I’m not ashamed to admit that when I first heard about Ivan Rabb, I assumed he was some sort of Euro import playing college ball in the States. That was fair of me to assume, I think, because I have never heard of a US-born person with the name “Ivan”. That’s a name reserved for…
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Mario Chalmers 17 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (1/26/2018)
I am about to deliver some real talk to all you folks out there, not fake talk, but real factual talk that is real and talk: the Cavaliers could really use Mario Chalmers right now. I am not overreacting right now. Okay, so I’m overreacting a little bit. 17 and 10 has got me all…
Read MoreMario Chalmers 17 Points Full Highlights (1/22/2018)
Mario Chalmers cemented himself into basketball history by winning two championships with the Heat, and his cemented place in those hallowed halls is even more cemented than usual because he actually played well in those playoffs. A lot of scrub-type players will, by default, be noted in the history books as having won a ‘chip,…
Read MoreMyke Henry 12 Points Full Highlights (1/23/2018)
I basically have no angles with which to attack this description from. With the more notable players, there are dozens of possible description themes. With Myke Henry, there are two: what he did in this particular game, and the fact that two-way contracts are really messing with my ability to stay up to date on…
Read MoreWayne Selden Career High 31 Points Full Highlights (1/20/2018)
This was just an absolutely sick scoring exhibition by Wayne Selden. 31 points off the bench in 26 minutes. Out of nowhere. If there’s a more unexpected performance from this season, I can’t think of it. He just went out there and nearly willed the Grizzlies to victory by himself, by the power of his…
Read MoreDillon Brooks 22 Points Full Highlights (1/19/2018)
I was going to make a description comparing various Grizzlies players to characters from Game of Thrones, but then I ran into a serious and insurmountable problem: I’ve never watched Game of Thrones and only know a smattering of plot details. A “smattering” meaning “none”. Dammit! I don’t know how some people can consume both…
Read MoreBen McLemore 21 Points Full Highlights (1/19/2018)
Is it reasonable to say that Ben “DNP-CD” McLemore had a “revenge game” tonight against the Kings? I think it is. I don’t see any way in which this 21-point effort versus the team that spurned him/ruined his career/called him a bust right to his face was not an act of vengeance. His first game…
Read MoreIvan Rabb 8 Points Full Highlights (1/17/2018)
Attention potential lottery picks: do not return for another year of college if people think you might go in the top ten. Especially do not do so if you know you are going to get worse instead of better during that extra year. It’s too late for Ivan Rabb, but maybe that advice will reach…
Read MoreDillon Brooks 17 Points Full Highlights (1/17/2018)
Dillon Brooks is the current leader of the SRRWIPMAE award, or the Second-Round Rookie Who Is Producing Most Above Expectations award. Out of all the second-round rookies this year, he is the only to have played 1000 minutes. Jordan Bell might be better impact-wise, but he doesn’t count, because all he has to do is…
Read MoreJarell Martin 17 Points Full Highlights (1/17/2018)
Jarell Martin is a throwback to a (better????) different time of the NBA, when power forwards didn’t have to stretch the floor or handle the ball, when all they had to do was be beefy and go after rebounds like it was their baby falling out of a second-story window. Sure, Martin shoots some jumpers…
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