John Collins chewed thoughtfully as he relaxed at his locker. They had just lost a game to the Heat, but at least they were in the middle of a homestand, so he could go back home and sleep in his own bed rather than get crammed into a plane with a bunch of teammates who…
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Kelly Oubre All 71 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
“No offense Kelly, but your idea kinda sucks,” Devin Booker said. Kelly Oubre rolled his eyes, which was a pointless reaction given that their conversation was taking place over the phone. “Last time I checked, only one of us has track record which demonstrates their success in monetizing online video content. And it’s me, not…
Read MoreCarmelo Anthony All 125 Midrange Jumpers Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Jumperilation)
Carmelo Anthony was walking through a narrow alley in a bid to find a quicker route to his parked car. He knew that it wasn’t a good idea to take a solitary walk through an unfamiliar area at night, but he was big enough that nobody would mess with him. Hopefully. The distant streetlight at…
Read MoreDerrick Jones Jr. All 76 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
His phone was ringing. Derrick Jones Jr. didn’t feel like looking to see who was calling. If he went five days without saying a word to anybody, as had become the norm while he was quarantined inside his apartment in a Miami high-rise, that was fine by him. Then again, his phone was set to…
Read MoreJaxson Hayes All 90 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
“Come on dude, just log on. It’s not like you have anything better to do.” Jaxson Hayes rolled his eyes at the over-the-phone wheedling of his teammate Nickeil Alexander-Walker. He was bored, but not so bored that he could be convinced to start playing Runescape again. “I actually do have something better to do,” he…
Read MoreMarkelle Fultz All 87 Midrange Jumpers Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Jumperilation)
Markelle Fultz looked down at his hands. They were bloody. That was to be expected after one had committed acts which Markelle had just committed. He wiped his hands on his pants, leaving bloody streaks which would have plainly implicated him in the deed, were anybody around to do the implication. Slipping out of the…
Read MoreLuka Doncic All 156 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Three-ilation)
Luka Doncic drove down a wide street in a Dallas suburb that he had never even heard of, much less visited. On either side of the road were a multitude of restaurant choices representing every cuisine known to man (or at least the ones that were a part of the average American’s culinary lexicon). It…
Read MoreMarquese Chriss All 99 Dunks Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Dunkilation)
Marquese Chriss could hear seagulls squawking and waves crashing. That was the first sign that something was wrong. The second sign was that he could feel himself lying on sand. Apparently, he was on a beach. He was not, in general, opposed to beaches, but his bedroom was not a beach, and his bedroom was…
Read MoreDavis Bertans All 200 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Three-ilation)
The sounds of a sawblade grinding against metal filled the improvised workshop. Soaring sparks cast a red glow in the windowless room which was otherwise lit only by a flickering bulb swinging from the ceiling. A very tall man impatient wiped sweat away from his brow as he bent in concentration over his latest electro-mechanical…
Read MoreTrae Young All 205 Three-Pointers Full Highlights (2019-20 Season Three-ilation Part II)
This is part two of my tell-all oral history which goes into the gritty, unsavory details of the NBA’s most polarizing hairstyle. To support this kind of hard-hitting journalistic excellence, consider a donation to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/downtobuck — RAY YOUNG: When Trae was a junior in high school, I caught a glimpse of his scalp…
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