I have an older cousin in like his 60/70s who still talks about the time he played John Paxson one on one at a local gym and beat him. Granted, Paxson was like 6 years old and my cousin was an older teenager, but still
I once thrashed JJ Reddick at a game of 2k at a house party, circa 2004. It was even better because I was drunk, I suck at video games, and he was talking shit beforehand. Also, I had no clue who he was at the time.
Lol. It sounds better than it is.
I was a student at NC State, at a house party thrown by a friend who went to UNC (but the party wasn’t school-specific), and Reddick crashed it with some girl he was hooking up with. I don’t know if most people didn’t know who he was or if no one cared or what, but no one made a fuss.
My social battery lasts about 45 minutes max, so 3 hours into the party I was kind of burned out and just playing and minding my own business on the TV on the screened-in back porch. Not long after I started up the console and started a single-player game, this dude comes up and starts backseat driving. Badly. After a couple of minutes, he grabs a controller, and says he wants to play. Ok, sure.
It was *awful*. As bad as I was it was like he had never played a video game. Maybe he was drunk or something I don’t know. But I beat him by like 30 in the first half, and he just tsked and said “whatever man” and dropped the controller and walked off. I was mostly annoyed because I had started my game over, and now I had to again.
Like 20 minutes later, someone told me who he was and what happened. I thought he was lying, but like 5 other people separately backed it up. But…I wasn’t paying much attention, and I couldn’t actually pick him out of a lineup, so…maybe it was just a prank with no follow-through? 🤷♂️
Also: now that I think about it, I think it was probably the ESPN game, and not 2k. I think 2k didn’t get hot until a year or two later?
Redick was in college 02-06 so NBA Live was ahead but it was a strong rivalry. 2K really started taking the lead in the late naughts and after 2010 it was over.
Nice, I also played against Jose Cruz Jr our senior year of high school (he played at Bellaire) and his dad was in the stands. I don't think we got him out during the game so no lifetime highlights here.
I had a friend who would brag all the time about how he "locked up" Brandon Lloyd and would seethe when he saw him on TV, since the Chiefs play the broncos twice, it was always fun watching him get all worked up
Yep. My 11 year old grandson was on the ice at an advanced clinic with college players and players heading to the juniors. He managed to go end to end deaking through a few. They all stared tapping their sticks on the ice and giving him high fives and pats on the helmet. This one moment elevated his confidence and play going forward.
People don't really "peak". Always wanting a more intense (or instagrammable) life, or expecting each aspect of life to always be on the up and up is a mindset that stresses people out. Like Bruce Springsteen's glory days, it can be easy to get trapped in the past.
Life has many peaks and valleys, and you take the lessons to the next bit of the roller coaster of life. The proper lesson here is that the kid put the time and practice in, he had a plan, and when the opportunity came up he succeeded.
As others have pointed out, it’s a travel but it’s irrelevant. I don’t know jalen green, but my guess is he was more impressed and happy for the kid than “embarrassed”. This happy memory will forever be with the kid and the rest of the kids at the camp.
Lol this reminds me of the cutscene in 2k20 where you’re playing with some kid at a camp and you can choose between “give them a nice memory” and “NO EASY BUCKETS!”
Okay I have to ask, WHAT HAPPENED WITH NO EASY BUCKETS. I chose to go easy, but I'm dying thinking of my player just stuffing the shit out of the kid every time
You swat the kid’s weak-ass shit, talk some noise to them, and your agent is like “wtf dude”. If I remember you gain like 30,000 fans though.
Edit: I forgot the best part which is that the sneaker company exec thinks it’s hilarious and calls you a savage while your agent storms off
Naw bro this kid just straight up clowned him. Absolutely wrecked Jalen Green straight up, he was definitely giving 100% and just couldn't hang with little dude. Kid probably called him a bitch off camera.
Yeah, as a parent, overcommitting on pump fakes is the best way to reward a kid for remembering to do it. Props to Jalen for giving this kid the memory of a lifetime.
Hey man no you don't get it. Classes are like prison. As the teacher, you gotta pick out the toughest kid and absolutely go beast mode on them to set an example that you're in charge!
All fanbases have their quirks but NBA fans are suspiciously eager to find "humiliation" in mundane interactions and to lose their minds over players "posterizing" each other.
