Sunday night’s NBA All-Star Game produced a sequence that basketball fans have seen quite a few times before. In the fourth quarter of the star-studded event at Spectrum Center in Charlotte N.C., Kyrie Irving floated a slick alley-oop to LeBron James as Team LeBron padded its lead over Team Giannis. Irving and James teamed up for countless highlight-reel plays over the course of their three seasons together with the Cleveland Cavaliers. But putting nostalgia aside, several folks on Twitter believe (or hope) the Irving-to-James alley-oop was a sign of things to come as Irving’s future with the Boston Celtics remains uncertain. Irving reu... NESN.com
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Lakers’ Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Tries, Fails At Alley-Oop To Himself
Friendly reminder to Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: you are not LeBron James. The Los Angeles Lakers guard tried to channel the King during his team’s 121-106 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday. During the third quarter, Pope put on his fancy pants and tried to alley-oop the ball to himself off the backboard. But as you’ll see in the video below, he failed miserably. Shame. The only scenario in which this would be acceptable is if the shot clock were running out and Pope’s options were limited. But there were 10 seconds left on the clock, so he really has no excuse. With the loss, the Lakers dropped to 11-23 on the season, good... NESN.com
DeAndre Jordan Throws Down Monster Alley-Oop Dunk Over Brandon Knight (Video)
by Zack Cox on Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 11:58PM It has been said before on this site that if the NBA awarded extra points for dunks, the Clippers would finish every season 82-0. DeAndre Jordan continued to prove that Sunday night, when he absolutely posterized Detroit’s Brandon Knight with an alley-oop slam that’s sure to top most “dunk of the year” rankings. Even Jordan was caught off guard by the magnitude of his slam, giving a “sheepish grin” as he made his way down the court while the Staples Center crowd erupted. Check out Jordan’s ridiculous dunk in the video below, and keep reading to see a sampling of the reaction it elicited on Twitter.