Oh, come on, now! He used a trampoline, after all.
7.
KG
They’ve been showing this on ESPN all damn day (fringe benefit of working from home), and every time I see it, my first and only thought is, there is no way that was intentional. He almost catches his chin on the front of the rim and the next guy almost ran him over. And the spotter was obviously surprised. The guy is lucky he didn’t break is neck.
As a person that works with neurosurgeons (read that as Brain and Spinal Doctors), I can’t help that my BP shot up about a million over a billion watching this, whilst thinking WTF is that kid DOING?! Oh that was great. I’m going to be a great dad someday.
I’m going to second the “why aren’t you following me” question, ABL. And you too, John Cole, while I’m on it.
11.
Punchy
Boy Dunks Self Through Basketball Hoop
Was he injured? Did he agree to this for recruiting purposes? Will he be able to coach against Kansas State tomorrow?
12.
KG
@Ash Can: situations like this remind me of something one of my high school water polo coaches use to say to me after plays worked but not in the way they were suppose to (usually me shooting when not on a break away or rebound): Good job, don’t do it again.
13.
jharp
Looks like he was lucky to have not broken his neck.
To hell with those catapulting devices.
14.
PurpleGirl
I replayed the video a few times. It is funny and I did laugh loudly but the kid is lucky he didn’t break his neck. The next time they do one of these contests, I suggest not having the trampoline.
And having the trampoline there proves that most people can’t jump… not just white men.
15.
jwb
@KG: Yes, I agree. I don’t see any way this could be intentional. On the other hand, what I find so incredible is how quickly he extricates himself from the net, like he’d had to do it before.
Man, I seem to be picking up this vibe up a lot recently.
Maybe it’s just my nephew getting a concussion playing football, but it seems like a lot of people are saying WTF with sports in general – not just in my family, but all over the place.
Went to a happy hour the other night with some friends, and they said, literally – “We hate football”.
Why? Their kid wanted to play, and they wanted him to live past forty and not spend half his life in rehab.
I ain’t got a dog in this fight. I’m not much of a spectator sport kind of guy, more of a poker and pool person.
But when you’ve got parents discouraging their kids from going out to the practice fields, you’ve got a problem.
Oh, and I’m in fucking Texas.
17.
The Dangerman
I’m calling it intentional; if anything, he didn’t do it as cleanly as he wanted. Watch the spotters; nobody moves to help the kid. Since a rim is 18″, they knew he was going to be ok because they knew his dimensions; else, they are going into save him mode.
I went back and looked again; you COULD be right, but there have been recorded instances of people getting hurt (in a traditional dunk) with a ring, watch, or jewelry getting hung up in the net. The tip off for me is … no spotter comes close to jumping into action. Again, they knew his dimensions, knew he wasn’t wearing rings/watch, etc.
Then I guess I’ll have to split the difference and say it wasn’t intentional, but all knew that going through the hoop wasn’t going to hurt him. Seriously, can you imagine getting stuck roughly in the waist area if the rim isn’t quite big enough?
My son’s good friend just became a C6 quad due to a diving accident.
I’m kind of on a mission to ban all diving. Ever. Don’t do it. And fuck the trampolines too.
Spread the word.
28.
Spaghetti Lee
Ooh, but he sticks the landing. 8.5
There’s an 11-year-old boy somewhere inside me screaming HOLY SHIT THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME! and I’m finding it hard to ignore him, even with all the perfectly good points everyone else was making.
@asiangrrlMN: Tired but not sleepy yet, sort of doing laundry and avoiding it at the same time. It’s a neat trick, you should try it sometime.
Tomorrow will be massive crisis day however. Her Highness is out of food, and I shall have to rectify that situation tomorrow. I didn’t really have much planned anyway.
@Yutsano: Oh, I know all about the sort-of-doing-it-but-really-avoiding-it trick. I’m particularly good at it.
You’re starving Miss Lexie?? Do I have to go out there and kick some Yutsy ass?