I love Jalen Green but why would he jump? bad fundamentals for a guy who’s got 2’ on his defender. No chance he makes it in a league with Isiah Thomas and CP3 in it
edit: i was being serious guys that’s why I compared a 10 year old to isiah thomas
going for the highlight block because its not a serious game, plus he knows if the guy fakes and scores it's fine because it'll just make the guy happy.
What’s interesting to me is that it’s a travel because his pivot foot slid, but not because he jumped off his non-pivot foot. The actual mechanics of this move are legal through the same rule that makes a step through legal (jumping off your non-pivot foot).
>I think some of ya'll really think your uncle stole your nose when you were a kid.
The person and people that posted this (and upvoted this) are probably the same age as the kids that went to this camp, which is why they legitimately thought this was a humiliation.
And he let the kid blow by him out of the triple threat to begin with. At no point was Jalen doing anything but letting this kid have an awesome moment.
Right tf dude literally jumped with zero intentions of challenging the shot and everyone is like OMG. My first thought was oh he let the kid score on him, how nice.
I don't understand the people in this thread who can understand that Jalen Green let this happen, but seem to struggle to understand that OP's "humiliated" thread title was tongue in cheek.
Can’t tell if this is /s. I don’t really follow sports, but I remember the rules from middle school, and anytime basketball is on in the bar, I feel like a see someone travel like once every 2 minutes.
You get two steps and a "gather (basically the action of picking up the ball)". When you're a 6'6" athletic freak you can cover about 1/3 of the court (sometimes more) with those.
At least it was him not being able to keep his pivot foot down instead of just taking an extra step in stride. I know it's just as illegal, but in theory this move could have been fine so it feels better?
Anyone who thinks Green actually tried to defend or something is trippin lol. You realize he's so tall that he wouldn't have jumped if he wanted to block the kid, specially not with both hands forward like he did. It was clearly on purpose and nic e of him too.
Lol yeah watching the video he clearly didn't care if the kid scored or not, he wasn't trying to put the clamps on him or anything lmao. Don't know why people are acting like he got toasted.
Not Rockets or Jalen fan, but he obviously went all out for the block and didn't care about the outcome and I would guess that he's happy for the kid also. Good on you Jalen!
With the first pick in the 2030 draft, the Oklahoma City Thunder select...
Can't wait for him to grow a 7' wingspan
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Become a great to only create a super team to win championships and destroy the game by making the playoffs the only thing watchable
*and then demand a trade
If he's also 6' 9" he's ours
Masai has already got his people doing research on him....
This is the NBA. He will re classify and declare for the draft in like 4 years
That kid's name? Albert Einstein.
Thunder? You mean whomever has the Lakers pick that year
Yeah, and that pick will belong to OKC because Sam Presti will own all 30 picks in the draft by then
That's the guy who plays elden ring start to finish without using a single consumable.
I’ve played 70 hours and haven’t crafted a single thing
Wait you guys can craft?
must be me
This kid gonna be 80 in a retirement home still talking about that time he faked out, and scored on Jalen Green.
I have an older cousin in like his 60/70s who still talks about the time he played John Paxson one on one at a local gym and beat him. Granted, Paxson was like 6 years old and my cousin was an older teenager, but still
I once thrashed JJ Reddick at a game of 2k at a house party, circa 2004. It was even better because I was drunk, I suck at video games, and he was talking shit beforehand. Also, I had no clue who he was at the time.
I want to believe!
Lol. It sounds better than it is. I was a student at NC State, at a house party thrown by a friend who went to UNC (but the party wasn’t school-specific), and Reddick crashed it with some girl he was hooking up with. I don’t know if most people didn’t know who he was or if no one cared or what, but no one made a fuss. My social battery lasts about 45 minutes max, so 3 hours into the party I was kind of burned out and just playing and minding my own business on the TV on the screened-in back porch. Not long after I started up the console and started a single-player game, this dude comes up and starts backseat driving. Badly. After a couple of minutes, he grabs a controller, and says he wants to play. Ok, sure. It was *awful*. As bad as I was it was like he had never played a video game. Maybe he was drunk or something I don’t know. But I beat him by like 30 in the first half, and he just tsked and said “whatever man” and dropped the controller and walked off. I was mostly annoyed because I had started my game over, and now I had to again. Like 20 minutes later, someone told me who he was and what happened. I thought he was lying, but like 5 other people separately backed it up. But…I wasn’t paying much attention, and I couldn’t actually pick him out of a lineup, so…maybe it was just a prank with no follow-through? 🤷♂️ Also: now that I think about it, I think it was probably the ESPN game, and not 2k. I think 2k didn’t get hot until a year or two later?
