Jusuf Nurkic sat basically the whole 4th quarter tonight. I don’t really see why the Blazers coaching staff would do that. Ed Davis, his replacement, is more of a “solid” player, I guess. If you can live with the lack of offense he provides. But the real reason you don’t bench Nurk is because last…
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Jusuf Nurkic 25 Points Full Highlights (11/5/2017)
Carmelo Anthony lingered outside the Blazers’ locker room after the game. He thought he heard a commotion inside, and he knew it wasn’t proper postgame etiquette to barge in unannounced, so he decided to wait until a player came out. After a few minutes of waiting, a frazzled-looking Jake Layman burst out. Carmelo moved quickly…
Read MoreJusuf Nurkic 28 Points Full Highlights (11/2/2017)
Caleb Swanigan approached Jusuf Nurkic after the game. “Hey, great game Nurk, Dame might have hit the game-winner but this win was all you, man!” Jusuf, who was seated at his locker, didn’t reply. He simply stared straight ahead, not moving or reacting to the rookie’s congratulations. Caleb turned to a nearby C.J. McCollum. “Yo,…
Read MoreJusuf Nurkic 19 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (11/1/2017)
Sometimes, no amount of DTB’s highlight magic can fix a video. The end of this particular sampling of Herky-Jerky Nurky highlights is a perfect example: in order to show the final of Nurkic’s three blocks, I have to end the video with Rudy Gobert picking up the blocked shot and powering in a monster two-handed…
Read MoreAl-Farouq Aminu 19 Points/5 Threes Full Highlights (10/26/2017)
It might seem like Al-Farouq Aminu is a grizzled veteran at this point. He’s been in the league eight years. To me, having that much NBA experience qualifies you for the title of “veteran”, and he’s definitely got the “grizzled” part down with his unkempt facial hair. The thing is, he might be a veteran,…
Read MorePat Connaughton Career High 24 Points Full Highlights (10/18/2017)
I don’t know how it happened, but the Trailblazers just blew the doors off the Suns, winning 124 to 76. Things started off well enough for the Suns, but then, oh look, here comes Pat Connaughton to bring Portland back to parity, and I guess that was so dispiriting for the home team that they…
Read MoreAl-Farouq Aminu 25 Points Full Highlights (4/24/2017)
The Blazers might have gotten swept, but there is one positive to take away from this string of four straight losses: Al-Farouq Aminu improved from his zero-point first game to score nine, fourteen, and twenty-five in the second, third, and fourth games. If the series magically extended to seven games, Aminu would probably drop 45…
Read MoreTim Quarterman 10 Points Full Highlights (4/12/2017)
This is it. Just like last year (Damien Inglis 10 points), in true DownToBuck fashion, I’ve saved the absolute worst for last. No lie. This is the worst highlight vid I’ve done this year. If you want to go through the 1500+ other vids I’ve made this season to try and find a worse one,…
Read MorePat Connaughton Career High 19 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (4/12/2017)
If you were in possession of a time machine, and used your time machine to go back to the end of last season, a season where Pat Connaughton had scored one point per game on 26% shooting, and told me that that same dude would one day put up a 19/7/7 statline in the NBA,…
Read MoreShabazz Napier 25 Points Full Highlights (4/12/2017)
LeBron must be sitting somewhere in Ohio, smirking at the box-scores on his phone and thinking, “I told everybody this guy can play”. Remember, the sole reason Shabazz Napier was drafted by the Heat in 2014 was because LeBron tweeted about him, and the Heat wanted LeBron to be happy. It was a classic case…
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