Watching Jonas Valanciunas execute moves in the low post is cool, but it’s also a somewhat agonizing experience because all it does is remind me how Donatas Motiejunas isn’t even in the league right now. No offence to Valanciunas, but Motiejunas’ post moves were a Picasso painting compared to Valanciunas’ preschool fingerpaintings. To be fair,…
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Avery Bradley 23 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (2/27/2019)
Given how booty Avery Bradley was this season with the Clippers, it’s surprising to me how well he’s playing in Memphis. No one noticed because of the constant drama going on with the other LA team, but he was really not good for the Clippers. Way below his standards, and the standards of all of…
Read MoreJonas Valanciunas 20 Points Full Highlights (2/25/2019)
The path forward for the Grizzlies has now been made clear. As a dense morning fog lifts to reveal a snow-covered, serenity-steeped landscape, as the nighttime clouds part to reveal a fully-shining moon previously only hinted at by beams of light poking through the cloudcover, as a heavy fall shower rinses away the dust and…
Read MoreJonas Valanciunas 25 Points Full Highlights (2/23/2019)
OFFICIAL THINGS THAT JONAS VALANCIUNAS DOES THAT MARC GASOL DOESN’T DO POWER RANKINGS 1. Be Lithuanian 2. Score efficiently 3. Have a cool haircut 4. Get marginalized by coaches for his entire career 5. Watch torrented Lithuanian television series while snuggling with his cat Arvydas 6. Dunk the ball (I’m pretty sure Marc can’t jump…
Read MoreJoakim Noah 22 Points/Career-High 12 Free Throws Full Highlights (2/22/2019)
Joakim Noah hitting all twelve of his free throw attempts tonight has gotta be one of the most astounding statistical aberrations of the season. It’s not as aberrant as a theoretical situation in which Andre Drummond or DeAndre Jordan hits twelve of twelve, but the thing is, those are just theoretical situations. This is a…
Read MoreAvery Bradley Career High 33 Points Full Highlights (2/12/2019)
When I was making highlights for Avery Bradley during his Celtics days, I seem to remember that I would often go in HARD on him for what I deemed to be his poor shot selection. He was an old-school shooting guard stuck in the modern era. His reliance on the pull-up midrange jumper was a…
Read MoreJonas Valanciunas 23 Points Grizzlies Debut Full Highlights (2/12/2019)
It’s happening again. All you Jonas Valanciunas fans out there, if you thought that going to the Grizzlies was going to free your man from the yoke of questionable coaching, it’s not looking good. It’s still early, so Bickerstaff has some time to get things properly in order. Let’s not panic yet. But tell me…
Read MoreJoakim Noah 19 Points/4 Dunks Full Highlights (2/9/2019)
I love the dead time between trades. Players have already left for their new teams, but the players received in return aren’t cleared to play yet. It’s a perfect opportunity for lesser-used bench players to step up and show what they’ve got, because, depending on the nature of the trade, there will be a lineup…
Read MoreJaren Jackson 27 Points Full Highlights (2/7/2019)
NBA historians will look back on this day as day one (or day zero?) of the Jaren Jackson Jr. era in Memphis. This is the day that Marc Gasol was traded to the Raptors, breaking up the iconic Gasol/Conley duo that had endured for a decade. This is the day that the Grizzlies moved on…
Read MoreYuta Watanabe 10 Points Full Highlights (2/7/2019)
There is nothing that I love more, and I mean NOTHING, than unearthing a never-before-seen scrub/role-player/something-in-between and showcasing him for the first time. The guys on two-way contracts are the best for this. Now, for Yuta Watanabe, the “never-before-seen” part isn’t exactly true, because this guy has a whole native country’s worth of followers just…
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