ALL BALL NERVE CENTER – You like crazy shots? You like watching NBA athletes do the impossible? Well have I got a video for you. Toney Douglas flipping a ball over his head at the buzzer? Check. Kyrie Irving with a crazy up-and-under off the top of the glass? Yep. Kevin Durant bouncing a shot off the top of the backboard—twice—and in? It’s in there.
Look, I could write about this all day, but just watch the thing…
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by Zettler Clay IV
The Knicks are rolling, and when one of the best scorers this league has ever seen has it going, effects can be contagious. When the Bucks visited Gotham City to take on Carmelo Anthony and the league’s hottest team, the fever pitch came in the third quarter.
After seeing the 1972-73 Knicks championship team honored at halftime, the Knicks came out firing. They scored 42 points, ‘Melo had 18 of them and Jason Kidd capped things off with this beauty to send the crowd nuts:
As for the Syracuse alumnus, he poured in a measly 41 points (third straight game of 40 or more) and pulled down 14 rebounds in the Knicks’ 11th straight victory.
by Zettler Clay IV
The NBA received more good news recently with the return of Andre Drummond, whose aerial skills as a big man rivals dunkaholic DeAndre Jordan. Unfortunately for the Pistons, so does his skills at the charity stripe:
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The first one missed by about 30 feet. Second by 27 feet. There stands a great chance Drummond shot the worst free throws of his career. Or a nagging feeling that this is just the start.
But as long as Drummond is doing damage like this on the boards, Detroit can live with a few air-drawing free throws:
by Zettler Clay IV
It seems that LeBron James has done more than trigger the second largest winning streak in NBA history. He is also responsible for another trend, one that Kevin Durant ably followed (much to the delight of all parties involved) after a fan hit a half-court shot in OKC during the Trail Blazers-Thunder matchup Sunday night.
Can definitely dig the tribute from Durant, a buddy of James. But mostly, kudos to the fan for first running past the $20K check he won to get to his wife. Clearly, this is a smart man.
by Zettler Clay IV
New York City is no stranger to hair-raising, eye-popping basketball. But every once in a while, something bizarre happens that surpasses the expectations of the most seasoned hardwood viewer.
In the Section 1 Class AA final, ninth-seeded New Rochelle squared off against third-seeded Mount Vernon (home of Denzel Washington). With 2.9 seconds left on clock and trailing, New Rochelle inbounded the ball from opposite end of court. Trying to get the ball closer to his own basket, Khalil Edney launched. His passed was intercepted. In a scene we’ve seen many times, the Mount Vernon player threw the ball in the air with hopes that time would elapse before the ball hit the ground.
But he didn’t throw it high enough and Edney – same guy who inbounded ball – grabbed ball from mid-air and…well, see for yourself:
This shot capped a 12-1 run by the winning team. In further bit of irony, New Rochelle is the alma mater of Super Bowl-winning Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, who starred as the point guard in his prep days:
CITY OF CHAMPIONS NEW RO STAND UP WE RULE WESTCHESTER #914—
Ray Rice (@RayRice27) March 03, 2013
If only Mt. Vernon had thrown the ball higher.
by Zettler Clay IV
Something extraordinary happened at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland recently…and it may or may not have required throwing a basketball in a hoop from a “world-record” 239 feet (rounded estimate) in the air.
There are doubts as to whether this is actually true (the record or the authenticity of shot itself). Exercise your own gavel. How many times did this take to convert? No matter. Kyle Singler. You’ve been one-upped. Your move.
H/T SportsGrid
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by Zettler Clay IV
The NBA took its act across domestic waters into London earlier, with the New York Knicks squaring off against the Detroit Pistons. Iman Shumpert made his return. The Knicks won.
Before the game took place, however, Kyle Singler decided to show us why we should never, ever, ever challenge him to a game of H-O-R-S-E:
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Again I repeat: Never.
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by Zettler Clay IV
Darren Collison takes the J.R. Smith’s buzzer-beater and one-ups it with one of his own against the Thunder on Thursday night:
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Collison finished with 32 points, so this was just his night (although the Mavs lost). This tied the game, so no Horry Scale consideration here. But best buzzer-beater of the year so far? No doubt.
By Jeff Case
It’s been a while since we updated our “Hey man nice shot” category here in All Ball-land, but we think this one makes it worth it. Rookie Kyle Singler of the Pistons has become a solid contributor for Detroit, starting in his last six games and is averaging 11.3 ppg, 2.7 rpg and shooting 38.5 percent from 3-point range in that role. That 3-point percentage is nothing to sneeze at as it puts him ahead of other well-known outside shooters such as Jason Terry, Mike Miller, Kobe Bryant and Jamal Crawford this season.
But just think how high his 3-point shooting could be if he were allowed to … oh, I don’t know … drop-kick the ball and bank it off the glass for a 3-pointer? OK, maybe that wouldn’t help his shooting percentage, but it would sure be cool to watch. Check out this great video from the fine folks over at Pistons.com as Mr. Singler takes to Detroit to punt, kick and bounce in some of the most creative shots we’ve ever seen.
Catch up on every single game-winning buzzer beater during the season and see how it rates on the Horry Scale.