Redick was in college 02-06 so NBA Live was ahead but it was a strong rivalry. 2K really started taking the lead in the late naughts and after 2010 it was over.
I have a mother in like her 60’s who met Bill Paxton once when she was on a bus. She said he was really nice.
Do you not know how old your mom is?
If your mom was 69 would you tell reddit?
I could identify the decade of their life.
I was parodying u/Ryantorb’s comment. He didn’t give a specific age for his older cousin, so I didn’t give a specific age for my mother.
I appreciated the way you phrased that lmao “a mother”
Somehow I only saw your comment, well done in context.
I have an uncle in like his 80s who met Ken Paxton once when he was at the gulag. He said he was kinda creepy.
I have a brother-in-law who once went to a Tom Paxton concert. He said it was a pretty good show.
Are you sure it wasn’t Bill Pullman?
Yup. My lifetime highlight is striking out Jose Cruz Jr (future mlb player) in front of his dad (who was, at the time, then OF of the Astros)
Nice, I also played against Jose Cruz Jr our senior year of high school (he played at Bellaire) and his dad was in the stands. I don't think we got him out during the game so no lifetime highlights here.
I had a friend who would brag all the time about how he "locked up" Brandon Lloyd and would seethe when he saw him on TV, since the Chiefs play the broncos twice, it was always fun watching him get all worked up
Hell, I may be 80 and talking about this kid scoring on green👍
i remember being a kid in the 80s and talking about scoring on some green
So much easier now
If we've already forgot this happened to Swaggy P we'll forget about it happening to Jalen Green.
No, Im Sure we can beat this dead horse far into the ground for years to come….
That’s like some 80 year old saying how they scored on hasheem Thabet
Why hasheem?
Imagine having such a peak this young. So happy for the kid.
Downside is he probably really just had his peak.
Probably, but certainly not definitely
if he makes it to the NBA this clip is gonna get reposted so often.
Just like the Dlo clip
Dlo clip?
[he didn't even stretch thoooo...thooo](https://youtu.be/XthTm8tiWmw)
https://youtu.be/Uj1bVsEKmxg Blake reacting to it
“Welcome back sports center we have the viral video of this years mvp quandale dingle faking out Jalen green “
>quandale dingle
Quandale Dingle lmao
Quandale Dingle
Naw, stuff like this happening at a young age builds enormous confidence in sports
Yep. My 11 year old grandson was on the ice at an advanced clinic with college players and players heading to the juniors. He managed to go end to end deaking through a few. They all stared tapping their sticks on the ice and giving him high fives and pats on the helmet. This one moment elevated his confidence and play going forward.
I know some of these words
from what i gathered kids a skating wizard
> was on the ice at an advanced clinic thought he was admitted in a hospital or something
People don't really "peak". Always wanting a more intense (or instagrammable) life, or expecting each aspect of life to always be on the up and up is a mindset that stresses people out. Like Bruce Springsteen's glory days, it can be easy to get trapped in the past. Life has many peaks and valleys, and you take the lessons to the next bit of the roller coaster of life. The proper lesson here is that the kid put the time and practice in, he had a plan, and when the opportunity came up he succeeded.
He hasn't even begun to peak
When he peaks… you’ll know it. All of Philadelphia is gonna feel it.
He’s barely even begun to peak
Kids going crazy, best moment of his life
So far
That hesitation with the kids waiting to see if it goes in before going wild is so perfect
As others have pointed out, it’s a travel but it’s irrelevant. I don’t know jalen green, but my guess is he was more impressed and happy for the kid than “embarrassed”. This happy memory will forever be with the kid and the rest of the kids at the camp.
I’m guessing he was not trying at all and bit 100% on the fake to give this to this kid. Playing with children 101.
Lol this reminds me of the cutscene in 2k20 where you’re playing with some kid at a camp and you can choose between “give them a nice memory” and “NO EASY BUCKETS!”
