Misc Video: Ohio eighth-grader hits ridiculous basketball shot

ForeverChiefs58 · 06-22-2009, 05:39 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/bal...urn=nba,171894

**Rain Man** · 06-22-2009, 05:42 PM

It's funny how everybody somehow starts watching the ball even though half of them didn't see the beginning.

I'll bet at some point he wins a chance at an NBA game to win $1,000,000 for a free thrown and misses it, and then sits around bitter the rest of his life remembering this shot and that miss.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 06-22-2009, 05:43 PM

That was a pretty nuts shot. I mean you have to get lucky to begin with but damn!

ForeverChiefs58 · 06-22-2009, 05:47 PM

yeah lucky hole in one. He is good though, just to be THAT lucky, you have to be good. Million bucks would say he couldn't do it again. Not my $$, but somebody's $$$.

**doomy3** · 06-22-2009, 05:48 PM

Unreal.

**Kyle DeLexus** · 06-22-2009, 05:57 PM

I'm one of the angry bitter people that will say no way. The whole thing just seems way too staged.

**The Franchise** · 06-22-2009, 05:58 PM

I wonder how many times they filmed him trying that before he made it.

Fairplay · 06-22-2009, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

I wonder how many times they filmed him trying that before he made it.

My thoughts also. But it is still an awesome shot no doubt.

Groves · 06-22-2009, 06:45 PM

You don't have to be angry or bitter to recognize it's a fake. The ball was shot from the opposing freethrow line, yes?

Do you know how long it takes for a ball to go that distance? Way longer than that one did. It was a good sell with the crowd, but if they would have just waited a bit longer it would have been more realistic.

This of course ignores the kind of strength it would take to get a ball that far. It doesn't take superman, but it takes more than a double handed throw-in coming up from that gymnastic move.

No cameraman refuses to follow the ball in flight, either.

I'm old, I'm cranky. I enjoy the faked shots, and this is one of em.

Swazey · 06-22-2009, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Groves

You don't have to be angry or bitter to recognize it's a fake. The ball was shot from the opposing freethrow line, yes?

Do you know how long it takes for a ball to go that distance? Way longer than that one did. It was a good sell with the crowd, but if they would have just waited a bit longer it would have been more realistic.

This of course ignores the kind of strength it would take to get a ball that far. It doesn't take superman, but it takes more than a double handed throw-in coming up from that gymnastic move.

No cameraman refuses to follow the ball in flight, either.

I'm old, I'm cranky. I enjoy the faked shots, and this is one of em.

This kid put his whole body into the throw... it wasn't just a one handed lob... Looked real to me.

Groves · 06-22-2009, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swazey

This kid put his whole body into the throw... it wasn't just a one handed lob... Looked real to me.

I think anyone can throw a basketball farther with one arm than they can with two. "Using the whole body" both ways, of course.

kstater · 06-22-2009, 07:09 PM

No chance that's real.

kcxiv · 06-22-2009, 07:11 PM

He's a soccer player i bet. Them soccer players can throw the ball like that and chuck the shit out of it. That shot is real.

stevieray · 06-22-2009, 07:18 PM

.plus the physics of spinning back up onto your feet and propelling the ball...he had to let go at the exact right time...lucky as hell.

Fairplay · 06-22-2009, 07:20 PM

I did some googling and its in cleveland papers and on the schools website.

You aren't going to fake something like that in front of a lot of people and jerk your local news outlets around.

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ForeverChiefs58 MVP Join Date: Mar 2009 Casino cash: $3015326	yeah lucky hole in one. He is good though, just to be THAT lucky, you have to be good. Million bucks would say he couldn't do it again. Not my $$, but somebody's $$$.
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Groves Turning the Corner Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Springfield, Missouri Casino cash: $2398541	You don't have to be angry or bitter to recognize it's a fake. The ball was shot from the opposing freethrow line, yes? Do you know how long it takes for a ball to go that distance? Way longer than that one did. It was a good sell with the crowd, but if they would have just waited a bit longer it would have been more realistic. This of course ignores the kind of strength it would take to get a ball that far. It doesn't take superman, but it takes more than a double handed throw-in coming up from that gymnastic move. No cameraman refuses to follow the ball in flight, either. I'm old, I'm cranky. I enjoy the faked shots, and this is one of em.
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Fairplay A certain set of skills Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: texas Casino cash: $10026683 VARSITY	I did some googling and its in cleveland papers and on the schools website. You aren't going to fake something like that in front of a lot of people and jerk your local news outlets around.
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