http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/extras/celtics_blog/2009/02/allstar_horse_a.html Rudy would have been great at this!
Been there, done that. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_oACRt-Qp-s&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_oACRt-Qp-s&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
seriously, I can destroy y'all at horse. I mastered this shot where I stand at halfcourt and shoot backwards...with a scoop shot...i used to be able to hit like 30% of them...pretty crazy. You just have to throw it perfectly straight and not look at the hoop.
Didn't HORSE used to be part of the ASG? Check out this HORSE with Pistol Pete <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/w9JLJunoxlc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/w9JLJunoxlc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Heh, that reminds me of the version they did in Canada and Scandinavia: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eLmwElcaF7c&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eLmwElcaF7c&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Rudy would be kick-ass in that contest! He does this shot in shoot around where he bounces the ball from the wing off of the shot clock above the backboard right into the hoop!
That's exactly what I was thinking about when I saw this thread. Which current NBA player do you guys reckon would be great at HORSE?
It depends. Long distance shooters are always a threat in HORSE because of their skill. Then, you have the circus shot guys. I could also see Rudy being a decent HORSE player, LeBron James could do some freakish shots w/out dunking, and a creative guy like Steve Nash would be fun to watch. Regardless of who would be good, never, and I mean NEVER, bring back 2-ball or whatever that stupid thing was called. Half of the reason the dunk contests back then sucked was because all of the air was taken out of the atmosphere watching WNBA players shoot set shots prior to the dunk show.
Non-dunk HORSE, I think that Manu, Kobe, Fernandez, Nash, and a bunch of others could all bring something fresh to the game.
Those aren't the H-O-R-S-E participants, those are the main guys playing in the regular season games that Thursday night before All-Star Weekend. -Pop
A quick question for those who have played a lot of HORSE growing up, like I did. I am left-handed, and typically shots were "switched" in any game I played, meaning if I shot a right-handed lay-up, my right-handed opponent would shoot a left-handed lay-up, and so forth. Baseline shots from the literal corner were also "switched" because the backboard became on obstacle for one of the players. Did anybody play differently when playing left-handers? I wonder because a few times people would insist I shoot with my right hand if they made a right-handed shot.
