Big (Man) Love

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/6 Big Man update:

Anthony Davis: 16/9/2/1/2 versus Timberwolves
DeMarcus Cousins: 23/15/5/0/3 [7 to] versus Timberwolves
(BMOtN) Karl-Anthony Towns: 21/16/3/1/1 versus Pelicans
Nikola Jokic: 8/7/10/0/0 versus Kings

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/7 Big Man update:

Hassan Whiteside: 14/10/1/0/4 versus Jazz

Not a distinguished enough performance for BMOtN. No one noteworthy enough for consideration as a write-in. No award.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/8 Big Man update:

Karl-Anthony Towns: 19/12/4/0/2 versus Cavaliers
Andre Drummond: 16/14/3/2/1 versus Pelicans
Anthony Davis: 30/10/1/0/1 versus Pistons**
DeMarcus Cousins: 20/10/4/2/2 versus Pistons
(BMOtN) Nikola Jokic: 22/12/11/3/1 [6 to] versus Warriors
** injured 3rd quarter (ankle)

Honorable Mention - DeAndre Jordan: 25/18/2/0/1 versus Hawks

I don't normally like to award BMOtN to a big on a losing team, on a night where multiple top-tier big men post wins, but I'll give the nod to Jokic for the 3D, probably against my better judgment. Shout out to Cousins, though, who slept-walked through the game, until Davis got injured, and then scored 15 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/9 Big Man update:

Hassan Whiteside: 13/15/1/0/2 versus Raptors

Honorable Mention - Julius Randle: 22/14/6/1/0 [6 to] versus Kings

No award issued.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/10 Big Man update:

Dwight Howard: 15/12/2/1/4 versus Mavericks
Hassan Whiteside: 15/16/1/0/4 versus Pacers
(BMOtN) Andre Drummond: 22/20/5/2/2 versus Nets
DeMarcus Cousins: 29/8/3/0/2 versus Grizzlies
Marc Gasol: 21/10/7/2/0 versus Pelicans
Karl-Anthony Towns: 18/12/3/0/0 versus Thunder
Nikola Jokic: 9/12/7/2/3 versus Hawks

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/11 Big Man update:

Joel Embiid: 15/10/5/2/1 versus Celtics

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/12 Big Man update:

Dwight Howard: 8/13/1/1/1 versus Jazz
Karl-Anthony Towns: 23/15/9/0/1 versus Knicks
Anthony Davis: 36/9/2/0/2 versus Trailblazers
(BMOtN) DeMarcus Cousins: 24/19/8/0/2 versus Trailblazers
Marc Gasol: 22/11/2/0/1 versus Nuggets
Nikola Jokic: 14/7/3/0/0 versus Grizzlies

Honorable Mention - Bismack Biyombo: 21/13/4/1/2 versus Wizards

Cousins and Towns had similar stat lines, but the Pelicans beat a better team.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/13 Big Man update:

Dwight Howard: 11/17/0/1/3 versus Thunder
Andre Drummond: 21/15/4/2/3 versus Bulls
Nikola Jokic: 23/9/7/2/0 versus Spurs

Honorable Mention - Willie Cauley-Stein: 23/13/4/1/1 versus Clippers
(BMOtN) Honorable Mention - Julius Randle: 23/15/2/0/0 [7 to] versus Mavericks

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/14 Big Man update:

Hassan Whiteside: 15/10/0/2/4 versus Bucks
(BMOtN) Anthony Davis: 48/17/0/4/3 versus Knicks
DeMarcus Cousins: 15/16/5/7/3 versus Knicks
Karl-Anthony Towns: 20/11/2/1/0 versus Trailblazers

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/15 Big Man update:

Dwight Howard: 21/17/0/1/4 versus Pistons
Andre Drummond: 3/10/5/3/1 versus Hornets
(BMOtN) Joel Embiid: 34/11/3/0/1 [7 to] versus Raptors
Hassan Whiteside: 9/8/1/0/2 versus Bulls
Marc Gasol: 17/7/4/1/1 versus lakers

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/16 Big Man update:

