Tag: Maurice Harkless

The problem, as I see it, for the Trailblazers in this series is that they have to start both Maurice Harkless and Al-Farouq Aminu. Mike Breen might call them “wildcards”, which is framing it in the best way possible, but if I were an elite playoff-caliber team, I’d want to replace one of those dudes,…

The narrative from this game, carefully curated by the media for mass consumption by an undiscerning populace, is that Damian Lillard is the hero of this game for hitting a three-pointer as time expired. As the narrative goes, Lillard’s shot was a game-winner, and it gave him fifty points for the game, so he’s the…

The main complaint I have made about Moe Harkless for the past however many years, since he came into the league basically, is that he doesn’t do enough on the court. Not only does he often play passively on offense, he LOOKS like he’s playing passively because his facial expression never changes. At most, you…

Moe Harkless was uncharacteristically aggressive in this game. He was aggressive to the point where the aggression could not have solely come from within him; we know with certainty that he doesn’t have that extra switch inside him that would allow him to be so scoring-focused for an entire game. I’m thinking either Terry Stotts,…

It totally escaped my notice that Moe Harkless had seventeen points last night. Seventeen points isn’t a lot in the grand scheme of things, but it is a season-high for Moe Problems. I hereby issue an OFFICIAL DTB APOLOGY for neglecting Harkless’ highlights for so long. That apology is unlikely to reach very many people,…

Maurice Harkless: most irrelevant starter in the league? His per-game statline of 6-4-1-1-1 doesn’t exactly excite, unless you’re a big fan of players who, if given way more minutes (like two full games worth), might be a threat to get a 5×5 (Harkless: ask Jusuf Nurkic for some tips!). I guess he’s a decent enough…

I don’t feel like Moe “Moe Buckets” Harkless is getting enough criticism for what he did at the end of last season, an act that called into question the entire integrity of the NBA. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, thinking he punched a fan or something, let me clue you in: he…

In between this game, where he scored nineteen points, and the game on December 23 where he dropped 22 on the Lakers, Moe Harkless has gotten the following statlines: Vs Phi: 8/2/2/1/1 At Atl: 6/1/0/1/0 At Chi: 0/1/0/1/0 At Cle: 3/1/1/0/1 Sure, his average minutes per game was in the upper teens for that span,…