Big (Man) Love, 2021-22 season

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

2/24 Big Man update:

Jarrett Allen: 11/8/0/1/3 versus Pistons
Clint Capela: 14/17/0/0/2 versus Bulls
Nikola Vucevic: 12/10/3/2/2 versus Hawks
Karl-Anthony Towns: 22/11/3/0/3 versus Grizzlies
DeAndre Ayton: 6/8/1/2/1 versus Thunder
(BMOtN) Nikola Jokic: 25/12/9/4/1 versus Kings
Domantas Sabonis: 33/14/6/1/1 versus Nuggets


Honorable Mention
Jaren Jackson, Jr.: 21/11/1/2/3 versus Timberwolves

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

2/25 Big Man update:

Christian Wood: 21/11/1/0/0 versus Magic
Bam Adebayo: 16/16/4/1/4 versus Knicks
Julius Randle: 11/8/8/1/0 versus Heat
Joel Embiid: 34/10/3/1/0 versus Timberwolves
Karl-Anthony Towns: 25/7/3/0/0 versus 76ers
(BMOtN) Jonas Valanciunas: 18/17/0/1/0 versus Suns
DeAndre Ayton: 20/5/1/1/3 versus Pelicans
Rudy Gobert: 14/17/2/0/3 versus Mavericks


Honorable Mention
Wendell Carter, Jr.: 24/12/2/0/0 versus Rockets
Jakob Poeltl: 28/11/8/0/2 versus Wizards

Giving it to Valanciunas, due to quality of opposition.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

2/26 Big Man update:

Clint Capela: 8/9/0/1/2 versus Raptors
Jarrett Allen: 18/14/0/3/0 versus Wizards
Bam Adebayo: 36/7/4/2/3 versus Spurs
Nikola Vucevic: 11/12/0/0/1 versus Grizzlies
Domantas Sabonis: 14/16/7/1/1 versus Nuggets
Nikola Jokic: 18/10/11/0/0 versus Kings


Honorable Mention
(BMOtN) Steven Adams: 12/21/5/0/2 versus Bulls
Bobby Portis: 30/12/0/0/0 versus Nets

 

[chief bromden]

2/26 Big Man update:

Clint Capela: 8/9/0/1/2 versus Raptors
Jarrett Allen: 18/14/0/3/0 versus Wizards
Bam Adebayo: 36/7/4/2/3 versus Heat
Nikola Vucevic: 11/12/0/0/1 versus Grizzlies
Domantas Sabonis: 14/16/7/1/1 versus Nuggets
Nikola Jokic: 18/10/11/0/0 versus Kings


Honorable Mention
(BMOtN) Steven Adams: 12/21/5/0/2 versus Bulls
Bobby Portis: 30/12/0/0/0 versus Nets

Bam on the Spurs would be sick, but him playing against himself is also sick

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Bam on the Spurs would be sick, but him playing against himself is also sick

GOD DAMN IT!

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

2/27 Big Man update:

(BMOtN) Joel Embiid: 37/9/3/1/4 versus Knicks
Julius Randle: 16/10/7/0/0 versus 76ers
Rudy Gobert: 16/14/1/0/3 versus Suns
DeAndre Ayton: 23/7/2/1/2 versus Jazz
Christian Wood: 15/7/1/0/0 versus Clippers
Nikola Jokic: 8/18/11/1/0 versus Trail Blazers
Jonas Valanciunas: 19/10/2/2/0 versus lakers

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

2/28 Big Man update:

Karl-Anthony Towns: 17/4/3/1/1 versus Cavaliers
Jarrett Allen: 21/8/1/0/1 versus Timberwolves
Nikola Vucevic: 14/7/2/1/0 versus Heat
Bam Adebayo: 15/7/5/2/2 versus Bulls
(BMOtN) Domantas Sabonis: 14/16/7/1/0 [8 to] versus Thunder


Honorable Mention
Wendell Carter, Jr.: 21/12/1/0/0 versus Pacers
Bobby Portis: 20/10/0/0/0 versus Hornets

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/1 Big Man update:

Clint Capela: 5/11/0/1/0 versus Celtics
Christian Wood: 17/8/1/0/3 versus Clippers
Karl-Anthony Towns: 39/9/1/0/0 versus Warriors

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

End of month update:

Big Man of the Month for February is Joel Embiid. Embiid goes back-to-back, finishing the shortest month of the year with five awards. Towns, Davis, Sabonis and Jokic finished in a four-way tie for second, with two apiece.