Karl-Anthony Towns: 15/12/0/1/3 versus Magic
(BMOtN) Anthony Davis: 45/16/2/1/2 versus Celtics
DeMarcus Cousins: 19/15/5/3/0 [7 to] versus Celtics
Nikola Jokic: 29/18/7/2/1 versus Mavericks

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/17 Big Man update:

Dwight Howard: 18/15/2/2/2 versus Wizards
Anthony Davis: 8/7/3/1/2 versus Hawks
DeMarcus Cousins: 19/14/7/1/2 versus Hawks
Andre Drummond: 25/17/2/4/0 versus Raptors
(BMOtN) Hassan Whiteside: 27/13/0/0/6 versus Bucks
Nikola Jokic: 18/8/2/1/2 versus Clippers

Honorable Mention - Steven Adams: 21/10/1/0/1 versus lakers
Honorable Mention - Willie Cauley-Stein: 26/10/2/1/1 versus Jazz

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/18 Big Man update:

(BMOtN) Joel Embiid: 26/16/6/1/2 versus Celtics
Karl-Anthony Towns: 22/16/3/2/5 versus Rockets

Honorable Mention - Jusuf Nurkic: 19/17/0/2/2 versus Pacers

I usually require non-top tier big men to go for 20+/10+ to get an honorable mention, if they're starters, but I'll make an exception for Nurkic tonight.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/19 Big Man update:

Hassan Whiteside: 22/13/2/0/4 versus Nets
Marc Gasol: 6/8/2/1/1 versus Kings
(BMOtN) Andre Drummond: 14/21/8/2/2 versus Wizards
Nikola Jokic: 14/17/5/0/0 [6 to] versus Suns
Rudy Gobert: 23/14/1/0/3 versus Knicks

Every top-tier big man lost last night, except Gasol, who didn't do **** last night. I'm giving BMOtN to Drummond, simply because he's the only big man who lost to a winning team.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/20 Big Man update:

Marc Gasol: 16/5/7/0/0 versus Pelicans
Anthony Davis: 21/12/2/0/2 versus Grizzlies
DeMarcus Cousins: 24/10/5/2/1 versus Grizzlies
Hassan Whiteside: 10/14/3/0/0 versus Hornets
Dwight Howard: 14/15/1/1/3 versus Heat
(BMOtN) Joel Embiid: 29/9/1/1/2 versus Bucks
Rudy Gobert: 16/7/0/0/3 versus Clippers
Karl-Anthony Towns: 22/10/2/0/1 versus Raptors

Honorable Mention - Steven Adams: 25/10/1/0/1 versus Cavaliers

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/21 Big Man update:

Andre Drummond: 7/13/4/0/1 versus Nets

Honorable Mention - Julius Randle: 27/12/5/1/0 versus Knicks

No award issued

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/22 Big Man update:

**** it. DeMarcus Cousins is BMOtN. I shouldn't even have to explain that ****.

I'll post the actual list after the Timberwolves/Clippers game. Which is, to say, tomorrow.

 

[Telemachus]

1/22 Big Man update:

**** it. DeMarcus Cousins is BMOtN. I shouldn't even have to explain that ****.

I'll post the actual list after the Timberwolves/Clippers game. Which is, to say, tomorrow.

Just because no one has done what he did tonight since 1968...

 

[Tetsujin]

Just because no one has done what he did tonight since 1968...

Yeah but at least our current players get blown out with class

 

[KingsFanSince85]

Just because no one has done what he did tonight since 1968...

Apparently, the NO tv crew I was watching was wrong. ESPN reports (supported by Elias) that Kareem Abdul was the last to do it in 1972.

Boogie joins Wilt, Kareem, Elgin Baylor and Oscar Robertson as the only members of the 40/20/10 club. Pretty nice company.

