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Aaron Gordon 40 Points Full Highlights (11/29/2017)

In a previous Khris Middleton video I had debuted my new proprietary advanced stat which totally revolutionized the statistical nerddom landscape, a stat that clearly separated good players from bad ones. It was actually more of a list than a stat, but I still think it’s pretty accurate. I have now updated my stat for…

Jonathon Simmons 21 Points Full Highlights (11/27/2017)

Jonathon Simmons has continued to play solid basketball even during the Magic’s interminable losing streak, which now stands at nine games. My hypothesis that Simmons would struggle on a team without as friendly a system as the Spurs continues to get proven wrong. Sure, Simmons doesn’t really accumulate stats other than the scoring kind of…

Elfrid Payton 22 Points/9 Assists Full Highlights (11/25/2017)

Elfrid “Flattop Got Stuck in a Vacuum” Payton had missed a stretch of eight games early in the season due to some kind of injury (perhaps related to his floppy hair thing). Now he’s back in the starting point guard role and guess what? The Magic have lost eight games in a row. You know…

Terrence Ross 22 Points Full Highlights (11/22/2017)

Question for non-Magic fans: when was the last time you heard anything about Terrence Ross? Was it sometime this season? Personally, I haven’t seen any article or reference to this guy since sometime near the end of last season, when he was averaging a career-best in points per game for the Magic after he got…

Aaron Gordon 26 Points Full Highlights (11/22/2017)

While making these Aaron Gordon highlights, I couldn’t help but notice how similar he was looking to a certain Magic star from the past. Can you guess who I’m thinking of? Watch the vid first for clues. Hint 1: It’s not Shaq Hint 2: It’s not Scott Skiles Hint 3: Greg Kite? Nah. Give up?…

Nikola Vucevic 25 Points Full Highlights (11/20/2017)

I don’t exactly know how player-specific fandom works in eastern Europe, but somehow Nikola Vucevic drew the short straw and ended up with exactly zero fans. While Nikola Jokic (who is averaging FEWER points than the other Nikola) receives bags and bags full of fan correspondence every day, Vucevic has to be content with one…

Marreese Speights 19 Points Full Highlights (11/11/2017)

At 0:35 of this video, behold: the anguished cry of a man who has nothing left to live for. Marreese Speights put on a show tonight in garbage time, abusing Juan Hernangomez even as the Magic suffered a fairly thorough defeat. He did this despite suffering a total loss of conatus after missing a free-throw…

Jonathan Isaac 11 Points Full Highlights (11/10/2017)

You can kind of see why Jonathan Isaac went 6th overall. He’s basketball-player-looking as heck! Just a jet-black supertall dude who is made out of arms and legs and hairs. If you did the draft based only on how much the draftees looked like Harlem Globetrotters, this dude would go first overall. No doubt. For…

Aaron Gordon 22 Points Full Highlights (11/10/2017)

Sometimes I like to go back and watch the old HoopMixTapes of current NBA players and think about how, when the vid was made, that no one knew they would be dominating in the actual big leagues. Yeah, a lot of people assumed, but they assume that about every player that has a hype-video made…

Aaron Gordon 21 Points Full Highlights (11/8/2017)

I still haven’t fully internalized the fact that Aaron Gordon scored 41 points in a game this season. When it happened, the flurry of activity around making highlights and writing the primo description meant that I didn’t have time to sit down and think about what actually happened. 41 points. Aaron Gordon. How many threes…