“In your back, Pau Gasol.” — Blake Griffin
“In your face literally, Pau Gasol.” — Blake Griffin
Great dunks, obviously, but the best part of these two slammajammas is Andrew Bynum’s face after Pau got destroyed.
Archive for the ‘Dunks’ Category
Videos: Blake Griffin hurts Pau Gasol’s feelings twice
Posted by Trey Kerby under Dunks, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Score Video on Apr 05, 2012
Video: Kendrick Perkins dunks ball, kicks face
Posted by Trey Kerby under Dunks, Miami Heat, OKC Thunder, Score Video on Mar 26, 2012
This is what happens when you try to emulate the Shaq logo. Always make sure to check for landing room before Shaq-ing, lest you upset a fellow angry guy.
(via Jose3030)
Video: JaVale McGee wins Nuggets debut with a tip-dunk
Posted by Trey Kerby under Denver Nuggets, Dunks, Score Video on Mar 22, 2012
Sorry, Wizards fans. What’s done is done. You’re just going to have to enjoy your Brazilian center who goes for 22 and 10 on 9-13 shooting while the Nuggets revel in Kareem Abdul-JaVale. No takesises-backsies.
Kevin Garnett doesn’t know who Jeff Teague is
Posted by Trey Kerby under Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Dunks on Mar 20, 2012
You see that dunk right there? That very big dunk by a pretty small guy? Do you see it? You see it. It’s right there. It’s huge. (Seriously, do you see it? I need to know because if you don’t I know a very good optometrist who can can help you out and, yeah, I do get a small referral fee for sending him patients but I’m mostly concerned about your vision.) You totally see it.
Kevin Garnett, he doesn’t see it. Has no idea what this so-called dunk is even about. Dunk? What dunk? Who dunked? Yeah, right. From the Boston Globe:
Kevin Garnett, who delivered 16 points and 8 rebounds in 37 minutes, was asked if Teague’s dunk angered the team. “I don’t even know who you are talking about. That guy’s a nobody,’’ he said.
This guy. Such a meanie. All Jeff Teague — starting point guard for a team that won more playoff games than Garnett’s Celtics last season, by the by — is trying to do is get his team fired up and Kevin Garnett has to go and act like the guy doesn’t even exist. Does Kevin Garnett have to be so Kevin Garnett all the time? Geez.
Can’t he be a little more like Ray Allen sometimes? Ray got dunked on, gave Teague some props and then used basketball to zing him right back.
“Yeah, it [ticked] me off,’’ Allen said about Teague’s taunting. “Because even if I was watching the game I would have been mad because you’re trying to show the guy [up] you dunked on. Yeah he dunked on me. I’ve been dunked on before. But it cost them a free throw [on a technical on Teague].’’ [...]
“Yeah, there was a sense of anger,’’ Allen said, “a sense of, ‘We’re going back at you guys,’ because that was uncalled for.’’
When asked if the late Teague [game-ending] airball was payback, Allen said, “Yeah, the basketball gods are out there, and they watch.’’
See? That’s how you deal with getting dunked on. You accept it then you turn things right back around by pointing out that karma got to Jeff Teague in the end. You don’t have to go and completely invalidate everything just because you’re being Professor Teammate. Ray Allen knows he got dunked on. You don’t have to act like it didn’t happen and you don’t know who did it.
Besides, that’s an old Kobe Bryant trick, denying the existence of a fellow NBA player. Totally Krossed played out. If you have to diss another player, at least come up with something new. Maybe mention how Jeff Teague has a tiny head but a giant face, or that his brother is a better player. I don’t know. There are other options out there. Think outside the box, Kevin Garnett. And maybe stop being such a Kevin Garnett all the time.
Video: DeMarcus Cousins spins and slams
Posted by Trey Kerby under Dunks, Sacramento Kings, Score Video on Mar 14, 2012
DeMarcus Cousins is listed as 6-foot-11, 270 pounds. That means he was spinning with a centrifugal force of 828 pounds of force, using completely estimated numbers and an internet force calculator. This is the worst episode of SportScience but this is still an incredible play.
Derrick Rose doesn’t remember his huge dunk from last night
Posted by Trey Kerby under Chicago Bulls, Dunks, Score Video on Mar 13, 2012
If you were watching last night’s Bulls-Knicks game, there are probably a few things you remember. Between Carmelo Anthony pouting when he didn’t get the ball in the post, the Bulls grabbing 1.6 zillion offensive rebounds and Amar’e Stoudemire looking like he’s 48 years old.
But the most memorable play was probably Derrick Rose’s dunk, a huge one-hander down the middle of the lane after yet another Chicago offensive board. It was a standard Rose power jam, but those are always fun. If you saw it, you remember it.
Derrick Rose, however, has no idea what happened. He totally missed that one. From the AP:
The playoff-type game was intense to the finish, coming to a crescendo on Rose’s fourth-quarter dunk that is sure to be featured on the nightly highlight shows. Rose had an angry expression on his face after the dunk, but said he didn’t really remember the play. He did, however, have an inkling about the look on his face.
“I kind of blacked out right there, I’ll have to watch it again,” Rose said. “I was probably mad because they wasn’t calling no fouls the whole game.”
This same thing happened to a friend of mine when he had to give a speech against James Carville as part of a competition to prove that his fraternity should be allowed to stay on campus. He killed the speech, dumbfounding the entire audience and winning the debate portion of the test for his frat bros. For whatever reason, even though he did something amazing, he had no recollection of this ever happening. The whole exchange is up on YouTube, go ahead and check it out.
The only reason I bring this up is to show that things like Derrick Rose not even realizing he just threw down a majestic dunk can happen. He was very frustrated with the lack of foul calls he was getting, got caught up in the moment and lost his mind at the exact time he was rising up for the dunk. There’s a state of being called “thoughtless awareness” that athletes sometimes inhabit, where they don’t even know what they’re doing when they’re doing it. Seems like Derrick Rose was there, even though he was also floating above a bunch of defenders.
When you really think about it, this means Rose crushed this without even knowing the rim was even there. Imagine what could have been if he had seen it.
Video: Tim Duncan owns Chris Andersen’s face
Posted by Trey Kerby under Dunks, San Antonio Spurs, Score Video on Mar 05, 2012
It’s kind of surprising you don’t see more NBA players use the smash-a-guy-in-the-face-then-dribble-around-him move because it is very effective. Maybe it’s not taught at Pete Newell’s big man camp but I think they should add it to the curriculum.
Also, Chris Andersen should get a tattoo of a basketball on his face, just to commemorate this moment. I assume he’s already planned the design.
