Al Thornton throws it down
by Rook6980 on Feb 6, 2011 11:38 AM EST
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Just goes to show what you can do with an extra step
No wonder LeBron has so many highlight dunks……
He's "delightfully cranky"
I used to have super powers until my psychiatrist took them away.
Where's the extra step????
His right foot is his pivot foot. He catches the ball, his left and right foot come down, steps with his left, and then takes off of two feet. No extra step. Give the man his due credit.
Lebron gets lots of extra steps. Al didn’t need one here.
"Be patient or be a Heat fan" - MR
No that is definitely technically a travel.
Pretty much a “crab dribble”.
by returnofswagger on Feb 6, 2011 6:47 PM EST up reply actions
Are you sure? Even with the rule change?
I still don’t exactly understand the new “two step” rule.
I thought this is what they officially made legal last year. Two steps, making the second foot the pivot…right? Can he not put the first foot down again??
I don’t think this is a travel any more (not that it was ever called one to begin with…)
"Be patient or be a Heat fan" - MR
I am no ref
but my untrained eye sees a travel.
But hey, the way the Wiz have been getting treated by the stripes lately, it’s hard to believe they would miss a thing like a travel… unless they were busy brainstorming up the next phantom call.
by returnofswagger on Feb 7, 2011 5:22 AM EST up reply actions
That was pretty clearly a travel.
The refs never call it in that situation—when a guy isn’t guarded and is making a big throw down, especially at home. There are a lot of travels on 2 on 1 fast breaks that aren’t called.
by MR on Feb 7, 2011 7:55 AM EST up reply actions
it looked like 3 steps but
I was there to see it live and I didn’t care either.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
After having watched it dozens of times I'm now having second thoughts.
May not have been a travel.
But for sure don’t care either. What a play. Great vision by Kirk too.
by MR on Feb 7, 2011 9:49 AM EST up reply actions
the crowd went nuts when he did it
everyone was high-fiving. The Arena’s Acela Club is a great place to catch a game.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
It was nuts where I saw it too. Screaming. High fiving.
And I was alone in my house.
It was THAT good.
by MR on Feb 7, 2011 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Zaza Puchulia deserves our sympathy.
"Those things about which we cannot theorize, we must narrate." – Umberto Eco
Zaza got posterized...
BUT we have never beaten a Zaza Hawks team…
ha - i noticed that too
even though there were 2 defenders around him and kirk made a smart pass. sigh.
love al though, he and booker could be part of a great, tough bench mob in a better world.
"hindsight is 50-50" - Steve Spurrier
by little stevie colter on Feb 6, 2011 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
Aw man
I didn’t notice that. He’s even moping after Al pulls off the amazing dunk. Selfish much?
"Be patient or be a Heat fan" - MR
NBA TV's version of the fox box is nicer than CSNs, and the quality is better.
Step your game up CSN.
Skins rule
WOW
He deserves starting lineup next to Booker PLEASE. Blatche would be great off the Bench for a spark.
by Unxpekted on Feb 6, 2011 1:56 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I love my Wizards, I really do...
I even had an Al Thornton jersey made at the start of this season… *had an Arenas one made too… but oh well..
But what I REALLY need is for the Wizards to stop being a high-light reel….. YES, I was one of those fans sitting in the verizon Ctr last night screaming my head off at the Thronton AND McGee AND Young dunks. We DO need those to keep it interseting, but can we please make Sports Ctr for getting past the NBA’s elite teams, esp when we have leads & are playing close-to solid ball?
I KNOW that we are a young team – someone on the post game show in 106.7 even said he felt sorry for Flip b/c he did not sign up to coach a developmental league team — but we only have what – 31, 32 games left this season? Rome was not built in a day but I am prettey sure the concrete was poured & set by now…..
I doubt I will ever be a JaVale McGee fan
Didn’t really notice it until you guys commented on it, but the way JaVale acted when he didn’t get the ball (even though his team still got the points anyway) was an incredibly selfish display. That disgusted me thoroughly.
On the other hand, with that type of mentality, I see why the team is where they are
??
Really? I think y’all are stretching here. I don’t really see anything from JVM.
by MR on Feb 6, 2011 11:02 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah
If you look at JaVale’s face right around 0:19, he clearly has a positive reaction to the dunk. He just didn’t freak out
by zl on Feb 6, 2011 11:23 PM EST up reply actions
I'm kind of unsure
Maybe it was a negative reaction… if so, that’s just indefensible. At this point, I’m just hoping McGee will mature and actually care about winning as he grows older.
by zl on Feb 7, 2011 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
He tried to get up for the alley, didn't get it and clearly brought his shoulders and head down
Though its hard to tell what his later impression meant, it could be “nasty!!” or "mama! Kirk did not give the ball..!) but in light of his initial body languages i’m afraid he really was disappointed.
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by Dutch Hoopfan on Feb 8, 2011 9:41 AM EST up reply actions
I think he was just surprised Thornton did that
but I do think McGee was trying to get in position for a lob pass and Kirk could have thrown the lob too for a possibly nastier dunk if JaVale got it, but Thornton had the clearer path to the hoop for a layup here, and he chose to go “way overboard” instead.
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