ETA: I just took a nap. Not good for trying to get my sleep schedule in order. Trying to shift it to more normal.
33.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Oh she’s not starving. Unless you ask her. Then I NEVER feed her. Or play with her. Or pet her. Or pay any attention to her at all. It’s twue! Just ask her!
BTW she’s laying next to me trying not to fall asleep. And failing.
34.
frosty
@kdaug: My kid played lacrosse. Lots of action, checking, smacking the other guy with the stick. It’s a good choice for kids who want to be physical but don’t want to get destroyed.
Favorite moment as a parent? My son checks a guy illegally, the ref doesn’t catch it. Next thing I see, he gets triple-teamed and they knock him on his ass.
@Yutsano: Aw, that’s the cutest, sweetest thing to watch. “No! I iz nawt tired. I iz fine. I iz….zzzzz……”
Did you see that I got Bristol Palin’s appearance at Wash U (call me, Wash U. I’m cheaper than Palin, and a better speaker!) canceled? Bwahahahahahhaha!
36.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Call you Washuu? A 20,000 year old alien scientist who’s trapped in the body of a 12 year old?
@Yutsano: I love that video (even after learning the real reason why they do that). You iz forgiven.
@Mark S.: I like your shorter. Much funnier and easier to read than the real StupidPundit.
41.
Yutsano
@Mark S.: When you read stupid shit like that, it honestly makes you wonder how they even manage to put their shoes on in the morning, let alone earn enough to afford computers and connect to the Interwebs.
I haven’t been on a late night thread in awhile, and they are my favorites. Between going back to school, the holidays, having a friend living on my couch for 2 weeks as he is interviewing here in NYC (he was an assistant buyer for Neiman Marcus, has a finance degree, anyone got something in the city?), I’ve been too stressed and busy to comment much. This site makes me sane.
@Bnut: Oh, lord. If we’re keeping you sane….Well, take a deep breath and chill out. Good to see you, Dawg!
45.
Yutsano
@Bnut: IT LIVES! Howdy stranger! Glad to see you’re still kicking the mortal coil and all.
@asiangrrlMN: Good point. I r assuming facts not in evidence. I just failed Basic Lawyering 101. I shall now hang the shame curtains.
46.
Mark S.
The wingnut reaction to Egypt has been pretty interesting. Insty of course sees it as sexy whiskey democracy. National Review is trying to spin it as Bush was right all along. Mostly it seems to be consternation about what this means to our bestest ally ever Israel.
@asiangrrlMN: This site is like liver and onions. It smells sooooo good as it’s cooking. But I take a bite and it’s gross. But I know it’s good for me. Confusing, lol.
@Yutsano: I hate Hamlet, at least quote me some Henry V or Richard III.
This site is like liver and onions. It smells sooooo good as it’s cooking. But I take a bite and it’s gross. But I know it’s good for me.
I had my suspicions you might be a bit off. And learning exactly what the liver does in the body made me never want to eat another one again. Whoever thought the garbage dump of anatomy was edible needs to be dug up from their grave and shot just on general principle.
@Yutsano: And learning exactly what the liver does in the body made me never want to eat another one again. Whoever thought the garbage dump of anatomy was edible needs to be dug up from their grave and shot just on general principle.
ABL, why the eff are you not following me on Twitter?! Don’t make me angry… Okay, well, even then, you’d not not like me when I’m angry. That’s twice the fun.
Hey, same here! I’m @TavernWench on Twitter.
Also, to all Balloon-Juicers on Twitter, I maintain the Balloon-Juice Twitter List, and want to keep it as up-to-date as possible, so if you’re not already on it, be sure to tweet me and let me know to add you.
54.
Ecks
@The Dangerman: I don’t think they had time to react. The whole thing went down so fast, and is probably so far out of the zone of what they expected that by the time they figured out what to do he’d have been half way to the floor again.
