Thirst for highlights no longer, because I’m back with five more of the illest plays you don’t see every day! In this edition of The Best Plays You’ve Never Seen Before, a young Jerry Stackhouse will get the ball rolling. Check out this driving one-hander that put two Miami defenders on the seats of their shorts…
I’ve seen a guy get dunked to the floor plenty of times; we all have. Two guys dunked to the floor, though? Off the top of my head… I can’t come up with any other examples.
Laker fans are probably gonna love this next highlight. At first, you’re gonna think that doesn’t make much sense…
…but think about it for just a moment. Remember the self-hate issues this Laker squad had with it’s own supporters? I’ve never seen anything like it. I guess that’s what happens when a spoiled fan base is subjected to too much Luke Walton, Brian Cook, and KWAMAY BROWN (I refuse to diss my main man Smush Parker).
Remember when Ben Wallace was an elite defensive presence; one of the most intimidating shot blockers in the game? How about when Tracy McGrady was one of the best scorers in the league? If you watched NBA basketball in the early part of the past decade then I imagine I’ve rung a few bells for you. Unfortunately, these two had pretty short primes, but they just so happened to coincide. T-Mac scored a career-high 32.1 PPG in ’02/03… the same season in which Big Ben collected his career high of 15.4 boards a night. During this play from right around that time period, T-Mac’s offense was confronted by Big Ben’s defense…
They say great offense beats great defense… but, uh… not on this play, that’s for damn sure. Wallace pulverized that shot.
Larry Hughes shot just 40.7 percent in 718 career games, and a lowly 32.7 percent in 14 games with his final NBA team, the Charlotte Bobcats. Here’s why:
Just kidding… nice shot Larry! But seriously, LH has to be the only player in NBA history who ever inspired a website like this one. Later on in his career I kind of felt bad for him. It didn’t even seem like the shots were that bad. He simply could not get the ball to fall through the rim.
Last, but certainly not least, here’s young Shaq destroying Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson with a powerful putback dunk…
He came down on the iron with so much force that it nearly popped the ball out. He also treated two extremely powerful men and a regulation hoop as if they were small children and a nerf basket. If I could be any basketball player for a game… it would be hard not to choose young Shaq. The way he treated helpless defenders looks like it must have been a lot of fun.
