Posts Tagged ‘Dunk’

The Evolution of the Alley-Oop?

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Watch the dunk by Dwight Howard in the lead video, but pay attention to the pass that allowed him to dunk it. It was a high-off-the-glass shot/pass from Jameer Nelson that paved the way for Howard to splash the ball down. The play was executed so effectively, it forced some NBA scholars to [...]

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Dahntay Jones Earning His Label

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

What label is that, you might ask? One thing’s for certain: it most assuredly isn’t the title of “Kobe Stopper.” Perhaps “Kobe Ignitor,” but definitely not stopper. No, the label Jones is trying his hardest to live up to is that of a dirty player. While Jones has always [...]

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Courtney Lee Gets LeBron Again

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

We left you last week with a nice little dunk of Courtney Lee over LeBron James, and after a three-day weekend, we find the news is repeating itself. What we have is Lee demonstrating the lesson he learned after LeBron’s filthy block in the previous half — that is, dunk the ball when you [...]

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Can Your Pops Dunk Like This?

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Normally, these types of highlight reel posts are saved for the LeBrons and Howards of the world, but sometimes you run across something that’s just so cool, you can’t help but sharing. Yes, the dunk in the lead video is a nice one with plenty of authority, but for me, the reason it’s so [...]

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LeBron Crushes Jermaine O’Neal

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

Great showdown between LeBron and Dwyane “No Band-Aids” Wade last night. LeBron went for 42; Wade for 41. LeBron’s team got the win, thanks, in part to nasty dunk over Jermaine O’Neal. It was a showdown of two of the league’s best players and their leading scorers and it did not disappoint. [...]

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Dunk the Vote

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Today is the last day you can vote for which NBA player you’d like to see in the upcoming Dunk Contest, which takes place during the NBA’s All Star Weekend celebration. By now, you probably know the players you can vote on–Milwaukee’s Joe Alexander, Russell Westbrook of Oklahoma City and Rudy Fernandez of the [...]

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