EDIT: Plus, if this was planned, can you imagine the lawsuit this organization would be in for if it goes just SLIGHTLY wrong (he clips his head on the way into the hoop, he rams his head directly into the hoop, he comes down slightly sideways once his head is through the hoop and his legs fall on the outside of the rim… the permutations are just not worth thinking about, they get reaaaaly ugly really fast. Being as it did work, it was kinda awesome, but no organization voluntarily exposes themselves to this kind of risk on either a human or a legal level).
Morbo
…unharmed. That is the word left out of that sentence.
djork
And they say white men can’t jump.
BGinCHI
It’s not a video, it’s an analogy.
Sarah Palin shoots, and scores, going only where balls should go.
Angry Black Lady
@djork: That should have been my subcaption!
Martin
Ball didn’t go in the hoop. Boy did.
Understanding of the game: you don’t haz it!
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@djork: @Angry Black Lady:
Oh, come on, now! He used a trampoline, after all.
KG
They’ve been showing this on ESPN all damn day (fringe benefit of working from home), and every time I see it, my first and only thought is, there is no way that was intentional. He almost catches his chin on the front of the rim and the next guy almost ran him over. And the spotter was obviously surprised. The guy is lucky he didn’t break is neck.
All that said, it was fragging sweet.
freelancer
Jesus Titty-Fucking Christ!
As a person that works with neurosurgeons (read that as Brain and Spinal Doctors), I can’t help that my BP shot up about a million over a billion watching this, whilst thinking WTF is that kid DOING?! Oh that was great. I’m going to be a great dad someday.
P.S. ABL, why the eff are you not following me on Twitter?! Don’t make me angry… Okay, well, even then, you’d not not like me when I’m angry. That’s twice the fun.
Ash Can
If Bottle Rocket ever pulled a stunt like that I’d ground his little keester for three months.
Brian S (formerly Incertus)
I’m going to second the “why aren’t you following me” question, ABL. And you too, John Cole, while I’m on it.
Punchy
Was he injured? Did he agree to this for recruiting purposes? Will he be able to coach against Kansas State tomorrow?
KG
@Ash Can: situations like this remind me of something one of my high school water polo coaches use to say to me after plays worked but not in the way they were suppose to (usually me shooting when not on a break away or rebound): Good job, don’t do it again.
jharp
Looks like he was lucky to have not broken his neck.
To hell with those catapulting devices.
PurpleGirl
I replayed the video a few times. It is funny and I did laugh loudly but the kid is lucky he didn’t break his neck. The next time they do one of these contests, I suggest not having the trampoline.
And having the trampoline there proves that most people can’t jump… not just white men.
jwb
@KG: Yes, I agree. I don’t see any way this could be intentional. On the other hand, what I find so incredible is how quickly he extricates himself from the net, like he’d had to do it before.
kdaug
@jharp:
Man, I seem to be picking up this vibe up a lot recently.
Maybe it’s just my nephew getting a concussion playing football, but it seems like a lot of people are saying WTF with sports in general – not just in my family, but all over the place.
Went to a happy hour the other night with some friends, and they said, literally – “We hate football”.
Why? Their kid wanted to play, and they wanted him to live past forty and not spend half his life in rehab.
I ain’t got a dog in this fight. I’m not much of a spectator sport kind of guy, more of a poker and pool person.
But when you’ve got parents discouraging their kids from going out to the practice fields, you’ve got a problem.
Oh, and I’m in fucking Texas.
The Dangerman
I’m calling it intentional; if anything, he didn’t do it as cleanly as he wanted. Watch the spotters; nobody moves to help the kid. Since a rim is 18″, they knew he was going to be ok because they knew his dimensions; else, they are going into save him mode.
Sentient Puddle
Reminds me of a Keyboard Cat variant.
Angry Black Lady
@freelancer: It is an injustice that I will rectify at once!
Mark S.
Geez, he was really lucky he didn’t get hurt, especially since there was another guy coming right behind him.
