Stls Full Highlights (3/3/2021)
https://youtu.be/QD0YPybtqe8 T.J. McConnell is just a guy. If you look at him, you can see that. Compared to the highly athletic, highly tall, highly muscular dudes around him, his just-a-guyness becomes even more apparent. But this guy, who is just a guy, just got the first triple-double with steals since frickin’ MOOKIE BLAYLOCK IN 1998….
Read MoreEdmond Sumner 18 Points Full Highlights (3/1/2021)
https://youtu.be/A57-EPD__9M This is Edmond Sumner’s fourth year in the league. That’s crazy because, as of this writing, Sumner has not played a full season’s worth of games in the NBA. This game was appearance #75 for him. Usually, a player who is that deep on the bench is not going to last for four years….
Read MoreT.J. McConnell 17 Points/12 Assists Full Highlights (2/27/2021)
https://youtu.be/hwuFVHBjE7I I’m struggling to come up with a white-guy trio that has much chemistry as the Pacers’ white-guy trio of T.J. McConnell (6 PPG), Doug McDermott (13 PPG), and Domantas Sabonis (21 PPG). There are three-man squads of white guys in the league, but they’re not really “trios” with “chemistry”. For example, Tyler Herro, Duncan…
Read MoreDoug McDermott 26 Points Full Highlights (2/13/2021)
https://youtu.be/w8xqm-tc4Ec Doug McDermott is averaging a career-high thirteen PPG per game this season. He’s only had seven games in single digits. This is clearly the most prominent, consistent, and high-usage role that he’s had on any team since his Creighton days. Is he finally turning the corner of his career, finally getting the vote of…
Read MoreDoug McDermott 28 Points Full Highlights (1/27/2021)
https://youtu.be/5l3WuV_esVs SPOILERT ALERT: there are just way too many layups in this video. Let’s just get that out of the way right now, before you click on a video that you might come to regret clicking on. I do not want the sacred halls of DownToBuck’s Archivium* to be a place of regret. Normally when…
Read MoreMyles Turner 25 Points/6 Blocks Full Highlights (1/24/2021)
https://youtu.be/oBcidjKBq4Y Myles Turner was averaging 4.1 blocks per game BEFORE this game where he got six of them. By following the unassailable precepts of mathematics, which are largely unknown to me, we can definitely state that Turner is now averaging MORE than 4.1 blocks per game this season. And that puts him in elite company….
Read MoreDoug McDermott 23 Points Full Highlights (1/17/2021)
https://youtu.be/u_-o_lS7haI In the first clip of this vid, the Clippers announer (can’t be bothered to learn his name, sorry, if it’s not Ralph Lawler IDGAF a frick) teasingly says “We’ll have an interesting stat on Doug McDermott a little bit later”. Unfortunately, I was too lazy to go through the rest of the game to…
Read MoreMyles Turner 22 Points/5 Blocks Full Highlights (8/24/2020)
You know what would be the saddest thing ever? If Myles Turner befriended a family of ducks while in Orlando and now he has to leave really quickly (because eliminated teams have to be out of the bubble within 24 hours), but now he’s running around the entire bubble looking for the ducks so he…
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