The Claver to Crabbe lob

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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    No video?

    Weak sauce.
     
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    You missed it? It was epic. I'll see what I can do....
     
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    Not a great pass...
     
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    You must not be imagining what I'm imagining. Great pass!

    And I like these threads with no video. Psychedelic!
     
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    Crabbe is better left to the imagination. If only there was a description of the play somewhere.....
     
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    You're right. If only people who start a thread about one pass would describe what the hell they're talking about. Don't you just want to kick their asses?
     
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    OH ALL RIGHT, I'll paint you a picture, but only because I know what a huge Crabbe supporter you are.

    Claver came up with a steal and it ended in a 2-on-1 fast break with Crabbe on the right wing. Claver made what can only be described as the pass equivalent to the brick shot. It was behind the overexcited, fast-moving Crabbe who, relying on his veteran experience with the Idaho Stampede and incredible athleticism, laid the ball up giving it a solid chance to become wedged between the rim and the backboard. It did not, but the effort could not be faulted.
     
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    THAT'S not the one. It was a set-play out of a timeout. Claver initiated the play up top passing the ball off, then ran a counter-clockwise circuit around a series of (weak) screens and received the ball on the left wing above the 3-point line, at which point Crabbe was cutting from the right wing for what was to be a thunderous alley-oop. Only Claver decided to throw the ball about 15 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 25 feet long.
     
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    Don't confuse the guy Blue, he's from the 'jump ball after every field goal' era.
     
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