Story – Page 2 – DownToBuck

LaMelo Ball Career High 34 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (2/5/2021)

https://youtu.be/6GHDX8p4jh4 LaMelo Ball awoke from his slumber only to come to the immediate conclusion that he had seamlessly transitioned from one dream into another. The place he was in was like no place he had been on Earth. A brightly shining sun, whose light was dampened by silver cloud cover, lent an otherworldly glow to…

Nassir Little Career High 30 Points Full Highlights (2/1/2021)

https://youtu.be/gmVfSM-GKsY Nassir Little was sitting on a stone bench, strangely not feeling any sense of panic even though the situation definitely called for it. Many minutes prior, he had awoken in this strange place that seemed to go on forever. It was like a grand hall with no beginning and no end. The golden sunlight…

Jarrett Allen 23 Points/5 Blocks Full Highlights (2/1/2021)

https://youtu.be/ni4POkyUAMA Jarrett Allen walked into the locker room and was received with a chorus of whoops and cheers. While it was not as ecstatic a celebration as had certainly occurred in that locker room after higher-profile wins, and there were no impromptu Gatorade baths to be found, the assembled Cavaliers players made sure that Allen’s…

Immanuel Quickley Career High 31 Points Full Highlights (1/24/2021)

https://youtu.be/knzOpw2iuLo Lifting himself off the hard marble floor that he had unexpectedly been lying on, Immanuel Quickley looked around at his unfamiliar surroundings and quickly came to the conclusion that, wherever he was, it wasn’t anywhere that he was supposed to be. A grand hall, lined with towering cathedral-style windows, extended to the haze-shrouded horizon…

Nickeil Alexander-Walker Career High 37 Points Full Highlights (1/13/2021)

https://youtu.be/2bXqwc5WcU0 Nickeil Alexander-Walker rolled over uncomfortably. Annoyingly, his bed seemed a lot more firm than he preferred. When multiple contortions of his body failed to result in any sort of comfort, he opened his eyes, and that was when he realized that he was no longer near his bed, his home, or even his planet….

Thomas Bryant 28 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (12/31/2020)

https://youtu.be/-NUMPHJXoCo New Year’s Eve is not normally a big deal at the DownToBuck household. The most exciting thing I do is I go the supermarket, pick out a random flavor of juice-from-concentrate, and then mix it with Fresca to make a big bowl of punch. Then I sip the punch (which is decidedly non-alcoholic, by…

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 17 Points/1 Championship Full Highlights (10/11/2020)

In the months that followed my hiring as “janitorial shift manager” at the NBA headquarters, I laid low and did my assigned work without complaint. During all those lonely evenings, where I supervised a crew of four janitors but also selflessly undertook any cleaning projects that were exceptionally distasteful or onerous, I engaged in discreet…

Tyler Herro Career High 37 Points Full Highlights (9/23/2020)

In the darkness of the uncomfortably warm, intolerably humid Florida night, beside one of the resort complex’s many outdoor swimming pools, a tall man reclined on a pool chair. The sunglasses he wore on his face were superfluous, given the general dimness of the moonlight, and the fact that he was fully clothed made it…

Duncan Robinson 18 Points Full Highlights (9/17/2020)

Gazing contemplatively at the dark sky of the Florida night, Duncan Robinson ambled along a winding path that took him underneath palm trees and past sweet-smelling flower beds. He wasn’t paying attention to where his feet were taking him; all his thoughts were focused on the game that they had just won. He knew his…

Luguentz Dort Career High 30 Points Full Highlights (9/2/2020)

Through bleary eyes, Luguentz Dort gazed at the hazy silver sky above him. His mind felt at peace, somehow, like a great burden had been lifted from it. His body, however…that was a different story. Why was he so uncomfortable? He rolled to his side, thinking that he had simply wound up lying on a…