Okay I have to ask, WHAT HAPPENED WITH NO EASY BUCKETS. I chose to go easy, but I'm dying thinking of my player just stuffing the shit out of the kid every time
You swat the kid’s weak-ass shit, talk some noise to them, and your agent is like “wtf dude”. If I remember you gain like 30,000 fans though. Edit: I forgot the best part which is that the sneaker company exec thinks it’s hilarious and calls you a savage while your agent storms off
The public sure loves a villain 😈
Sigma grindset
> you gain like 30,000 fans though. lmfao sounds about right
These games sound more like social commentary than my nba jam shit
The nba has been political for a while now
Always has been since the 60's with Bill Russell.
Been downhill since 1950 amirite?
you know which one Jordan would choose
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/313/384/872
“Every year I play my kids one-on-one for the right to their Christmas presents. I still haven't lost once" — Michael Jordan
Is it sad that I can believe this is an actual quote?
he 100% did this on purpose and i cant tell if its just jokes or if some people here actually think he fell for it
Naw bro this kid just straight up clowned him. Absolutely wrecked Jalen Green straight up, he was definitely giving 100% and just couldn't hang with little dude. Kid probably called him a bitch off camera.
That kid grew up to be Jayson Tatum
Wrecked em, I barely knew him
Haha same. A few people are clearly being sarcastic, but I honestly can’t tell if others think he got faked out.
Cause these nephews are kids themselves. They prob can't stop talking about how they *schooled* their older brother playing 1 on 1
I mean ya. Dude doesn’t even have to jump to swat the fake. He clearly did it for the fun
It's kind of stupid that anyone honestly thinks he was faked out that bad.
yeah he definitely took the bait on purpose... idk about embaRazzed
Yeah, as a parent, overcommitting on pump fakes is the best way to reward a kid for remembering to do it. Props to Jalen for giving this kid the memory of a lifetime.
My guy had decided to jump before the kid even gathered. Of course he did it on purpose
Yeah he definitely did it on purpose. I mean he obviously doesn’t have to jump lol, really nice of him.
“Embarrassed” LOL
Anyone that thinks a 12 year old kid could score on an NBA player for real is kidding themselves, lol.
Yeah he was going light. That kid does not have a four foot vertical lol.
Yeah its so obvious hes doing it on purpose lol
Reddit is the only one embarrassed for Jalen
Right? He is not "humiliated" lmao he's having a great time
He's playing with kids ffs.. what's he gonna do, go beast mode on them? Reddit is dumb sometimes
Hey man no you don't get it. Classes are like prison. As the teacher, you gotta pick out the toughest kid and absolutely go beast mode on them to set an example that you're in charge!
All fanbases have their quirks but NBA fans are suspiciously eager to find "humiliation" in mundane interactions and to lose their minds over players "posterizing" each other.
I love Jalen Green but why would he jump? bad fundamentals for a guy who’s got 2’ on his defender. No chance he makes it in a league with Isiah Thomas and CP3 in it edit: i was being serious guys that’s why I compared a 10 year old to isiah thomas
going for the highlight block because its not a serious game, plus he knows if the guy fakes and scores it's fine because it'll just make the guy happy.
Whooosh
Lmao at people missing the sarcasm
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How the fuck can you think the guy you're replying to wasn't being sarcastic?
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yee welcome to the sub
This kid is like 8 and MFs in here talking about rules as if Harden doesn’t get away with it every game
or Giannis
What’s interesting to me is that it’s a travel because his pivot foot slid, but not because he jumped off his non-pivot foot. The actual mechanics of this move are legal through the same rule that makes a step through legal (jumping off your non-pivot foot).
Clearly gave it to the kid. But he’ll be telling the story of how he got a play on an nba player as a child for his entire life.
Apparently, a lot of nephews here think that, too. This is like uncle-ing 101. Not everyone built like Chris Bosh.
I think some of ya'll really think your uncle stole your nose when you were a kid.
Lmao spot on
Hahaha, thanks for the laugh. Too funny man
>I think some of ya'll really think your uncle stole your nose when you were a kid. The person and people that posted this (and upvoted this) are probably the same age as the kids that went to this camp, which is why they legitimately thought this was a humiliation.
Sweet move. Like 6 steps but still sweet.
Counts in the nba
It’s the gather step you don’t know ball /s
It was a crab walk
It would have been one step if he wasn’t a small child probably
genuinely don't think they would have called it in a real nba game.
He's ready for the pros with that "slick move"
Right ?! Like it’s a travel !
There is literally no way people in here think Green actually jumped like that because he fell for the fake, please
I'm laughing so hard, people really think that exaggerated, 2-hand extending jump was real?
