Nicolo Melli and Zion Williamson are the most dynamic rookie bigman tandem that I can think of in a long time. The realities of the NBA draft are such that it’s hard to get even one young stud big, much less two. You can try and game the system by drafting Euro stashes or maybe…
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Nicolo Melli 15 Points Full Highlights (1/20/2020)
Nicolo Melli: is he Andrea Bargnani 2.0? Let’s run down a list of Bargnani’s most notable attributes to see if Mell in a Cell can stack up: Italian? Check. Shoots threes? Check. Shoots midrange jimbos? Check. Too soft/slow to play meaningful defense at the NBA level? Check. Draft bust? Check. (Melli was such a bust…
Read MoreNicolo Melli 20 Points Full Highlights (1/13/2020)
Nicolo “Italian Santa Claus” Melli set the world on fire when he scored 14 points in his NBA debut, broadcast for everyone to see on TNT. The highlights of that performance were the first I made for this season. Thousands of vids will pass through my channel, but there can be only one that is…
Read MoreNicolo Melli 16 Points/5 Threes Full Highlights (11/17/2019)
The Warriors broadcast crew (die Bob Fitzgerald die die die just die) were making a big thing about how Eric Paschall was supposedly dominating Nicolo Melli. They wouldn’t shut up about it. Yeah, maybe Paschall got the better of Melli in some one-on-one situations. Yeah, maybe Paschall outscored Melli by almost a 2-to-1 margin. Yeah,…
Read MoreNicolo Melli 14 Points Pelicans Debut Full Highlights (10/22/2019)
The past few weeks have been very eventful for your pal DownToBuck. The good news is, I’m back and I’m making highlight videos. The bad news is, well, it’s not really bad news, but there’s a lot of crazy stuff that has led up to this point. So I’m going to start at the beginning….
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