Shabazz Napier – DownToBuck

Shabazz Napier 21 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (3/10/2020)

The “Shabazzle-Dazzle” nickname for Shabazz Napier is overplayed, in my opinion. And since I am the world’s foremost expert on NBA player nicknames (having coined a large percentage of the total nicknames in circulation myself), my opinion is basically fact. I am going to use my domain-specific knowledge here to throw my weight around a…

Shabazz Napier 27 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (3/8/2020)

The ‘Zards: a team with a “big three”? That is the question of the day, and the answer is a resounding “YES!”. Every team in the NBA either has or wishes they had a big three, and you can put Washington into the “has” category. The other question is, who comprises that big three? A…

Shabazz Napier 27 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (2/24/2020)

With Shabazz Napier’s somewhat subpar play for most of the season with the Timberwolves (save for a random stretch in early January where he scored twenty-plus in four straight games), he OFFICIALLY relinquished his claim to the nickname “Shabazzle Dazzle”. While there is no such thing as an officialy, internationally-recognized repository of NBA player nicknames,…

Shabazz Napier 17 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (2/3/2020)

I thought THE WHOLE POINT of trading away Jeff Teague was so that Jarrett Culver could get a ton of burn at point guard in this lost season for the Timberwolves. The other part of the plan was to allow Andrew Wiggins to initiate more of the offense himself. The plan was not to have…

Shabazz Napier Triple Double 10 Pts/10 Rebs/13 Asts Full Highlights (1/25/2020)

Shabazz Napier opened his eyes, and when he saw what was waiting for him beyond his newly-opened eyelids, his immediate thought was that his physical safety was in danger. He was sitting by himself in the booth of a ratty, dirty fast-food restaurant. Wherever it was, it was not in a good part of the…

Shabazz Napier 21 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (1/5/2020)

Can Shabazz Napier, you know, like chill out for a bit? Just for one game, then he can go back to scoring 20 all the time. Players like him going off unexpectedly (though it’s starting to become expectedly, at this point) are what I live for, I know, and I’m super hyped that he’s playing…

Shabazz Napier 20 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (1/2/2020)

Shabazz Napier scoring 20 or more in three straight games after being booty for the whole season prior is really fun and exciting, but you know what would be even more fun and exciting? A lot of things, but the one I’m thinking of is if it was Shabazz Muhammad was scoring 20 or more…

Shabazz Napier 22 Points Full Highlights (1/1/2020)

The Timberwolves used a balanced scoring attack consisting entirely of role-players and scrubs, with the only real outlier being Shabazz Napier with 22 (the points being the outlier, not the role-player status), to narrowly lose to the Bucks by 2. Sometimes I don’t really like having to make vids for other teams while the Bucks…

Shabazz Napier 24 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (12/30/2019)

Timberwolves fans may not believe this, but Shabazz Napier was good, once upon a time. He was legitimately good in his last season with Portland (the only place he stayed for more than one year), and was kinda okay in Brooklyn. And that stint with Brooklyn was just last year! He has a recent history…

Shabazz Napier 18 Points Full Highlights (12/21/2019)

I didn’t realize it because he’s been so far under the radar even for an enthusiast of scrubs like myself, but Shabazz Napier is shooting 24% from three this season on four attempts per game. Somewhere, LeBron James is looking at the stat sheet and shaking his head. He’s also laughing because the Heat drafted…