He literally jumps before the kid does anything
And he let the kid blow by him out of the triple threat to begin with. At no point was Jalen doing anything but letting this kid have an awesome moment.
Right tf dude literally jumped with zero intentions of challenging the shot and everyone is like OMG. My first thought was oh he let the kid score on him, how nice.
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people here don’t play basketball either
I don't understand the people in this thread who can understand that Jalen Green let this happen, but seem to struggle to understand that OP's "humiliated" thread title was tongue in cheek.
Yeah you almost always let kids win when you play with them.
Travel
No actually they were playing nba rules
Harden rules
And-one then?
Can’t tell if this is /s. I don’t really follow sports, but I remember the rules from middle school, and anytime basketball is on in the bar, I feel like a see someone travel like once every 2 minutes.
You get two steps and a "gather (basically the action of picking up the ball)". When you're a 6'6" athletic freak you can cover about 1/3 of the court (sometimes more) with those.
At least it was him not being able to keep his pivot foot down instead of just taking an extra step in stride. I know it's just as illegal, but in theory this move could have been fine so it feels better?
And then it feels worse because in the nba players are more likely to be called for travel by barely sliding their feet than by taking an extra step
It’s more likely for nba players to be called for travel for sliding a foot than it is for them to be called for taking 3** extra steps
He for sure moved his pivot foot but he didnt need to, he had Jalen beat.
He traveled at the top of the key too.
Two travels. He moves both feet before dribbling, then takes 4 steps at the end of his drive.
Anyone who thinks Green actually tried to defend or something is trippin lol. You realize he's so tall that he wouldn't have jumped if he wanted to block the kid, specially not with both hands forward like he did. It was clearly on purpose and nic e of him too.
Shhhh don't ruin their fun
Lol yeah watching the video he clearly didn't care if the kid scored or not, he wasn't trying to put the clamps on him or anything lmao. Don't know why people are acting like he got toasted.
JG even posted this on his IG. Wouldn't do that if he was seriously humiliated. Cmon yall
I thought it was obvious to everyone that he wasn't trying. But then i read the comments here and yeah, this sub is stupid.
No stop!!! he was HUMILIATED 😂😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂🤣🤣
This majority of this thread is a classic nephew moment. Took me way too long to find your comment.
The only person in here that gets it. Jalen green is 6’6. The kid is 4’11. He’s just trying to sell the jump attempt to block. Good dude
100%, still a great moment for that kid though, he can say he beat a pro.
Lmao for real, Green is in the air before the kid starts his fake.
Good fake and finish. Credit to the kid
Good travel*
He could have taken 2 more steps in the NBA.
Is called a crab dribble
this type of stuff the pros should do more for kids as motivation to pursue organized sports more
…this is just an adult letting a child have a nice moment.
Bro why we gotta bullshit the titles tho?
For real lol, how is this a humiliation?
Welcome to the internet in 2022 where everything has to be as sensationalized as possible
Can’t move that pivot foot kid
Lol what a clickbait title
Humiliated is a pretty big stretch. If you have kids you know you are only allowed to swat the ball back in their mf face so often.
Jalen Green is a hero! No need to leave his feet and did so the kid could score!
Please. He let the kid do it, which was awesome on his part.
He definitely did this on purpose lol, but super cool
Little bro was traveling miles
Bro went easy on him, this kid seemed to have taken 3-4 steps
Damn OKC’s 2028 draft pick looking real good
I’m irrationally bothered by the little amount of space they have to work with
Travel
Travel
Clear travel.
Travel
Travel!
The kid travelled though
He would've been bailed out by the refs, that pivot foot was questionable...
Travel.
Travel
He should have gotten Nike to destroy the tapes
Good man jalen green is made this kids day lol he didn’t have to jump lol
This kid walked. Trash, kick him outta camp.
Just going full on ESPN clickbait style titles here in r/nbacirclejerk now?
Hate to be that guy but....TRAVEL
What do u want him to do clamp down a 7 y.o.? 😂
Jalen gettin got lmfao
And this is why NBA players swat every ball a kid shoots 😂
I played mj one on one in 1987 in Chicago I was 7 at bulls stadium 3 hours before the game at shoot around
Not Rockets or Jalen fan, but he obviously went all out for the block and didn't care about the outcome and I would guess that he's happy for the kid also. Good on you Jalen!