J.R. Smith’s Incredible 360 Alley-Oop
For some reason, people never mention J.R. Smith when they mention the NBA’s top dunkers. After last night, all that should change. Coming down on the break, Smith didn’t just catch the alley-oop pass for the dunk, but also decided to get freaky with it for the 360 too. Check out the video after the jump.
Where would you rank J.R. in the NBA’s best dunkers?
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March 11th, 2010 at 11:16 am
loc says:
DUTTTYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!
March 11th, 2010 at 11:24 am
Sambuu says:
it’s not like he adjusted in the air, like some crazy dunks we’ve seen before, he was going for the 360
March 11th, 2010 at 11:25 am
m says:
Do you know what a 360 actually is Aron? Because what he did was a 180.
March 11th, 2010 at 11:37 am
Sanchez says:
It was technically a “360″, he just caught the ball at the 180 mark. Besides, a lot of 360s aren’t even 360s.
March 11th, 2010 at 11:47 am
Andy says:
Feet facing the same way when he lands as when he takes off. That’s a 360. Yeah he caught the ball a quarter of the way through the turn but still, math is math.
March 11th, 2010 at 11:48 am
cesar says:
looks more like a 270
March 11th, 2010 at 11:50 am
deeds says:
@ M
Well the announcer apparently doesn’t know either judging by his call. I know your point…he didn’t do an entire 360 with the ball IN his hands, but come on. He DID do an entire 360 from the time he took off, to the time he landed. You should get the sand out of your vagina and just enjoy one of the best dunks of the season.
March 11th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Brown says:
Dunk of the year candidate?
March 11th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
ap says:
WAAAYYYY better than shannon what’s his face
March 11th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Heckler says:
@ Deeds and M
wow.
“sand out of your vagina”…
LOL.
March 11th, 2010 at 12:21 pm
IGP says:
I love when you grab a woman’s breast and it’s like a big bag of sand
March 11th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
HoustonBoy says:
@ 8
It was a great dunk, but IN MY EYES… Dunk of the Year goes to D-Wade dunking Andersons’ soul to damnation.
March 11th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Cha-Ching says:
JR and Shannon need to do a hood style dunk contest. Not that crap that was in Dallas.
March 11th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Promoman says:
I’d put J.R. in the top 15 or so in NBA when it comes to dunking.
March 11th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
fallinup says:
In game. Shit, that was a hell of a dunk.
March 11th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
thedoc says:
That dude has so much talent.
March 11th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
sweetv0mit says:
@M dont be hating coz u cant do a 360 in a game, on a professional level. and nba live or 2k dont count
March 11th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
karizmatic says:
I wish someone would have done that dunk in the dunk contest this year, it might have been more exciting.
March 11th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Colton says:
dunk of the year? no
i personally liked andre millers dunk more than that one.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
silky says:
i wonder what bone head play he did 3 minutes later?
…such an enigma
March 11th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
GimmeDemSox says:
The dunk was ok but i think the real highlight is the pass by billups…
March 11th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Ian says:
gimmedensox
lol sure
March 11th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
JOCKpost says:
OK, I’m not saying that I can do it or that it’s not a sweet dunk because it is, but…
I watched the video 20 times and every time it looks like his feet are facing Billups when he actually leaves his feet. That would make it closer to a 180 than a 360.
March 11th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Royal says:
Sikk dunk by jr. He kan really throw down some kool dunks. He has krazy athletik ability
March 12th, 2010 at 12:14 am
Raj S says:
The thing that really messes this dunk up is the finish. If he would have FLUSHED it with authority, it would have looked as impressive as it actually was.
March 12th, 2010 at 2:55 am
kicks says:
You haters should go out there and make that dunk yourselves. Awesome stuff by JR.
March 12th, 2010 at 4:27 am
yeahokayguy says:
thats jus plain dum….in a good way of course…normally people who can pull off transformers tattoo on their necks can pull things off like that
March 15th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
heh8meN1 says:
The Mamba did this plus an “AND 1″ almost 10 years ago against the 76ers.
http://lakers.fandome.com/video/110895/Kobe-Top-10-Dunks/
Dunk number #3.
Yawn.