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High Schooler Shatters Backboard on Game-Ending Dunk
- Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:03am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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This is West Salem High School (Oregon) Sophomore Alex Ross. He can dunk. Very hard.
Near the end of his team’s Friday night loss to North Salem High School, Ross decided to put an exclamation point on the game. While North Salem was trying to run out the clock, one of Ross’s teammates stole the ball and tried to score a last-second layup. When that didn’t work, Ross took the rebound and slammed it through the hoop, shattering the backboard and causing glass to rain down on the players:
(H/T: SportsGrid)
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Comments (49)
TexOkie
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:48pmLike we have not seen a backboard shatter before. And the crowd goes wild.
Report Post »Lutheran
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 5:18pmBoring
Report Post »benrumsley
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 3:50pmSpeak Your Mind Huh? 2 posts, no profanity, veiled innuendo’s, words spaced to sneak by a censor and still never posted. Sure, Speak Your Mind. Bah.
Report Post »benrumsley
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 3:48pmThat will go great on his resume. He has a 1.98 GPA and can shatter backboards in a single bound, what employer would turn that down.
Report Post »PunditPawn
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 3:15pmWhy don’t they raise the rim height beyond reach so people with skill get rewarded for shooting and people who are born tall have mere advantage instead of guaranteed dominance?
Report Post »Goodgriefgeezlouise
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 2:44pmThis is nothing more than a manfacturerers defect..I have dunked on these rims thousands of times and have seen 280 pounders hang on them all night with waaaay more vicious slams than that..These rims are supposed to withstand a huge amount of pressure..The only thing I can think of that might have led to this is that the kid that made the dunk was very close to the support bracket and might have hung on that a bit..Still this should not happen..That was a mild dunk..Nothing special..Could be that the school installed it improperly also..But it wasn’t anything the kid di..He was making a play..A nice one at that..jmo
Report Post »Cabo King
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 2:21pmhe will most likley get arrested for distroying school property, and trying to kill the other players with shards of glass!!! isnt that the way it works now days
Report Post »temple62
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:46pmThis is the way to “Get er done”!
Report Post »HOCKEYHAWK216
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:04pmBasketball is like HOCKEY without a goal-tender; put a goalie in the game and see how dramatically it would chenge!
Report Post »swoods08
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:54amThat thing looked old anyway, time to upgrade!
Report Post »Axeman4
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:12amSend it in white boy!
Report Post »spreadcommonsensenot pc
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:09amDestroying school property is never OK, these hoodlums should be arrested/sued for this act of terrorism.
Report Post »not!
bkeely
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:49amDid the poin count?
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TEXASQUINN
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:41amI believe it was in the opponents gym as well…now thats funny!
Report Post »Ialmostforgot
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:21amThere needs to be a new rule that no player may touch the rim or backboard or the shot doesn’t count.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:13amI‘ve been of the opinion since at least the mid 1980’s that they really need to raise the baskets used in the game a good 3 feet higher. Just my opinion, nobody else agrees with it.
Report Post »randy
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:29amI Agree with you Ghostofjefferson,
Report Post »I’ve never been impressed with Dunking. It has nothing to do with talent, just someones height.
New rule? Shatter the backboard = Team heads back to the dressing room, they pack up and hop on the bus because you they just lost the game.
sissykatz
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:33amGhost I played basketball in all levels at school. I have told my friends if I were over 7ft tall and couldn’t “score” I would certainly be embarassed. So I may agree with you that if the players are as tall as the goal it may need to be raised.
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:12am@Randy: It’s not all about height, there are a lot of 6 foot guys who can’t dunk and a bunch of 5 foot guys who can. There is definitely an element of athleticism in dunking.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 2:48pmThere are very few 5 foot guys that can dunk, especially in a game.
Report Post »Fox
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:47amI’m going to take a moment to just say that was awesome.
Report Post »Lion420
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:47amWHO won the game?
Report Post »stanleythemanly
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:45amI did the same thing on my kids basketball hoop …… well yes the hoop was 3 foot tall ….. ok then … the plastic was frozen ….. but I still shattered a backboard! :-)
Report Post »Freedom Tiger
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 7:46pmMy mom was on her high school basketball team when they got their first glass backboard (late ’70s). One of the boy varsity stars dunked the ball and shattered it almost immediately.
Report Post »GUT_CHECK
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:41amjob-security for janitors, back board manufacturers and installers.
