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arenateam
03-21-2006, 09:57 AM
I say no, but its the one of the best of the year. I found a link of this most incredible shot:

http://www.sportsstarsoftomorrow.com
AccidenT
03-21-2006, 10:26 AM
No, because he should have been called for travelling when he jumped and landed without ever dribbling the ball. Of course, travelling is almost never called on anyone for doing that these days.
marksman
03-21-2006, 10:37 AM
Although hard to tell by the letter of the law, if you jump/hop and land with both feet at the same time and take a shot it is not traveling. Normally you will see guys do it in the paint, so this is a little bit different, but I imagine the same rule applies. I don't know high school rules, I just no a jump stop is legal in the NBA.

Actually I found this:
http://www.coachesclipboard.net/JumpStop.shtml

Which has some high school rules regarding the jumpstop.
Fl_Gulfer
03-21-2006, 10:49 AM
Not the best shot ever because it was Luck.
Hansky
03-21-2006, 11:10 AM
Although hard to tell by the letter of the law, if you jump/hop and land with both feet at the same time and take a shot it is not traveling. Normally you will see guys do it in the paint, so this is a little bit different, but I imagine the same rule applies. I don't know high school rules, I just no a jump stop is legal in the NBA.

Actually I found this:
http://www.coachesclipboard.net/JumpStop.shtml

Which has some high school rules regarding the jumpstop.

That is not that the video appears to show. It shows that he got a rebound, came down with both feet, then, without a dribble, took a step with both feet.

Every year there are shots like that. Had it been a game winner, more impressive.
jeff125va
03-21-2006, 11:17 AM
It's hard to imagine a more difficult shot, but that alone doesn't make him a great player. If he could make it frequently, that's different, but plenty of average or mediocre players have thrown up similar shots and gotten lucky. I'd rather have a player who can make shots half that difficult consistently but has never made a shot like that one. It's certainly awesome to watch, and he may even be a great player, but I wouldn't put much faith in a coach or scout who gave a lot of consideration to that one single shot, no matter how incredible.
Jupiterhead
03-21-2006, 11:31 AM
Better shot - and a game winner!!

http://www.break.com/index/marchmadness2.html
nataylor
03-21-2006, 11:35 AM
Better shot - and a game winner!!

http://www.break.com/index/marchmadness2.html
Was just gonna post that. Awesome shot.
bruinfan
03-21-2006, 12:58 PM
It's hard to imagine a more difficult shot, but that alone doesn't make him a great player. If he could make it frequently, that's different, but plenty of average or mediocre players have thrown up similar shots and gotten lucky. I'd rather have a player who can make shots half that difficult consistently but has never made a shot like that one. It's certainly awesome to watch, and he may even be a great player, but I wouldn't put much faith in a coach or scout who gave a lot of consideration to that one single shot, no matter how incredible.
No one said anything about him being a great player (although he is one of the top rated sophomores in the country). It was a good shot, lucky or not. He did travel, but they didn't call it. The other one was legal. Both equally good, IMO.
MikeMar
03-21-2006, 01:06 PM
How is THIS not the best shot!!!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=723961583165864963&q=basketball+kid+head
nataylor
03-21-2006, 01:08 PM
How is THIS not the best shot!!!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=723961583165864963&q=basketball+kid+head
Depends what you were aiming for. If they were actually going for the moving target, then yeah, that's pretty good. :)
bruinfan
03-21-2006, 02:18 PM
ok, this one has got all of the other ones beat, by far....

http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/133482/
jeff125va
03-21-2006, 02:32 PM
No one said anything about him being a great player (although he is one of the top rated sophomores in the country). It was a good shot, lucky or not. He did travel, but they didn't call it. The other one was legal. Both equally good, IMO.
I would think that "one of the top 10 sophomores in the country" would qualify as "great" to many people, but I wasn't really responding to any such claim, implied or otherwise. I've seen a lot of shots just like this, usually someone's home video on the local news, but this was a somewhat professional-looking clip hyping this kid. Usually a clip about a shot like that is about the shot, not the player, so it did seem like they were trying to say, "look how good he is because of this shot."
Jupiterhead
03-21-2006, 03:18 PM
And more......

http://view.break.com/75551
MikeMar
03-21-2006, 03:23 PM
And more......

http://view.break.com/75551

How many weeks you think that one took?
JDHutt25
03-21-2006, 03:32 PM
And more......

http://view.break.com/75551

That's the bounciest basketball I've ever seen. Plus, no reaction of shock from either kid on ANY of those shots?
MikeMar
03-21-2006, 03:33 PM
That's the bounciest basketball I've ever seen. Plus, no reaction of shock from either kid on ANY of those shots?

I'm assuming it took forever to do, so they didn't react to make you think it didn't take forever.
JDHutt25
03-21-2006, 03:35 PM
I'm assuming it took forever to do, so they didn't react to make you think it didn't take forever.

Right. Except, after making a few of those shots, there's no way NOT to react, especially once you make it after 200 tries.