All-Star / Feb 11, 2008 / 10:57 am
Rip Gets Buckets
Need4Sheed posted this clip a a few days ago, but we thought we’d share it with our readers this morning. It’s footage of Rip Hamilton practicing for the three-point contest – dude doesn’t even touch the rim on any of his shots.
Complete with a Rasheed Wallace intro countdown…
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February 11th, 2008 at 11:11 am
penske1 says:
Kinda off topic, but this is bugging me…
Why so much hate from people about Kobe getting to the 3-point shootout? Sure he shoots threes at less than 35%, but that’s during the game where he is usually double/triple teamed and/or launching an off-balance buzzer-beater. Of course his percentage is going to be lower than a spot-up shooter who is usually getting wide-open looks. Anyone who has seen his turnaround fadeaway fall-out-of-bounds threes understands that the guy can SHOOT.
Not trying to be on Kobe’s jock, but some people sound like they don’t know anything about this game.
February 11th, 2008 at 11:22 am
SWAT says:
Youngfed was I think the only dude going for Rip. I may have to join his bandwagon. Just cuz’ I wanna see Kobe lose
February 11th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
doc says:
they both gonna lose how about that.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
jimmy cheung says:
does he shoot with his mask on or off?
February 11th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
word says:
probably off ^^ cuz he don’t need to wear it if he ain’t playing no one. In serious honesty though i hope nash wins it. nash or rip.
February 11th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
ML says:
Then who’s going to Win Fantasy Boy?
February 11th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Jay Chau says:
umm…rip missed quite a few…and there were cuts made to the video. you do know kapono has his video on nba.com too…and missed 1 shot overall…
February 11th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Mike C says:
penske1,
You’re right. Kobe would be over 40% in threes like the rest of them, if all he had to do was spot up in a corner and launch only on wideopen looks. As a matter of fact, I think Kobe will win the contest going away. I’ve seen him at shootarounds before Laker games a lot and he’s an incredible shooter when two or three guys aren’t rushing at him every time he touches the ball.