DownToBuck’s pet peeve of the day: when commentators say that a player has a season-high when they could say instead that the player has a career-high with the same amount of factual accuracy. When I saw Joffrey Lauvergne had 18 points, I immediately said to myself “yep, that right there is a career high for…
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Joffrey Lauvergne 14 Points Full Highlights (12/3/2015)
In “The Battle Between Foreign Backup Centers who were Never Supposed to Start”, Frenchman Joffrey Lauvergne convincingly outplayed the Congolese Bismack Biyombo. Even the most ardent Raptors homer would readily admit that 14/10 with two fouls is quite a bit better than 6/7 with four fouls. The regularly scheduled “Battle Between Starting Foreign Centers” that…
Read MoreJoffrey Lauvergne 11 Points/2 Threes Full Highlights (11/1/2015)
Stepping into the Nuggets locker room must be like stepping into the United Nations. They’ve got representatives from pretty much every country that matters and a few that don’t: Joffrey Lauvergne (France) Danilo Gallinari (Italy) Emmanuel Mudiay (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Nikola Jokic (Serbia) Jusuf Nurkic (Bosnia) Mike Miller (South Dakota) So when Mudiay…
Read MoreJoffrey Lauvergne 11 Points Full Highlights (2/25/2015)
I tried to find a better thumbnail image, I really did. This is just how Joffrey Lauvergne looked the whole time he was on the court, mouth constantly agape, huffing and puffing for air. Poor guy, he didn’t expect to play this many minutes and the air in Denver is so damn thin. I wouldn’t…
Read MoreJoffrey Lauvergne 8 Points/3 Dunks Nuggets Debut Full Highlights (2/22/2015)
So, I remember when Joffrey Lauvergne was drafted. I remember thinking “I bet French people would love to watch highlights of him, when is he coming over?” And then he just disappeared from my awareness. Where did he go? No one knows. But now he’s back! Back and ready to slam the bejabers out of…
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