Lillard Beats LaMarcus in Trick Shot Competition

[SlyPokerDog]

http://www.slamonline.com/media/sla...marcus-aldridge-trick-shot-competition-video/

 

[PDXFonz]

Holy shit Dame just walks out of the gym...AMAZING

 

[riverman]

Do these guys love basketball or what? Really cool to see and even cooler to hear the laughter from them all

 

[dviss1]

Swag.

 

[Boise Blazer]

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[BrianFromWA]

LMA's eFG from the 0-5' behind the hoop is 0%.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

See LA chuck that ball in anger?

He's gone this summer, and it's Lillard's fault

 

[Boise Blazer]

Makes me wonder if a non-dunk horse competition at the all-star game might be fun to watch

 

[BrianFromWA]

didn't they have one a couple years ago? I seem to remember Durant playing non-dunk horse and shooting from on chairs and stuff...?

 

[julius]

The Blazers should totally re-create this commercial (but not cheesy like).



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[blue32]

GTFOH!

 

[Boise Blazer]

didn't they have one a couple years ago? I seem to remember Durant playing non-dunk horse and shooting from on chairs and stuff...?

I was thinking that they might have. Must not have caught on

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Why wouldn't they let the horse dunk?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Why wouldn't they let the horse dunk?

Yo can lead him to the bucket, but you can't make him dunk.

 

[Boise Blazer]

It amazing how much I try and watch my wording here knowing that someone is going have fun with it and yet I still fail. Well done guys.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Great idea, Boise Blazer!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Weekend_H–O–R–S–E_Competition

The NBA All-Star H–O–R–S–E Competition (also called the NBA All–Star G–E–I–C–O Competition because of its sponsor, Geico Insurance) was a National Basketball Association (NBA) contest which began at the 2009 NBA All–Star Weekend in Phoenix, Arizona, and only lasted for two years.[1][2] It was canceled from the All-Star festivities prior to the 2011 weekend.[2] The contest had been held on the Saturday night prior to the All-Star Game.[3] The NBA had held H–O–R–S–E competitions during the 1977–78 season.[2] Throughout that season, CBS broadcast NBA games during the regular season and the playoffs. The host was Don Criqui and the NBA official was retired referee Mendy Rudolph. There were a total of 32 players and the finals had a match up of Pete Maravich verse Paul Westphal. Maravich was injured and replaced by Rick Barry who lost to Westphal. During halftime of those games, they showed a pre-taped H–O–R–S–E tournament pitting players from the NBA against each other. It featured, among others, Pete Maravich, Bob McAdoo, Kevin Grevey, and George Gervin. There was also a Battle of the Sexes match where Karen Logan, a female, beat Jerry West in 1975 and was matched against Oscar Robertson where she took a 7-0 lead. Her claim was that they changed the rules and she lost 10-8. [4]

The modern-day All-Star Competition was similar to that of regular H–O–R–S–E, where each participant took shots from unconventional locations and in unconventional ways to diminish their opponents' chances of duplicating the shot. Certain rule adjustments were made, however, that differed from conventional H–O–R–S–E competition:[1]
No dunking was allowed.
Players had 24 seconds each to create and mimic shots.
An NBA referee authenticated the new shots (that the player executed what he announced) and any mimic shot.

The game took place on a 45 feet 0 inches (13.72 m) × 50 feet 0 inches (15.24 m) court, which is exactly one-half the size of a regulation length basketball court.[1]

1977–78 Paul Westphal, Pete Maravich, Kevin Grevey, Maurice Lucas (Westphal won)
2008–09 Kevin Durant, Joe Johnson, O. J. Mayo (Durant won)
2009–10 Omri Casspi, Kevin Durant (2), Rajon Rondo (Durant won his second)

Any of you old-timers remember that Mo was in the HORSE semi-finals?