Big Man of the Month, season-to-date:
October: Nikola Jokic
November: Anthony Davis
December: Nikola Jokic
January: Joel Embiid
February: Joel Embiid


The following player(s) has had their probationary period ended, and will no longer receive automatic inclusion in the nightly listing:

Clint Capela (ATL)

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/2 Big Man update:

Jarrett Allen: 18/11/0/2/1 versus Hornets
Julius Randle: 24/6/3/1/0 versus 76ers
Joel Embiid: 27/12/4/1/2 versus Knicks
(BMOtN) Rudy Gobert: 27/17/1/1/2 versus Rockets
Christian Wood: 24/10/5/4/1 versus Jazz
Bam Adebayo: 18/12/4/2/0 versus Bucks
Domantas Sabonis: 15/14/7/1/0 versus Pelicans
Jonas Valanciunas: 17/14/2/0/1 versus Kings
Nikola Jokic: 22/16/4/2/0 [6 to] versus Thunder
DeAndre Ayton: 18/8/1/1/0 versus Trail Blazers

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/3 Big Man update:

Nikola Vucevic: 21/11/5/0/0 versus Hawks
(BMOtN) Bam Adebayo: 30/11/6/2/0 versus Nets
Domantas Sabonis: 12/12/6/0/0 versus Spurs


Honorable Mention
Al Horford: 21/15/5/0/2 versus Grizzlies

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/4 Big Man update:

Karl-Anthony Towns: 20/8/3/3/1 versus Thunder
Jarrett Allen: 20/7/0/1/1 versus 76ers
Joel Embiid: 22/9/5/2/0 versus Cavaliers
John Collins: 9/6/1/1/1 versus Wizards (did not start)
Nikola Vucevic: 19/9/2/2/0 versus Bucks
Rudy Gobert: 10/11/1/1/0 versus Pelicans
Jonas Valanciunas: 4/6/1/0/0 versus Jazz
Christian Wood: 22/10/5/0/1 versus Nuggets
Julius Randle: 25/7/4/1/0 versus Suns
DeAndre Ayton: 8/3/1/0/1 versus Knicks



Honorable Mention
Isaiah Roby: 21/10/1//3/0 versus Timberwolves
(BMOtN) DeMarcus Cousins: 31/9/4/3/1 versus Rockets
Mitchell Robinson: 17/15/1/4/3 versus Suns

According to the rules that I created for this listing, neither Cousins nor Robinson should have made Honorable Mention last night: Cousins failed to secure the double-double, and Robinson's team lost. But **** it, it's my list! If I want to break my own rules, then guess what?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/5 Big Man update:

Domantas Sabonis: 15/10/6/0/0 versus Mavericks
Joel Embiid: 22/15/2/2/0 versus Heat
Bam Adebayo: 6/10/2/1/0 versus 76ers
(BMOtN) Karl-Anthony Towns: 36/15/5/0/3 versus Trail Blazers

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/6 Big Man update:

DeAndre Ayton: 30/8/2/1/0 versus Bucks
Christian Wood: 28/13/1/1/2 versus Grizzlies
Rudy Gobert: 12/17/1/0/1 versus Thunder
Jarrett Allen: 6/2/0/0/2 versus Raptors (injured 2nd quarter)
Jonas Valanciunas: 19/14/2/0/0 versus Nuggets
(BMOtN) Nikola Jokic: 46/12/11/3/4 versus Pelicans
Julius Randle: 10/8/4/0/0 versus Clippers


Honorable Mention
Steven Adams: 23/12/5/1/3 versus Rockets
Evan Mobley: 20/17/4/0/3 versus Raptors

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/7 Big Man update:

