Every NBA Player’s First Field Goal This Season (2021-22 Season Full-ilation Part IV)

Part IV of my visionary series depicting the first made field goal of every player in the NBA is chock-full of marginal benchwarmers. However, these benchwarmers were generally on rosters for the whole season, placing them one tier above the no-names who inhabit Part V. Back in my highlight-making days, these were the players I appreciated the most - they rarely had games good enough to warrant a highlight video, thus lightening my workload, but on those occasions were they played well, the joy I felt when making a video for them was unique and sublime.
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0:24 You were probably doing pretty good at recognizing all the players in this vid until you got to this one.
0:30 Thanasis being a pure nepotism signing doesn't get people as riled up as it did before Keljin Blevins entered the league. I'm here to remind you that you should still be riled up.
0:44 Tony Snell was criminally underused in Portland. He could give you 11/1/0.5/0/0 statlines nonstop if he was a more central figure in the team's offense.
0:49 The way that the commentator was practically begging God to allow Keifer Sykes to score on this play makes me think that Sykes hadn't had much success prior to this. Turns out he was 0-6 to start his career, which isn't quite yet "begging god" territory.
0:53 "Cray-Chee"? I've been pronouncing it "Kredge-Key" this whole time. Next you're going to tell me his first name isn't pronounced "Vitt".
1:12 The saddest thing about Isaiah Thomas being on a roster is that we no longer get to be entertained by him begging teams for roster spots via replies to their official team Twitter posts.
2:12 I wish I knew what the funny thing they were talking about on the bus was. I'm feeling totally left out.
2:21 Do we know why Dragic hated being in Toronto? They had him as a game-one starter which is way more than he deserved.
2:56 Another funny thing that I'm not privy to. Why was everybody in attendance chuckling and what exactly were they attending?
3:00 This dude was out of the league for the 20-21 season, but his re-entry into the league just goes to show that somebody with a name as cool as "Admiral Schofield" cannot be held back from success for long.
3:10 I just looked at basketball-reference and they're projecting this guy to average 14.6 PPG per game for the upcoming season. This has caused me to ignore all projections from BBR from now on. Maybe the projections that are rooted in reality are available only in their paid tier.
3:14 Is this an example of Willie Cauley-Stein just not ever trying at all?
3:35 The "K" in Bouknight's name isn't silent? I am, as the kids are fond of saying these days, "shook".
3:44 The first game of the season was Andre Iguodala's season high in scoring, with twelve points. My clever, eviscerative nickname of "Andretirementhome IguOLDala" only gets cleverer with each passing season.
3:48 Kent Bazemore started the Lakers' first thirteen games but still finds himself in the middle of Part IV. That's a big indictment of the Lakers' roster construction. Please allow me to directly drink the tears of Laker fans.
3:54 James Bouknight needs to take lessons from this guy on how to have a last name with a properly silent "K".
4:04 Kris Dunn isn't even the biggest bust in his draft class because Dragan Bender exists. I miss Dragan Bender.
4:14 It looks like Krejci is dancing and high-stepping in celebration of his assist, but actually he rolled an ankle here.
4:24 LOL
5:00 The "Sim City" nickname works on two levels because Jericho is also the name of a city. Henry Sims in shambles.
5:34 This particular Suns commentator always does a great job of sounding utterly morose whenever his team is getting their bottoms spanked.
5:48 "Just wait until Ariza comes back" - quote from a single delusional Lakers fan, thus making their entire fanbase look dumb AF.
5:57 Imagine if your last name was also an emoji. You could sign your emails with a single character and in the group chat nobody would have to type out your whole name. 🔑🔑🔑
6:17 Greg Monroe and Nerlens Noel appearing back-to-back near the end of Part IV is like a cruel joke. These two dudes were both supposed to be max players right now.
6:31 On my OFFICIAL TWEENER BUST POWER RANKINGS, Kevin Knox is above Derrick Williams but below Anthony Bennett in terms of overall bustness. Pay me $10 and I'll let you see the whole power rankings.
7:00 Wanamaker made 23 of 25 FT's this season, pulling him above 90% FT shooting for his career. Brian Roberts looks down from heaven and nods approvingly.
7:58 Please tell me that Eric Collins yelled "THOR'S HAMMER" whenever JT Thor dunked it. Lie to me if you have to.
8:03 Vlatko Cancar just passed Brian Winters for fifth on the all-time steals list? I believe it.
8:56 Jabari making just eighteen shots over the course of the whole season is ridiculous. He once made sixteen in a single game. Only my pity for him saved him from being the first player in Part V.
Part V coming tomorrow!

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Jt thors bucket was wrong, he posterized Drummond earlier in the game fir his first bucket