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Garrett Temple Career High 23 Points Full Highlights (12/21/2015)

Garrett Temple lay in his bed, fuming with anger as he stared at his iPhone screen. He and performed a search on YouTube for his name, expecting to see perhaps some clips of his college days or his few NBA dunks. What he found was ostensibly better, but also much worse. “Career high 18 points?…

Al-Farouq Aminu 16 Points Full Highlights (12/20/2015)

“Hey, Al-Farouq! I could use some help from a big guy like you to move some boxes around in my office.” By now, Al-Farouq recognized GM Neil Olshey’s voice. He also knew that hearing Neil’s voice was usually a bad omen. But he couldn’t just turn down the invitation to help; such a request could…

Gorgui Dieng 20 Points Full Highlights (12/20/2015)

Karl-Anthony Towns tentatively approached Gorgui Dieng, who was sitting at his locker, listening to a leak of Kanye’s upcoming album to get himself ready for the game. Karl motioned for Gorgui to take out his earbuds, which he did. He then looked blankly at the rookie, slightly annoyed at the interruption. “Uh, Gorgui, I was…

Jared Dudley 19 Points Full Highlights (12/19/2015)

“Dear DTB, I was happy to see a highlight video of my previous 19-point performance. I know that you can be counted on to cast a light on my notable on-court exploits. However, my happiness quickly soured into curdling disappointment when I saw that my personal letter to you, a letter which whose words were…

Derrick Williams 17 Points Full Highlights (12/18/2015)

“Hey Arron, check out this new track I’m working on.” Arron Afflalo looked across the aisle of the bus to see Derrick Williams hard at work on his laptop. “That’s cool man, I’m good,” he answered. He had heard rumors around the league about Derrick and his odd fondness for certain types of electronic music….

Dennis Schröder 22 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (12/18/2015)

Dennis Schröder put the earbuds in his ears, leaned back, and closed his eyes: his typical pregame relaxation ritual. His Hawks teammates knew not to disturb him unless absolutely necessary, for a meditative Dennis was a much better performer than a nervous Dennis. As German-language pop music flowed through his ears, Dennis relaxed fully, his…

Jeremy Lin 35 Points Full Highlights (12/17/2015)

Jeremy Lin was curled up in his papasan along with his dog, Aethelstan. He fidgeted with his phone nervously. “What do you think, boy, should I do it?” He muttered to Aethelstan, who responded by rearranging himself so as to be more tightly wound around his owner’s legs. Jeremy sighed. He had nagged Dirk Nowitzki…

Jarrett Jack 22 Points/10 Assists Full Highlights (12/16/2015)

“You can’t ignore me forever, DTB.” Startled by the unexpected voice behind me, I turn my chair away from the computer screen to find that Jarrett Jack has entered my office. This is not the first time an NBA player has intruded upon the sanctity of my abode, so I am able to respond calmly….

Omri Casspi 19 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (12/15/2015)

“You ask him,” whispered Darren Collison, shoving an envelope into Ben McLemore’s hands. Ben handed the envelope back to Darren as if it contained anthrax powdered. “No, you ask him.” “I said it first.” “Fine,” Ben snapped, grabbing the envelope and walking over to where Omri Casspi was sitting in front of his locker, perusing…

Andrew Wiggins 23 Points Full Highlights (12/15/2015)

As the first day of drills wound down, Andrew decided that he was not quite having fun yet. The afternoon had been spent doing passes: chest passes, bounce passes, and passes off the dribble, both towards targets taped to the wall and to other campers. This was an area where Andrew was not significantly ahead…