John Collins: 17/11/2/0/0 versus Pistons
(BMOtN) Joel Embiid: 43/14/2/2/3 versus Bulls
Bam Adebayo: 18/10/1/0/1 versus Rockets
Karl-Anthony Towns: 27/13/1/1/2 versus Trail Blazers
Rudy Gobert: 12/13/0/0/3 versus Mavericks
Nikola Jokic: 32/15/13/0/1 versus "Warriors"
Julius Randle: 46/10/2/1/1 versus Kings
Domantas Sabonis: 19/13/5/0/0 versus Knicks

Big night for a few elite bigs... Giving it to The Process, due to quality of opposition.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/8 Big Man update:

(BMOtN) DeAndre Ayton: 21/19/1/0/0 versus Magic
Jonas Valanciunas: 10/2/1/0/0 versus Grizzlies


Honorable Mention
Andre Drummond: 20/14/2/1/2 versus Hornets
Evan Mobley: 22/12/3/5/1 versus Pacers
Wendell Carter, Jr.: 20/12/0/0/1 versus Suns

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/9 Big Man update:

Nikola Vucevic: 21/6/2/2/0 versus Pistons
DeAndre Ayton: 19/10/1/0/0 versus Heat
Bam Adebayo: 17/6/5/1/1 versus Suns
John Collins: 2/5/0/0/0 versus Bucks
Karl-Anthony Towns: 13/11/4/0/3 versus Thunder
Jonas Valanciunas: 30/15/3/2/2 versus Magic
Julius Randle: 26/8/5/0/0 versus Mavericks
Rudy Gobert: 9/10/1/0/0 versus Trail Blazers
(BMOtN) Nikola Jokic: 38/18/7/1/2 versus Kings


Honorable Mention
JaVale McGee: 11/15/0/1/0 versus Heat
Bobby Portis: 23/15/0/1/2 versus Hawks
Alperen Sengun: 21/14/2/2/2 versus lakers

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/10 Big Man update:

Joel Embiid: 27/12/2/0/1 versus Nets
Nikola Jokic: 23/12/9/1/1 versus Warriors

Two games + Two elite bigs + Two losses = No award.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/11 Big Man update:

Karl-Anthony Towns: 21/13/4/2/2 versus Magic
John Collins: 9/3/1/0/1 versus Clippers
(BMOtN) Bam Adebayo: 30/17/1/3/1 versus Cavaliers
Julius Randle: 36/12/6/2/2 versus Grizzlies
Jonas Valanciunas: 10/8/1/1/0 versus Hornets
Rudy Gobert: 13/16/1/0/5 versus Spurs
DeAndre Ayton: 16/7/2/0/0 versus Raptors


Honorable Mention
Wendell Carter, Jr.: 20/10/5/0/0 versus Timberwolves
"Who the hell is Mo?" Bamba: 27/12/0/0/2 versus Timberwolves
Ivica Zubac: 24/12/4/1/2 versus Hawks
Marvin Bagley III: 20/11/1/2/0 versus Celtics

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/12 Big Man update:

Karl-Anthony Towns: 15/10/0/0/0 versus Heat
Bam Adebayo: 19/12/4/3/0 versus Timberwolves
Nikola Vucevic: 20/14/0/2/1 versus Cavaliers
Nikola Jokic: 26/10/7/0/2 versus Raptors


Honorable Mention
(BMOtN) Hassan Whiteside: 12/20/1/1/3 versus Kings

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/13 Big Man update:

Julius Randle: 26/4/4/1/0 versus Nets
(BMOtN) Joel Embiid: 35/16/7/1/2 versus Magic
Christian Wood: 8/12/4/0/1 versus Pelicans
Jonas Valanciunas: 32/10/3/1/1 versus Rockets
DeAndre Ayton: 23/16/2/1/0 versus lakers


Honorable Mention
Wendell Carter, Jr.: 23/12/2/0/3 versus 76ers

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/14 Big Man update:

Nikola Jokic: 22/13/8/2/2 versus 76ers
Joel Embiid: 34/9/4/1/2 versus Nuggets
(BMOtN) Karl-Anthony Towns: 60/17/3/1/0 [6 to] versus Spurs
Nikola Vucevic: 23/10/2/0/0 versus Kings
Domantas Sabonis: 22/7/4/1/0 versus Bulls
Rudy Gobert: 18/14/0/1/0 versus Bucks



