Slam Dunks 6
Dunk of the Week: Willie Warren introduces “Dunk de la Mort II”
Shades of Vince Carter were shown by Maccabi Rishon’s Willie Warren, who pulled off one of this season’s most incredible dunks anywhere in his team’s 88-82 defeat of Bnei HaSharon on Sunday. Check out the closest approximation to Carter’s infamous “Dunk of Death” we’ve seen since originally pulled off at the 2000 Olympics. Fulfilling the […]
Euro-centric basketball clip of the week: “Die Crazy Dunkers” in Munich
Here’s something to get you started on Saturday (yeah, BiE knows it’s, like, noon CET, but hey): A pair of clips taken from the halftime show at last week’s double-overtime masterpiece between Bayern München and Brose Baskets Bamberg over in Germany’s Bundesliga. Check out a band identified only as “Die Crazy Dunkers” executing acrobatics that […]
Win any European dunk contest: James White shows how in six easy steps
To the surprise of few, well-traveled James William White III (a.k.a. James White, a.k.a. Flight) took the Italian Serie A slam dunk contest amidst the all-star festivities taking place there this weekend. White, now of Scavolini Pesaro, brought with him to the contest a résumé that goes back second-place finishes on two levels: the 2001 […]
Ricky Rubio impresses in debut for Minnesota Timberwolves
Well now, BallinEurope only waited for this for years – even though BiE never thought he’d see it from Minnesota. Last night saw Ricky Rubio’s debut for the Timberwolves in a preseason matchup versus the Milwaukee Bucks and, awesomely enough, contributed a couple of YouTube-worthy moments. (Is it enough to “bring folks back to Target […]
Argument starter: The top 100 dunks of all-time
Now this one’ll keep you busy for a while. Though it seems much of the blogosphere has been resting up through the holiday, YouTube fanatics are doing business as usual. Over at the video sharing site, user Ilkkan23 earns admiration, respect and straight-out awe for his composition entitled “Top 100: Best Dunks Ever.” Much viewing […]
Has YouTube changed Europeans' view of dunks?
I attended the German Bundesliga All-Star Day last weekend and also followed the dunk contest of that event. This type of contest is always considered one of the highlights by most basketball fans, even if the “traditional” Euroleague fan does not care about such “NBA-like show elements.” The level of the contest was fair in […]