Do you want to hear something terrible? Al-Farouq Aminu’s mega poster dunk on Bogut was listed as a layup in the box score. Not only is that an insult to the primal power contained in Aminu’s whamjams, but it also means that, were I to revisit every dunk of the playoffs in order to make…
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C.J. McCollum 27 Points Full Highlights (4/27/2016)
Canning Jumpers, McCollum Contributes Clippers’ Only Losses. Los Angeles Uses Many Has-beens And Scrubs, And Losses Result Endlessly. Always Disappointing. Yet, People Endure A Kinda Epic Disappointment.
Read MoreMaurice Harkless 19 Points Full Highlights (4/27/2016)
It seems like every game now, somebody on the Blazers is overachieving. First it was Plumdog Millionaire playing like prime Bill Walton, then it was Aminu playing like prime Rashard Lewis, now it’s Moe Harkless playing like prime Moe Harkless instead of the passive version of Moe Harkless who you sometimes get. The only person…
Read MoreAl-Farouq Aminu Career High 30 Points Full Highlights (4/25/2016)
How many threes does a player have to make in a game before they earn the title of “three-point specialist”? Is it six? Because Al-Farouq Aminu has now officially made six of them in one game. If the threshold is indeed six, then there can be no doubt: Al-Farouq Aminu is a three-point specialist. If…
Read MoreC.J. McCollum 27 Points Full Highlights (4/23/2016)
In January I wrote these words in a C.J. McCollum video description: “Can you even win Most Improved Player if your minutes double from one year to the next? It’s not CJ’s fault that some losers named Wes Matthews and Arron Afflalo were hogging all the shooting guard minutes, and we all know that CJ…
Read MoreMason Plumlee 17 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (4/20/2016)
Who’s the better passing big, Blake Griffin or Mason Plumlee? ASSISTS: Plumlee had seven. Griffin had four. Seven is more than four according to the rules of math. PUNCHING PEOPLE: Griffin punches people all the time. He can’t go more than a few minutes without slamming his fist into somebody’s head. Mason Plumlee is a…
Read MoreGerald Henderson 16 Points Full Highlights (4/17/2016)
Gerald Henderson answered the call from GM Neil Olshey, silently wondering if something weird was going to happen. “Hey Neil. What’s up?” “Can you come to my office? We need to talk about playoffs, and specifically, about how the team needs your leadership,” Neil said. Relieved that the topic of discussion was not related even…
Read MoreAl-Farouq Aminu 27 Points Full Highlights (4/6/2016)
I don’t even want to know what sort of crazy-ass voodoo-ass magical sorcery Terry Stotts performed on Al-Farouq Aminu to get him to start playing this well. I don’t even want to know. It must have been some seriously potent spells or potions, whatever they were. Straight outta Hogwarts, man. Because Al-Farouq’s career high before…
Read MoreMaurice Harkless 20 Points/5 Dunks Full Highlights (4/5/2016)
I can say “5 dunks” in the video title as much as I want, but that’s not going to change the fact that none of the dunks was especially heart-pounding in nature. Moe Harkless has been a very frequent dunker when he gets minutes (JACQUE VAUGHN I’M COMING FOR YOU) but the quality of his…
Read MoreC.J. McCollum 30 Points Full Highlights (4/5/2016)
DownToBuck is a man of honesty. When he is proven to be wrong, he admits it. So it is with that in mind that he offers you this statement: I’m sorry I called Damian Lillard “The next Brandon Jennings”. Yeah, I know, this is a C.J. McCollum vid. But I’m not ever going to get…
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