Mark S.
@The Dangerman:
No fucking way that was intentional.
jharp
“the kid is lucky he didn’t break his neck. The next time they do one of these contests, I suggest not having the trampoline.”
I’m kinda sensitive to the whole neck breaking thing as I have had two friends suffer from it. And now just recently my sons good friend.
Please. Never ever dive into anything. Ever. And share it with everyone.
And fuck those trampolines as well. I have business associate whose husband broke his neck on one.
The Dangerman
@Mark S.:
I went back and looked again; you COULD be right, but there have been recorded instances of people getting hurt (in a traditional dunk) with a ring, watch, or jewelry getting hung up in the net. The tip off for me is … no spotter comes close to jumping into action. Again, they knew his dimensions, knew he wasn’t wearing rings/watch, etc.
I’m still calling intentional.
LikeableInMyOwnWay
@The Dangerman:
According to lad, he was going too fast and lost control of the jump. He had no plan once he was in the air.
The Dangerman
@LikeableInMyOwnWay:
Then I guess I’ll have to split the difference and say it wasn’t intentional, but all knew that going through the hoop wasn’t going to hurt him. Seriously, can you imagine getting stuck roughly in the waist area if the rim isn’t quite big enough?
LikeableInMyOwnWay
@The Dangerman:
Ow.
jharp
@kdaug:
My son’s good friend just became a C6 quad due to a diving accident.
I’m kind of on a mission to ban all diving. Ever. Don’t do it. And fuck the trampolines too.
Spread the word.
Spaghetti Lee
Ooh, but he sticks the landing. 8.5
There’s an 11-year-old boy somewhere inside me screaming HOLY SHIT THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME! and I’m finding it hard to ignore him, even with all the perfectly good points everyone else was making.
Yutsano
@Spaghetti Lee:
Heh. This.
asiangrrlMN
I’m on the side of not intentional. Made me wince. Glad he’s OK.
@Yutsano: How you be, hon?
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Tired but not sleepy yet, sort of doing laundry and avoiding it at the same time. It’s a neat trick, you should try it sometime.
Tomorrow will be massive crisis day however. Her Highness is out of food, and I shall have to rectify that situation tomorrow. I didn’t really have much planned anyway.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Oh, I know all about the sort-of-doing-it-but-really-avoiding-it trick. I’m particularly good at it.
You’re starving Miss Lexie?? Do I have to go out there and kick some Yutsy ass?
ETA: I just took a nap. Not good for trying to get my sleep schedule in order. Trying to shift it to more normal.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Oh she’s not starving. Unless you ask her. Then I NEVER feed her. Or play with her. Or pet her. Or pay any attention to her at all. It’s twue! Just ask her!
BTW she’s laying next to me trying not to fall asleep. And failing.
frosty
@kdaug: My kid played lacrosse. Lots of action, checking, smacking the other guy with the stick. It’s a good choice for kids who want to be physical but don’t want to get destroyed.
Favorite moment as a parent? My son checks a guy illegally, the ref doesn’t catch it. Next thing I see, he gets triple-teamed and they knock him on his ass.
Good times.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Aw, that’s the cutest, sweetest thing to watch. “No! I iz nawt tired. I iz fine. I iz….zzzzz……”
Did you see that I got Bristol Palin’s appearance at Wash U (call me, Wash U. I’m cheaper than Palin, and a better speaker!) canceled? Bwahahahahahhaha!
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Call you Washuu? A 20,000 year old alien scientist who’s trapped in the body of a 12 year old?
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Um, NO!
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: :: whistles innocently ::
Oh look! OTTER WUV!!
Mark S.
Shorter Instadipshit:
Some obscure blogger writes: “Blackety-black-black community organizer Kenyan birth certificate kow-tows to dictators.” Heh indeed.
UPDATE: Some article contradicts this.
ANOTHER UPDATE: A reader emails: “The black guy is so stupid he hasn’t gotten us out of all the wars Bush started!” Indeed.
