DTB’S OFFICIAL* FUN** FACT*** OF THE DAY****: this is the first 20-point game for Nemanja Bjelica this season. He had a 30-point game, and a 19-point game, but no games in the 20-29 range. Isn’t that fun? If you don’t think that fact was fun, don’t blame me, check the disclaimers at the bottom of…
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Nemanja Bjelica 17 Points/1 Game-Winner Full Highlights (12/9/2019)
One game after humiliating and emasculating “superstar” Luka Doncic with 30 points and a game-sealing poster dunk right on top of him (okay, the dunk was unguarded and kinda wimpy, but I’m imagining him postering Doncic and it’s a really awesome mental image and I want you all to join me), Nemanja Bjelica has done…
Read MoreNemanja Bjelica Career High 30 Points Full Highlights (12/8/2019)
Much has been made of the Sacramento Kings choosing Marvin Bagley over Luka Doncic. Indeed, based on the raw stats of those two players (abridged version of said stats: Doncic good, Bagley bad), it appears that the Kings drafted the wrong guy. But players don’t exist in a vacuum, accumulating stats in a void with…
Read MoreNemanja Bjelica 17 Points Full Highlights (12/4/2019)
I consider this video to be the initial trial run of my new much-anticipated subscription program, DownToBuck+ (read as “DownToBuck Plus”). DownToBuck+ provides all the same great scrublights as regular DownToBuck, but with more (hence the plus). What that means for the average viewer is that videos which would normally show only made field goals…
Read MoreNemanja Bjelica 18 Points Full Highlights (12/2/2019)
I knew that Nemanja Bjelica had been an old rookie by NBA standards, having spent his early career dominating Europe rather than getting marginalized by ignorant coaches here in the States, but I didn’t realize that he’s currently 31 years old. That’s old! Given the average trajectory of NBA players, he’s either currently near the…
Read MoreNemanja Bjelica 17 Points Full Highlights (11/19/2019)
I enjoyed the conviction with which Kings commentator Grant Napear said “Ball game!” following Nemanja Bjelica’s three-pointer with around 2 minutes left to put the Kings up 12. I also enjoyed the slightly more subdued “Woo!” from Doug Christie. The conviction was misplaced, however, as there ended up being a lot more basketball played. The…
Read MoreNemanja Bjelica 19 Points Full Highlights (11/12/2019)
It’s been quietly lost amongst the clamorous dismay of the Kings’ season so far, but Nemanja “The Serbstomper” Bjelica has been having his best season as a pro. That is, if you discount his MVP season in Europe in 2015. I only count NBA seasons because I can’t really compare between the NBA and any…
Read MoreNemanja Bjelica 17 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (1/25/2019)
Nemanja Bjelica allegedly suffered from “back tightness”, which prevented him from playing in the Kings’ game against the Raptors three days ago. But how sure are we that “back tightness” was the real reason he was held out? “Back tightness” sounds like something you would make up so that people don’t get suspicious when they…
Read MoreNemanja Bjelica 17 Points Full Highlights (1/3/2019)
It’s a common occurrence for me: I see a player score a considerable amount of points in the first quarter of a game, I set my expectations way too high while experiencing nearly orgasmic waves of hype all across my body, and then my hype level crashes through the floor when the player in question…
Read MoreNemanja Bjelica 18 Points Full Highlights (12/27/2018)
Nemanja Bjelica has cooled off since his hot start, but the trend remains the same: when he does good (I’m defining “good” here as “scoring points”), the Kings do good. If he scores in single-digits, they’re almost guaranteed to lose. This trend, obviously, exists for a lot of players in the league, and it usually…
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