sure blocks from front are good but when u come from behinde u have to catch up to the ofensiv playa say there on a fast break u come from behinde and u catch up and they are thinking its a easy open layup then whamm get that out of here. the best block in the world was from behinde by tayshawn prince.
You said the same thing about 8 times in that paragraph.
sure blocks from front are good but when u come from behinde u have to catch up to the ofensiv playa say there on a fast break u come from behinde and u catch up and they are thinking its a easy open layup then whamm get that out of here. the best block in the world was from behinde by tayshawn prince.
Thats one long sentence, lol.
Is it just my bad reading or does this not make sense?
But if you saw the Prince on Reggie block in a regular season game. Somewhere in the first quarter, would you still remember that block? Probably not, sure that block will go down as one of the best. But excluding what the situation was, would most of us still remember?
The block itself wasn't that great, but the situation it was in made it memorable.
The block itself wasn't that great, but the situation it was in made it memorable.
Thats what im trying to say, the only reason why this block was so amazing was because of the situation it was in. You put that same block in the regular season in the 1st quarter, and basically no one would remember.
personally the blocks that look the best to me have always been the ones where the guy who does the block controls it himself. I know durant did one earlier this year on somebody but cant remember who. Im not talking about pinning it on the glass and then controlling it. ill try to find a youtube of the type of block im talking about.
I prefer coming out of nowhere and getting it really good.. after it leaves the guys hands. a true swat.
my best block ever was in a pickup game and this dude that kind of pissed me off took it in weak/showoffy and tried one of those up and under layups like Lamar Odom did against the Wolves... and I was frustrated so I just swiped at the ball as hard as I could and to my surprise I actually caught it, after it left his hand, right in the middle, and it slammed against the wall behind the basket.
my second greatest was a block on a baseline floater with me descending from the elbow. I was playing with a mean streak that game and I was super amped so the guy kind of puts the floater up from around head-level and I just jump in the air and wildly swat at the air..... I tagged it with just my fingertips, and it was really acrobatic, and I got it so that it went straight up in the air and it fell into my hands when I landed. I know that ball was basket-level when I got it. I don't think I've ever jumped higher than that.
I've probably had better pure blocks but those ones stick in my mind because they were on good players. anyone can swat some tiny scrub that doesn't know what he's doing.
blocking shots is definitely my favorite part of basketball.
Re: Kinda OT - What type of block do you prefer?
