Denzel Valentine comes to Buddy Hield's defense on Twitter
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Just because Oklahoma lost (OK they got diced) to Villanova in the Final Four, it doesn't take anything away from what Buddy Hield has done.
Sure, the Wildcats limited Hield to all of nine points in this one. But early in the game he became the all-time Big 12 scoring leader for a reason. So when fans began bringing him down after a crushing defeat, Michigan State star Denzel Valentine had his back.
Let's not start hating on buddy, come on now!! Yal weren't saying that when he put his team on his back this whole tourney!
— Denzel Valentine (@denzelval45) April 3, 2016
He got his name buddy buckets for a reason just saying, great career top 5 pick
— Denzel Valentine (@denzelval45) April 3, 2016
Buddy Buckets is right, as the kid averaged a whopping 25.4 points per game this year to go with 5.7 rebounds.