Honorable Mention
Ivica Zubac: 24/14/4/0/2 versus Cavaliers

:: sighs ::

There aren't many things that set my teeth on edge as much as the thought of awarding Big Man of the Night to a "big man" who took eleven threes in a game... Still, sixty points is sixty points, and they did win, so Big Sawfty it is, I guess. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Spike]

3/14 Big Man update:

Nikola Jokic: 22/13/8/2/2 versus 76ers
Joel Embiid: 34/9/4/1/2 versus Nuggets
(BMOtN) Karl-Anthony Towns: 60/17/3/1/0 [6 to] versus Spurs
Nikola Jokic: 23/10/2/0/0 versus Kings
Domantas Sabonis: 22/7/4/1/0 versus Bulls
Rudy Gobert: 18/14/0/1/0 versus Bucks



Honorable Mention
Ivica Zubac: 24/14/4/0/2 versus Cavaliers

:: sighs ::

There aren't many things that set my teeth on edge as much as the thought of awarding Big Man of the Night to a "big man" who took eleven threes in a game... Still, sixty points is sixty points, and they did win, so Big Sawfty it is, I guess. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

IDK. I think Jokic had a bigger night. I mean, he played in TWO games.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

IDK. I think Jokic had a bigger night. I mean, he played in TWO games.

GOD DAMN IT!

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/15 Big Man update:

Bam Adebayo: 16/8/3/0/0 versus Pistons
DeAndre Ayton: 18/5/2/1/0 versus Pelicans
Jonas Valanciunas: 17/12/3/1/1 versus Suns

No award.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/16 Big Man update:

Joel Embiid: 35/17/5/0/0 versus Cavaliers
Nikola Jokic: 29/13/8/2/1 versus Wizards
Julius Randle: 20/9/7/1/1 versus Trail Blazers
DeAndre Ayton: 23/11/0/0/1 versus Rockets
Christian Wood: 18/9/1/0/0 versus Suns
Karl-Anthony Towns: 30/8/1/0/1 [6 to] versus lakers
Nikola Vucevic: 10/11/1/1/0 versus Jazz
(BMOtN) Rudy Gobert: 14/20/2/1/4 versus Bulls
Domantas Sabonis: 22/5/7/1/1 versus Bucks

Giving it to Stifle, because he beasted against another All-Star.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/17 Big Man update:

Honorable Mention
Marvin Bagley III: 20/11/2/2/0 versus Magic

No award. I thought about giving it to Bagley, just to troll his haters, but... nah.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/18 Big Man update:

Joel Embiid: 32/8/4/5/1 [6 to] versus Mavericks
Julius Randle: 18/17/4/0/0 versus Wizards
Nikola Jokic: 32/10/8/2/1 versus Cavaliers
Bam Adebayo: 19/9/3/1/0 versus Thunder
Christian Wood: 32/13/7/2/3 versus Pacers
Jonas Valanciunas: 16/12/2/0/0 versus Spurs
Rudy Gobert: 19/16/2/0/2 versus Clippers
Domantas Sabonis: 30/20/5/1/1 versus Celtics
Nikola Vucevic: 16/7/1/2/0 versus Suns
DeAndre Ayton: 20/12/1/0/0 versus Bulls


Honorable Mention
(BMOtN) Evan Mobley: 27/11/0/1/2 versus Nuggets

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/19 Big Man update:

Karl-Anthony Towns: 25/11/5/2/0 versus Bucks


No award.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

3/20 Big Man update:

Christian Wood: 12/7/1/0/1 versus Grizzlies
Jonas Valanciunas: 26/12/4/1/0 versus Hawks
DeAndre Ayton: 12/10/2/0/0 versus Kings
Domantas Sabonis: 18/12/6/2/0 versus Suns
Rudy Gobert: 14/9/0/0/4 versus Knicks
Julius Randle: 13/11/3/0/0 versus Jazz
Nikola Jokic: 23/8/3/1/1 versus Celtics
Joel Embiid: 21/13/2/1/1 versus Raptors


Honorable Mention
(BMOtN) Wendell Carter, Jr.: 30/16/2/2/1 versus Thunder