Lately, Josh Smith has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Throughout the month of January he’s struggled to shoot the ball for the slumping Hawks, who have now dropped seven of their last ten. On top of that, Smith missed Atlanta’s most recent victory due to a one-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team. The punishment reportedly stemmed from an incident where he was thrown out of practice, bringing his attitude into question. Predictably, the poor play, the losing, and the drama have led to Smith’s name popping up in all sorts of trade rumors. Though the Hawks dropped another game and lost Lou Williams to a knee injury on Friday, at least Smith was back on the floor, doing what he does best (turn your volume up for this one)…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A33QLDZV-Ms
If this had been a home game I’d say the Hawks might have to levy another fine/ suspension for conduct detrimental to the rim!
Sorry about that. For those of you still reading, was this not a vintage Josh Smith jam? I mean, have you ever noticed how he appears to slow his gate a few steps prior to exploding for these massive left-handed stuffs? I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone transition from jogging to dunking quite like Josh Smith (see exhibits
A,
B,
C,
D, and
E), and it’s pretty awesome how he does it because it allows helpless defenders, such as the sloth-like Brook Lopez, to get in the picture.
The most honorable of mentions to
Vince Carter, who has to be the only player to posterize prime Dikembe
and prime Ibaka.
Dunk rating on the Starbury Nastiness Scale
8.5/10
PHP Code:
As Posterizer:
-Jeff Green (3)
-Tim Duncan (2)
-Marvin Williams (2)
-Ron Artest (2)
-JaVale McGee (2)
-Anderson Varejao (2)
-Lou Williams (2)
-Vince Carter (2)
-Greg Smith (2)
-James Harden (2)
-Rudy Gay (2)
-JJ Hickson (2)
-Robin Lopez (1)
-Jeff Teague (1)
-Chase Budinger (1)
-Kevin Durant (1)
-Meyers Leonard (1)
-DeMarcus Cousins (1)
-Brook Lopez (1)
-Jason Maxiell (1)
-Terrence Jones (1)
-Derrick Favors (1)
-Chris Bosh (1)
-Harrison Barnes (1)
-Kris Humphries (1)
-Tyson Chandler (1)
-Patrick Patterson (1)
-Tyler Zeller (1)
-BJ Mullens (1)
-Serge Ibaka (1)
-Andre Iguodala (1)
-Dahntay Jones (1)
-Blake Griffin (1)
-Luke Babbitt (1)
-DeAndre Jordan (1)
-Carmelo Anthony (1)
-Joakim Noah (1)
-Nick Young (1)
-Zach Randolph (1)
-Gerald Henderson (1)
-Gerald Green (1)
-JR Smith (1)
-LeBron James (1)
-Moe Harkless (1)
-Dominique Jones (1)
-Tayshaun Prince (1)
-Hamed Haddadi (1)
-DeQuan Jones (1)
-Amare Stoudemire (1)
-Kobe Bryant (1)
-Paul George (1)
-Amir Johnson (1)
-Martell Webster (1)
-Derrick Williams (1)
-Taj Gibson (1)
-Josh Smith (1)
-None (9)
As Posterized:
-Serge Ibaka (3)
-Jonas Valanciunas (2)
-Kris Humphries (2)
-Al Jefferson (2)
-Patrick Patterson (2)
-Ed Davis (2)
-Bismack Biyombo (2)
-Jordan Hill (2)
-Dwight Howard (2)
-Robin Lopez (2)
-Chris Bosh (2)
-Brook Lopez (2)
-Roger Mason Jr. (1)
-Kevin Durant (1)
-Tyler Hansbrough (1)
-Ronny Turiaf (1)
-Danny Green (1)
-Francisco Garcia (1)
-Jason Collins (1)
-Glen Davis (1)
-Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (1)
-Jodie Meeks (1)
-Ersan Ilyasova (1)
-Jarret Jack (1)
-Nikola Pekovic (1)
-Meyers Leonard (1)
-Gerald Wallace (1)
-Lou Williams (1)
-Gordon Hayward (1)
-Moe Harkless (1)
-LaMarcus Aldridge (1)
-Jerry Stackhouse (1)
-Josh Smith (1)
-Ian Mahinmi (1)
-Linas Kleiza (1)
-Carlos Delfino (1)
-Joakim Noah (1)
-Thaddeus Young (1)
-Samardo Samuels (1)
-Kirk Hinrich (1)
-Greg Stiemsma (1)
-Hasheem Thabeet (1)
-Kenneth Faried (1)
-Kawhi Leonard (1)
-Victor Claver (1)
-Jason Smith (1)
-Chris Paul (1)
-Larry Sanders (1)
-Andrew Nicholson (1)
-Robert Sacre (1)
-Jermaine O'Neal (1)
-Manu Ginobili (1)
-DeShawn Stevenson (1)
-DeJuan Blair (1)
-Anthony Tolliver (1)
-Alonzo Gee (1)
-None (9)
Throwback Poster of the Day: How about the entire top 10 dunks countdown from the ’97/98 season?
http://youtu.be/G712EBovsk4
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