Chapter 358: The Hardest Dunk to Complete
Slam dunk in the back... It is no longer difficult to dunk in the front, and White Jordan continues to challenge himself and begins to challenge the dunk behind his back, which requires not only good bounce, but also the flexibility of stretching his hands behind his back. When dunking, the eyes can't see the position of the ball, and it is all based on feeling, and Bai Jordan finally succeeded in the challenge, which stunned many spectators.
The clasp of death ... Speaking of dunks, presumably many young fans will think of James, Wei Shao, etc., James is strong, although he is 33 years old, but he often enters the restricted area to complete violent dunks, Wei Shao is no exception, in today's NBA, there are only a handful of players who can complete James and Wei Shao's dunks. But a few years ago, everyone talked about dunking and serving only one person, and that was Vince Carter.
Although Carter is still playing, his body no longer supports him to fly in the sky like Congnian. Looking back on Carter's career, it seems like a dream, although he did not win a championship trophy, but Carter left behind a lot of classic games and classic pictures. But Carter's most famous dunk in the world was the "death dunk" he completed at the Olympics.
In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, in the men's basketball finals between the United States team and the French team, Carter made a steal at the three-point line, all the way to the basket, facing the 2.18-meter "French giant" Frederick Weiss, Carter took off directly, flew over Weiss's head and completed the dunk. This dunk is known all over the world as the "death dunk". If you want to ask, how big is the impact of that "death button"? That would only mean that the whole earth knew that Carter could fly over the head of a man who was more than two meters tall.
But more than a decade later, when the aging Carter talked about it again, Carter had no passion or sense of accomplishment, and Carter said apologetically: "I've always wanted to say sorry to him, but I ruined your career." ”
At that time, Wes could have pulled down Carter because it was too humiliating, but Wes didn't do that, and if Wes did that, Carter would have been injured, just imagine what it would be like if you jumped up and dunked and were viciously fouled by a defender? Just like in the last minutes of Game 7 of the 2016 Finals, James rushed to the basket to dunk, and Green suddenly appeared to block James' path, and James fell to the ground in pain and heartbreaking. What's more, James and Green are both small forwards, while Carter and Weiss are guards and centers.
After that game, Wes endured ridicule from teammates and fans, and appeared on the cover of major newspapers with Carter. After that game, Wes chose to retire shortly after playing, and he tried to commit suicide during this time, but in the end he chose to continue to live because there was too much public opinion about him in this society. Years later, a reporter interviewed Weiss: "If that dunk was repeated, would you dodge it or pull him down?" Wess said, "If I do that, then I'll be guilty for the rest of my life." Now Wes has a small store and lives a comfortable, uncontested life.
Speaking of Shaun Bradley, everyone's deepest impression may start with Maddie, in the first round series between the Mavericks and the Rockets many years ago, Maddie faced the defense of the big center Bradley in a breakthrough attack on the Mavericks' home court, jumped high and rode the neck of the big bamboo pole to complete a shocking dunk, after many years, this dunk is often mentioned. Some people are happy and some are worried, as a 2.29 meter big center, being ridden by the neck to dunk is naturally the last thing he wants to mention, and there are even rumors that after being dunked by Maddie, Bradley lost his confidence to play, and once suffered from depression, for people who don't know him, they still think he is a soft egg player, is this really the case?
Bradley is the star of the class of 1993, with a height of 2.29 meters, 3 centimeters taller than Yao Ming, it can be said that he is a moving wall on the court, the defensive area is like a net, and he also won the block king in the 1997 season.
Not only defense, on November 10, 22 years ago, the 76ers hosted the Hornets, as a sophomore rookie Bradley shot 10-of-20 in 47 minutes, and scored 23 points, 22 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 blocks to help the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Charlotte Hornets 104-90 at home.
After this battle, Sean Bradley can be said to have become famous, and it was the end of his career when he was bullied by Maddie, and he was also a good man when he was young!
It is worth mentioning that that year was also one of the few peaks of Maddie's last time, and I think back to that time... It was one of Maddy's biggest moments with the Rockets, perhaps second only to the Spurs. On April 25, 2005, the Rockets took on the Mavericks on the road, the second playoff meeting between the two sides, and the Rockets won the first game.
With 5 minutes and 03 seconds left in the first quarter of the game, Maddie jumped high in the crowd, facing Bradley, a 229-centimeter-tall bamboo pole, Maddie's leaping dunk was crisply sent into the Mavericks' basket, and the shot of his legs riding on Bradley's head was captured by reporters on the spot, becoming one of the most classic moments of Maddie's career.
And this is not over, in the final moments of the game, the two sides fought to a 111-all, Maddie did not call a timeout, directly dribbled to the frontcourt, jumped on the spot after calling Yao Ming for a simple block, and an original McStyle dry pull sent the ball to the basket, helping the Rockets win 113-111 over the Mavericks. After killing her opponent, Maddie made a gesture of blowing the soot of the barrel, and her cool expression was moving. In the end, he returned to Houston with a 28 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists to carry a 2-0 result.
360 degrees plus double crotch is also one of the difficult dunks to complete... Not only does it rotate 360 degrees in the air, but it also has to dribble back and forth under the crotch with both hands alternately, and finally achieve the purpose of dunking. Jonathan Clarke has failed in his challenge, and many stars have also failed. Although the actual game is very troublesome, such a difficult challenge still attracts many players to try and challenge.
Speaking of which, there are many so-called historical dunk generals who have not participated in the slam dunk contest, such as the regret of fans all over the world... LeBron James. Since he was a child, James dreamed that he could grow to 1.98 meters and fly on the court like Jordan. When he was over 1.98 meters tall and went straight to 2.03 meters, he was chagrined for a while. But he doesn't care anymore, at 2.03 meters, he often does all kinds of unbelievable flying and dunking movements on the court like a 1.98-meter flyer. From him, the world saw the flying that belonged to the flying man.