King Marjanovic sat at the high throne of his kingdom and relished the feeling of power that was always present in him, even when he wasn’t actively exercising that power by sentencing disobedient subjects to death in the dungeons or raising an army to wage war on one of the lesser states nearby. In the…
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Doug McDermott All 118 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Three-ilation)
“We are gathered here today to honor and remember the life of one of the NBA’s greatest sharpshooters…” The assembled group of mourners stood solemnly as the minister paid a final tribute to the man who was, at that very moment, lying in a casket that was waiting to be lowered into a six-foot-deep hole…
Read MoreBrandon Ingram All 124 Midrange Jumpers Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Jumperilation)
Brandon Ingram felt a draft of air rush across his body. This unexpected sensation roused him to a half-awake state. A few seconds passed before he realized that there was no reason he should be feeling a breeze; the windows of his brand-new apartment were perfectly sealed against the elements, and he never opened them….
Read MoreMontrezl Harrell All 134 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
Montrezl Harrell got out of his car and walked up the long walkway to the front door of the mansion. He had been invited to this house before, but it never ceased to impress him with its size and grandeur. It was the kind of place that would have pet tigers roaming the lawn. He…
Read MoreJarrett Allen All 165 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
The dining room table was haphazardly covered both with computer components and the packaging they had arrived in. Sitting at the edge of the chaos, Jarrett Allen wondered why his computer builds always turned out this way. It was like he couldn’t just sit down and do things in a logical manner. He had to…
Read MoreTony Snell All 32 Free Throws Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Freethrowilation)
The 2034 Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony was proceeding without any hitches. Emotional speeches by the inductees touched the hearts of all those present. Rivalries were set aside in recognition of the on-court dominance that defined all of their careers. Retired stars told jokes at each others’ expense, garnering laughter from the players, spouses,…
Read MoreKawhi Leonard All 198 Midrange Jumpers Full Highlights (2019-2020 Season Jumperilation Part II)
Ignoring the persistent knocking at his door, Kawhi focused on assembling a robotic arm that had three independently-moving fingers at the end of it. Mechanical engineering was another discipline that he had taught himself over the past two weeks of nonstop work. Whoever was trying to get his attention would just have to accept the…
Read MoreKawhi Leonard All 198 Midrange Jumpers Full Highlights (2019-2020 Season Jumperilation Part I)
“You got permission to bring a blowtorch in here?” Lifting up his facemask, Kawhi Leonard regarded his teammate Paul George with a blank expression. “You think Ballmer’s gonna say no when I ask him for something?” “I guess not,” Paul replied. He looked around the Clippers’ weight room, which had had all its weight machines…
Read MoreFrank Ntilikina All 131 Field Goals Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Bucketilation)
“Yo Frank, there’s another Knicks headline. You, uh, might not like this one.” “What’s it say? They traded me?” Frank asked, privately thinking that getting traded away from the Knicks wouldn’t be the worst thing that had ever happened to him. He swung his legs out of the leg press machine so that if the…
Read MoreChristian Wood All 113 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
Sitting at his locker well after all of his teammates had gone home, Christian Wood pondered the nature of happiness. He knew he was supposed to be sad that his team had just lost to the Jazz. He supposed that there was a part of him that was feeling genuine sadness. But was he, then,…
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