MORE: 3am call?
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: I love that video (even after learning the real reason why they do that). You iz forgiven.
@Mark S.: I like your shorter. Much funnier and easier to read than the real StupidPundit.
Yutsano
@Mark S.: When you read stupid shit like that, it honestly makes you wonder how they even manage to put their shoes on in the morning, let alone earn enough to afford computers and connect to the Interwebs.
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: How you know they iz wearin’ shoez?
Bnut
I haven’t been on a late night thread in awhile, and they are my favorites. Between going back to school, the holidays, having a friend living on my couch for 2 weeks as he is interviewing here in NYC (he was an assistant buyer for Neiman Marcus, has a finance degree, anyone got something in the city?), I’ve been too stressed and busy to comment much. This site makes me sane.
asiangrrlMN
@Bnut: Oh, lord. If we’re keeping you sane….Well, take a deep breath and chill out. Good to see you, Dawg!
Yutsano
@Bnut: IT LIVES! Howdy stranger! Glad to see you’re still kicking the mortal coil and all.
@asiangrrlMN: Good point. I r assuming facts not in evidence. I just failed Basic Lawyering 101. I shall now hang the shame curtains.
Mark S.
The wingnut reaction to Egypt has been pretty interesting. Insty of course sees it as sexy whiskey democracy. National Review is trying to spin it as Bush was right all along. Mostly it seems to be consternation about what this means to our bestest ally ever Israel.
For that, of course, the award goes to Atlas Pam who loooooves that Mubarak.
Bnut
@asiangrrlMN: This site is like liver and onions. It smells sooooo good as it’s cooking. But I take a bite and it’s gross. But I know it’s good for me. Confusing, lol.
@Yutsano: I hate Hamlet, at least quote me some Henry V or Richard III.
Yutsano
@Bnut:
I had my suspicions you might be a bit off. And learning exactly what the liver does in the body made me never want to eat another one again. Whoever thought the garbage dump of anatomy was edible needs to be dug up from their grave and shot just on general principle.
PS I agree with you on Hamlet.
stuckinred
@asiangrrlMN: Dawg, you called?
de stijl
There’s so many Freudian implications here. I think that boy is going to need some serious therapy.
Or perhaps it was self prescribed rebirth therapy. The severely depressed often self medicate.
Ruckus
@Yutsano:
And learning exactly what the liver does in the body made me never want to eat another one again. Whoever thought the garbage dump of anatomy was edible needs to be dug up from their grave and shot just on general principle.
Absolutely. Twice. With prejudice.
asiangrrlMN
@Bnut: I love liver. I think it tastes scrummy. Glad to see you’re still kicking it real-time.
@Yutsano: DO NOT go makin’ me look up what liver does to me, thus ensuring I will never eat it again.
@stuckinred: ‘Sup??
JenJen
@freelancer:
Hey, same here! I’m @TavernWench on Twitter.
Also, to all Balloon-Juicers on Twitter, I maintain the Balloon-Juice Twitter List, and want to keep it as up-to-date as possible, so if you’re not already on it, be sure to tweet me and let me know to add you.
Ecks
@The Dangerman: I don’t think they had time to react. The whole thing went down so fast, and is probably so far out of the zone of what they expected that by the time they figured out what to do he’d have been half way to the floor again.
EDIT: Plus, if this was planned, can you imagine the lawsuit this organization would be in for if it goes just SLIGHTLY wrong (he clips his head on the way into the hoop, he rams his head directly into the hoop, he comes down slightly sideways once his head is through the hoop and his legs fall on the outside of the rim… the permutations are just not worth thinking about, they get reaaaaly ugly really fast. Being as it did work, it was kinda awesome, but no organization voluntarily exposes themselves to this kind of risk on either a human or a legal level).
bhampton
this one was intentional
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcD8ExEKxcg&feature=related
seems she banged her head but the guys were too busy celebrating to notice.