HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS – The sound of whistles and the bounce of a ball at training camp serves as the true start of the season for some people.
Around here, it’s the return of things like this nasty dunk from Grizzlies swingman Rudy Gay (taking off from deep and splitting two defenders for the Dunk of the Night) that remind us that basketball season is upon us:
HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS – Gerald Green‘s gravity-defying ability has been hidden from us for a few years. Detours in Russia, China and the D-League kept the 18th pick of the 2005 NBA Draft off of the radar in recent seasons.
It wasn’t until All-Star Weekend, when he clowned the competition in the D-League All-Star Game, that we were reminded of his penchant for the spectacular with a basketball in his hand and a rim awaiting his assault. The 2007 NBA Slam Dunk champ still has his hops, folks.
The Nets’ swingman gave the world yet another glimpse last night, with one of the best dunks we’ve seen this season against his hometown Houston Rockets:
HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS – Sometimes it feels like Andre Iguodala has faded from our conversation about the game’s best skywalkers. Then he goes and does something like this:
But his was one of the many sick dunks that filled the Top 10 Plays reel from Sunday.
