Add Enes Kanter to the list of people who are victims of this three-obsessed league. When will the madness end? Last year’s vaunted Favors-Kanter duo didn’t really work out. Traditional big-man pairings like that one aren’t effective anymore; at least one of the two bigs has to be able to shoot from outside, or the…
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Rudy Gobert 7 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (11/5/2014)
Rudy Gobert, after a rookie year of being relatively unknown, is now getting a little love from the media. Fawning articles usually reserved for Giannis now get written for Rudy. His play in the World Cup opened peoples eyes to how much of a freak this guy is. About time. So far this year the…
Read MoreGordon Hayward 27 Points Full Highlights (11/3/2014)
Gordon Hayward sat in front of his computer, growing more and more frustrated as he played. “Get good? You get good! You’re the noob you damn fruitcake!” he yelled into his headset as he lost another game of League of Legends. “Match me on Starcraft and we’ll see who the real noob is! Oh, and…
Read MoreGordon Hayward 24 Points Full Highlights (11/1/2014)
Gordon Hayward sauntered up to his new teammates, Dante Exum and Joe Ingles. “I couldn’t help but overhear your guys’ conversation.” Both of the Australians perked up. “So you got the new Assassins Creed too, mate?” Dante asked. “The gameplay is just on another level.” Gordon laughed. “Well, actually, no. Those action-adventure games are for…
Read MoreDerrick Favors Career High 32 Points Full Highlights (11/1/2014)
Who knew creating and marketing a line of cookbooks was so hard? Let it be known DownToBuck is a savvy businessperson. He can sense a good business opportunity and is quick to seize it, like a cobra uncoiling to strike its unwitting victim. So it only makes sense that I would copyright the term “Flavors…
Read MoreDante Exum 10 Points/3 Threes Full Highlights (11/1/2014)
I like to rag on the Jazz announcers for being really bad (Matt Harpring), but at least they somewhat know what they are talking about. I don’t even know who these jokers that they got to commentate are, but I definitely don’t want to hear them ever again. First confusing Booker for Exum, and then…
Read MoreJeremy Evans All 59 Dunks Full Highlights (2013-14 Season Dunkilation)
There is a weird phenomenon that happens with the NBA dunk contest: it gets worse every year! I can’t go back all the way to where things started to go wrong, but I can start with 2006, the year things really went to pot. 2006: Nate Robinson takes like a hundred attempts to dunk and…
Read MoreRudy Gobert 8 Points/2 Blocks Full Highlights (4/16/2014)
There must be some reason why Rudy Gobert didn’t get any minutes this season. I have several theories, listed in order of likelihood: -He looks like an alien from outer space who will zap you with his ray gun -He is French -He was assumed to be a mime incapable of speech (see: French) -He…
Read MoreJeremy Evans Career High 18 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (4/16/2014)
This was a breakout year for Jeremy Evans. He played way more minutes than before, freed from the shackles of Paul Millsap being really good. His field goal percentage went down, but that’s because he attempted shots other than dunks. Basically he took the advice given to anyone who is known for their work around…
Read MoreRudy Gobert 7 Points/1 Dunk Full Highlights (4/11/2014)
You may think of DownToBuck as an impartial commentator, a man who loves all NBA players (except LeBron and other stars) equally. Indeed, that is the impression he tries to give, except when calling players busts and wondering out loud why they lick so much sack. But now the veil of illusion will be lifted….
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