Midcourt Shot - Guy Goes Back To the Basket
 

Last night at the Clippers-Heat game a fat Chinese guy was the contestant for the Half Time truck giveaway. If you make a midcourt shot (you get one chance), you win the truck. Ala Niles on Frasier.

To our amazement, guy stands BACK-TO-THE-BASKET, heaves the ball flinging it over his head (of course he can't see the basket) - banked right in. Also the loudest I've ever heard Staples in my life.

Question - is this actually not a bad approach? With enough practice, if you get point of release down, could this be one of the better ways to go about making this shot?

Curiously,
-Al

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What does the fact that the guy was fat and chinese have to do with this?

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Hm - nothing. That is misleading editing subject line.

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That must have been something to witness!
But nah, I don't think it's a better approach. The same point of release thing you're speaking of could be applied to a shot where you're actually looking at the basket.

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I was expecting a thread about dry cleaners... [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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At least you don't have to drag out the agony of slowly watching it go off the mark if you miss.

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Flawless victory.

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What does the fact that the guy was fat and chinese have to do with this?

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who cares? it makes for a nice visual. like "400 lb grandma does standing back flip" is much more interesting than "human does standing back flip".

as for the actual feat, that is pretty sweet. at UK basketball games, the wildcat mascot repeatedly does behind the back overhead shots from half court. he is usually dead on and it just depends on the right power whether he makes it or not.

i would like to see a video of this as well.

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I think having him be fat and chinese makes a better mental image.

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I don't like the way you worded this. Simply saying he shot backwards or threw backwards would suffice.

Anyways, I can just imagine the place going nuts after something like that! Thats like TV material, haha.