As of right now (and there are still games going on, so if this info changes, blame the interminable march of time and NOT your old pal DTB who only seeks to inform and never mislead), Davis Bertans is 9th in the league in total threes made. Right ahead of Bryan Forbes, and right behind…
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Ish Smith 21 Points Full Highlights (11/20/2019)
When I started making this video and was reminded that NBA legend Drew Gooden is currently a broadcaster for the Wizards, it got me thinking: did Ish Smith and Drew Gooden ever share the court during their respective journeyman careers? Gooden and Smith were both part of the forgettable 2012-13 Milwaukee Bucks team that won…
Read MoreC.J. Miles 21 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (11/17/2019)
It recently came out that the Raptors are not going to give championship rings to C.J. Miles, Delon Wright, or Jonas Valanciunas, the three dudes they traded for Marc Gasol. That seems fair to me, even if does kind of suck for Valanciunas who was with the Raptors for a seriously long time only for…
Read MoreMoritz Wagner Career High 30 Points Full Highlights (11/15/2019)
I sit, surrounded by monitors displaying graphs and numbers incomprehensible to all but the most highly trained. Japurri Purrker, my dear little kitty, sits on my lap and purrs as I perform my task of utmost importance. He wants scritches, but scritchies are not forthcoming. Not while I have work to do. It is here…
Read MoreRui Hachimura 21 Points Full Highlights (11/13/2019)
It’s early in the season, but, barring some tragic injury or sudden deportation back to Japan, I can already tell that a midrange-ilation for Rui Hachimura is totally happening. For those not versed in the terminology of DownToBuck, a “midrange-ilation” (portmanteau of “midrange” and “compilation”) is a video or series of videos where I document…
Read MoreThomas Bryant 23 Points/5 Dunks Full Highlights (11/8/2019)
Thomas Bryant has regressed slightly from last year to this year when it comes to his three-point shooting. After going 0/3 from the threezone last night in an otherwise efficient scoring night, Bryant is shooting below 30% from three. That’s still better than so-called stretch five Brook Lopez is shooting currently (god damn it god…
Read MoreRui Hachimura 21 Points Full Highlights (11/8/2019)
Aside from all the reasons to be hyped for Rui Hachimura, I am perhaps most hyped because there now appears to be a young NBA player who is willing to make a living in the midrange, analytics be damned. Carmelo Anthony used to be that player, then he started shooting threes, then he got so…
Read MoreAdmiral Schofield 15 Points Full Highlights (11/2/2019)
It’s way too early in the season for a guy like Admiral Schofield to be scoring 15 points in a game. WAY too early. This is a kind of thing I would expect during the last few weeks of the season, not the first few weeks. I wasn’t looking at that boxscore in disbelief while…
Read MoreDavis Bertans 21 Points/6 Threes Full Highlights (10/30/2019)
When I see a ridiculous final score like 159-158 (in regulation, no less), I’m definitely gonna be disappointed when I open up the box score and see that Davis Bertans had only 21 points. If he wasn’t bombing endless threes on his way to 40, then who even was doing the scoring? Bradley Beal didn’t…
Read MoreRui Hachimura 23 Points/3 Threes Full Highlights (10/30/2019)
Look at that smile. That is the smile of a man who knows he can hit threes at the NBA level. In this moment, Rui Hachimura is seeing the entire world open up for him. No longer will he have to be scrounging the midrange for chances to shoot jumpers. Now he can step all…
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