J.J. Barea – DownToBuck

J.J. Barea 18 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (8/10/2020)

Have I told you guys about how much I dislike Jeff “Skin” Wade, the annoying third-wheel commentary dude for the Mavericks? I really dislike him. “Hate” is a strong word which I don’t usually employ for basketball-related subjects, so I won’t use it here. But my distaste for him and his style of commentary definitely…

J.J. Barea 15 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (1/28/2020)

J.J. Barea and Dwight Powell have shown an uncommon amount of chemistry over the years. Their ability to connect with each other on alley-oops was almost telepathic. However, a Bad Thing has happened to Powell and his legs currently don’t work well enough for him to catch lobs from Barea, so Barea is going to…

J.J. Barea 19 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (12/20/2018)

J.J. Barea is a great backup point guard. One of the best. His pull-up midrange jimbos are among the wettest in the league. It doesn’t even matter that he’s way shorter than the average NBA player, because his lack of height doesn’t seem to stop him from getting his shot off or seeing the right…

J.J. Barea 24 Points Full Highlights (12/2/2018)

I want to thank J.J. Barea for, consistently, having among the best free-throwing shooting expressions of an NBA player. If the Mavericks camera people zoom in on him while he’s doing it, which they usually do, that means I don’t have to worry about finding other suitiable thumbnail images. The image you see today is…

J.J. Barea 20 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (11/24/2018)

I’m having trouble figuring out whether or not the Mavericks are a good team. They’ve won seven of their last nine games after losing seven of their first nine games to open up the season, and they have many of the components of a good team: -Starter-quality backup PG (Barea) -Emerging young stud (Doncic) -Hyper-efficient…

J.J. Barea 18 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (11/21/2018)

J.J. Barea was straight up a midrange assassin in this game. He would just get somebody to set a screen for him, run to his spot, and pop his little jumper that he somehow gets off even though defenders usually have about a foot of height on him. Sometimes, instead of the jumper, he would…

J.J. Barea 21 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (11/10/2018)

J.J. Barea, at the ripe old age of 33, had the best season of his career last year, and I don’t feel like anyone really noticed. More points per game than ever, more assists per game than ever. And if you’re one of those sweaty dorks who disdains boxscore stats, he also had more winshares…

J.J. Barea 23 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (3/22/2018)

The list of longtime NBA players who had their best season ever at the age of 33 has to be pretty short (short like J.J. Barea, oh SNAP). However short it is, it has gotten one item longer with how well Barea has played this season. The wins aren’t there, but even at his best…

J.J. Barea 19 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (2/26/2018)

After Mark Cuban got fined a significant amount of money for straight-up saying that the Mavs have tanked/will be tanking, you know he’s gonna take steps to make it look like he’s not doing the exact thing he said he was doing. And that means winning some games. As much as it hurts the placement…

J.J. Barea 17 Points/12 Assists Full Highlights (2/24/2018)

In scoring seventeen points last night, J.J. Barea, at the ripe old age of 33, is officially scoring the most points per game of his career. 11.4 PPG might not seem like a lot, but when you consider that Barea has strictly been slotted into the backup role for his entire career, it’s actually pretty…