Report Post »and perhaps for future detention officers and parole officers too.
middleclassprophet
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:14am-GUT_CHECK-
Maybe your screen name should be “head” check. That is one idiotic statement.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:29amUnnecessary exuberance costs the school thousands of dollars. Coaches need to teach the kids restraint and focus on points that helps the team. Not jumping into fame. NCAA Div II mens basketball team West Liberty University leads the nation in scoring as a team effort. Rarely will they dunk the ball, they also lead the nation in assists. Even though they are all white, they’re very capable of the dunk, it’s not in the game plan. When the opposing team dunks the ball, that’s one player unable to transition to defense which usually leads to a quick score by West Liberty.
Report Post »DRSAVAGE24
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:37amI‘ve seen more emphatic dunks than that one where the backboard didn’t shatter. It also was the right shot to take since he was rebounding the ball at its highest point. It was the most high percentage shot available. There is a lot of showboating in basketball that I’d agree with you on, but this was not it. And a bunch of high school students are bound to get jacked up about a shattered backboard when it happens so that’s not surprising either. Kids being kids.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:44amAgreed, kids being kids with ineffective coaching.
Report Post »forestnomad
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:04amLOL! Did you just refer to it as ‘The Dunk’?!?
Clearly you are just talking out of your a$$: “When the opposing team dunks the ball, that’s one player unable to transition to defense”
That statement literally makes zero sense, a dunk is a high-percentage shot, same as a layup. In addition, with a dunk you are able to halt momentum drop and turn, whereas with a layup you have released the ball and have continuing momentum past the backboard and cannot get in front of the inbound pass. In both cases the player will be able to at least track, if not beat, the inbounding player from the other team.
By the way, what is your preferred strategy in that session? Drop your rebounders back, concede the board, and focus on transition defense? Get the board, come down and take a set shot?
Horrible analysis POVERTY.SUCKS. Just horrible. Displays a complete lack of understanding about how to play, or coach, basketball at any level above fourth grade.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 4:18pmEnjoy what you want to see.
Report Post »katzenbacker73
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:15amThat is some quality high school basketball!
Report Post »robinraleigh
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:15amWhoop, Whoop! “Yeah, Dats how we do it, Yo!” What’s with all the chest-thumping and fist-pumping? I hope it was accidental but the fans sure seemed happy that public school property was destroyed.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:12am“Hooray!!!! We lost!!!”……sounds like he is destined for a job in Obammy’s State Dept……..
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:06am.
Report Post »If the Backboard was Made in America, this kinda of crap would not happen………..
Cemoto78
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:13ammaybe it was made in the USA, Union Made!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:16amImpressive! Nothing like putting an exclamation mark on the game. No one will remember the loss, just the dunk.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:47am@Grandmaof5
Good morning, and indeed that puts the exclamation point to the whole game; hope the lad who made the shot does not get sent the cost for replacing the backboard.
Report Post »The Monster
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:50amIt doesn‘t matter where it’s made. Without the spring-loaded rim designed to give way when someone puts too much weight on it, a glass backboard is going to break. That’s one of the reasons it used to be offensive goaltending (penalty: basket doesn’t count) to dunk the ball, and a technical foul (two shots plus possesion of the ball to the other team) to grab the rim. Now it’s usually only a T if you hang on the rim with all of your weight, and even then if there’s a player on the floor below you, it‘s excused under the theory you’re trying to protect him.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:34amBack ‘atcha, Snow. I doubt they will charge the player the cost of the backboard, they are probably just happy no one was injured and a law suit will not follow – afterall, that’s the name of the game (no pun intended) now a days.
Report Post »Had another freeze this morning but should be a bit warmer tonight. Beautiful day today and already up to 70 degrees. Have a terrific day!
Sinista Mace
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:31amWho said white man can’t jump?
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:49amgetto white peeps is different…
You learn to jump so later in life you can get over the fence quick like.
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:50amOh yea… Im gonna pray for that back board…
Report Post »middleclassprophet
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:13am-MAULEMALL-
Spoken like a true racist.
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:31pmMore like a ghettocist
But hey if it bothers you maybe you see yourself in the video..
Liberals seem to always play the racist card..
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:33pmoh yea bright liberal guy…. The crowd is 90% white
Bwaaa haaa haaaa..
Report Post »clipper
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 2:10pmFunny you say that because i‘m surprised the liberals running our schools haven’t made “Made in America” part of the agenda when it comes to building schools.
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