FWIW, Boogie reached 30/20/10 in regulation.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/22 (complete) Big Man update:

Dwight Howard: 14/16/1/1/6 versus Kings
Rudy Gobert: 6/10/1/3/3 versus Hawks
Joel Embiid: 15/14/1/0/0 versus Grizzlies
Marc Gasol: 19/6/0/1/0 versus Seventy-sixers
Anthony Davis: 34/9/5/2/1 versus Bulls**
(BMOtN) DeMarcus Cousins: 44/24/10/4/1 versus Bulls
Hassan Whiteside: 22/13/2/3/0 [7 to] versus Rockets
Nikola Jokic: 16/12/5/1/1 versus Trailblazers
Karl-Anthony Towns: 11/17/3/0/1 versus Clippers

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/23 Big Man update:

No top-tier big men played last night. I am not amused.

 

[Tetsujin]

1/23 Big Man update:

No top-tier big men played last night. I am not amused.

Wrong!

(BMotN) Willie Trill Cauley-Stein: 21/9/4/1/5 versus Magic

 

[chief bromden]

Wrong!

(BMotN) Willie Trill Cauley-Stein: 21/9/4/1/5 versus Magic

27/12/5 from Randle doesn’t even garner the award, so seems like Willie won’t get it either?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Wrong!

(BMotN) Willie Trill Cauley-Stein: 21/9/4/1/5 versus Magic

My general rule of thumb is, lower-tier bigs have to produce a double-double to even get an honorable mention, if they're starters, and either the points or rebounds have to be 20+. Cauley-Stein was a rebound short of my admittedly arbitrary benchmark. Only top-tier bigs get their lines mentioned, regardless of performance.

Randle not being awarded BMOtN for his performance against the Knicks is admittedly a function of a combination of my strong anti-lakers bias and my strong anti-Knicks bias. But then, I never claimed to be objective about this.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/24 Big Man update:

Anthony Davis: 19/6/4/3/2 versus Hornets
DeMarcus Cousins: 16/13/5/1/5 [8 to] versus Hornets
Dwight Howard: 22/16/0/1/3 versus Pelicans
Joel Embiid: 22/5/3/0/2 versus Bulls
Rudy Gobert: 15/8/1/0/4 versus Pistons
(BMOtN) Andre Drummond: 30/24/4/3/6 versus Jazz
Karl-Anthony Towns: 16/9/1/0/0 versus Trailblazers

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/25 Big Man update:

Hassan Whiteside: 8/14/1/1/1 versus Kings
Nikola Jokic: 18/7/10/0/0 versus Knicks
(BMOtN) Karl-Anthony Towns: 31/11/5/0/0 versus Warriors

 

[Section 101]

1/22 (complete) Big Man update:

Dwight Howard: 14/16/1/1/6 versus Kings
Rudy Gobert: 6/10/1/3/3 versus Hawks
Joel Embiid: 15/14/1/0/0 versus Grizzlies
Marc Gasol: 19/6/0/1/0 versus Seventy-sixers
Anthony Davis: 34/9/5/2/1 versus Bulls**
(BMOtN) DeMarcus Cousins: 44/24/10/4/1 versus Bulls
Hassan Whiteside: 22/13/2/3/0 [7 to] versus Rockets
Nikola Jokic: 16/12/5/1/1 versus Trailblazers
Karl-Anthony Towns: 11/17/3/0/1 versus Clippers

This one should be bmol45y.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

1/26 Big Man update:

Dwight Howard: 18/15/3/1/7 versus Hawks
Rudy Gobert: 18/15/3/1/2 versus Raptors
Marc Gasol: 13/12/10/0/5 versus Clippers
Anthony Davis: 27/11/5/0/5 versus Rockets
(BMOtN) DeMarcus Cousins: 15/13/11/3/0 versus Rockets**
Joel Embiid: 18/13/3/1/0 versus Spurs
** injured 4th quarter


Honorable Mention - Jonas Valanciunas: 28/14/2/1/4 versus Jazz
Honorable Mention - Enes Kanter: 20/10/1/1/1 versus Suns

Big men showed out last night. Even the two that lost put up strong enough nights to merit consideration... but, I'm going to put my bias on front street tonight.

 

[Telemachus]

1/26 Big Man update:

:: sighs ::

I'll get around to it when I get around to it. My heart's not in it right now.

Cousins should get BMotN!