This Video Promises to Show an ‘Impossible’ Basketball Shot — and It Delivers
- Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:30pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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One of the first rules of writing is don’t use cliches or hype something up for the sake of hyping something up. But sometimes, just sometimes, rules are meant to be broken. What you’re about to see is something claiming to be an “impossible” basketball shot. Call me George Washington because I can’t lie: that’s spot on. (Whoops.)
Here’s how Deadspin describes it:
Look, I don’t know for a fact that 28-year-old Armands Skele of BC Kalev/Cramo Tallinn grew up idolizing one J.R. Rider, but this insane three-pointer from last night conjures up some “Play of the Decade” memories for those of a certain age.
And SportsGrid:
You have to be a little skeptical when you see terms like “impossible shot” in a video’s title, before watching the video. Will it really look that impressive, or did the uploader oversell to get more views? Either way, it works, because you have to watch it just to make sure, but we began watching the video below from a recent game out in Estonia (which promises an “IMPOSSIBLE SHOT”) with our guard up, ready to be unimpressed. And as the video began and nothing out of the ordinary was happening, we were ready to feel entirely justified in our skepticism. And then, the 13-second mark happened
At the end of the day it’s not rocket science that this is hard to wrap your head around. Enjoy it while it lasts. It’s awesome:
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Comments (67)
Conservative_T-Rex
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 11:19amPlease…. JR Rider made a more spectacular shot for the good ol timberwolves a few years back!!! this shot reminded me of it.
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Report Post »83plus
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 1:02pmStill an awesome shot
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 5:48pmWhat the heck???? He did not punch anyone in the face with an elbow, nor did he hit any of the fans, and i did not hear anything about him being in trouble with the law, on drugs, or having a slew of kids out of wedlock. They must play a different sort of basketball over yonder.
Report Post »Independent4233
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:38pmGreat shot.
Report Post »GatorSkin
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 11:18amHe should have celebrated by slaming an elbow into someone’s head!!!!!!! Oh, that’s an “American” celebration by a man named “World Peace”!!!!!!!
Report Post »GERATMO
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 11:05amHonestly didnt think it was that spectacular. It was lucky and pretty but not spectacular.
Report Post »devan95
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 10:15amThe word we use is not “impossible” but “lucky.” if it were impossible it never could have happened. The player knew he was just lucky, hence his non hysterical reaction.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:38pmHe was possibly lucky with the shot.
Report Post »stloocardsfan
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:13amRefreshing to not see the strutting and chest thumping after such a feat.
Report Post »busterpuddles
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 10:02amAGREED! Doesn’t that chest thumping seem to similate…? ….Nah. Anyway, good sportsmanship from this young man.
Report Post »Mainer forever
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 8:31amThat was very cool!!!
Report Post »Bloody Sam
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:16pmNuttin’ but net!
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 7:36amWould be a MUCH rarer shot here in America considering this guy was white!!!
Report Post »Caballosinnombre
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 1:55amI’ll have to try that one next time we play horse.
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:53amNo hot dogging… I’ll be watching ESPN47 from estonia from now on.
Report Post »nuthergeorge
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:43amJust plain fun to watch, as in “Holy **** that IS way cool”!!
Report Post »INOGAWD
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 1:32amAin‘t gonna’ pis* this guy off !!!!
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:18amThat was amazing and he didn’t have to elbow anyone over it.
Report Post »voodoolife
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:32amWorld PnnFF!!! Dude! OUCH!
Report Post »rlewispitt
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:14am…BUT…did they win?
Report Post »Hoboken411
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 2:30amYes – they won 92-84. That guy was the leading scorer for the team with 19 points, and he actually went 3-3 in three point attempts too.. haha!
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:09amMore shocking than that was all kids are white, looks like I found a school for my kids.
Report Post »SoNick
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 2:56pmany single subject is a good occasion to inject a little racism in the mix, right? And then you complain that it’s the liberals who want to start a race war?
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 6:47pmTrue
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 7:27pmSONICK
Any single subject is a good occasion to be pro-white
Report Post »Whackajig
Posted on April 26, 2012 at 1:47am@ Sonic
Report Post »You are full of obama. It is never racism to point out the truth. Blacks are not disliked due to the color of their skin, but rather how they live their lives. Many whites hate those features in fellow whites just as much as they do in other races.
Stoic one
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:40pmCool!
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:27pmI’ll take lucky over good any day..
Report Post »00gabooga
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:06amAmen! With practice you can get good, but no amount of training can make you lucky.
Report Post »FugMan
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:17pmwow!!
Report Post »howardroark1165
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:12pmI would stay a mile away from the guy that made the shot – he’s just used up all the luck he had left in one fell swoop!
Pretty neat though.
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:06pmNot only does the Blaze have self proclaimed professional doctors, artists, photographers, dare devils, race car drivers, astronomers, IT people etc. We now have self proclaimed professional basketball players. Most of the people that give negative comments about something cool are either jealous or insecure and nay-say anything positive or cool that someone else does.
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:32pmThat’s awfully negative of you.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:54amif you cant comment on the topic, but choose to comment on other commentators, you have issues
good shot
Report Post »DoubleThrowDown
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:58pmAnd BOOM goes the dynamite!
Report Post »JimmyP
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:37amYeah, Baby!
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:55pmI don’t think he was even shooting the ball. He was just trying to save it from going out of bounds. Absolutely one of the most incredible shots of all time!
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 11:07pmIt was indeed an awesome shot.
Report Post »isur5ed
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:55pmOchen Harasho
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:51pmDon‘t know how he could even concentrate with all those people speakin’ meskin around him, lol.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:42pmI thought it was quite sloppy. He tried to keep the ball in play by throwing it right back out of bounds…except the basket was in the way and he got lucky.
Report Post »db321
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:54pmNice Shot – Let see the reply of “World Peace” throwing the elbow! Don’t the Liberals make you proud!
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:39pmPretty sweet! He had no freaking clue he made that — awesome.
Report Post »Sam R
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:39pmNot exactly impossible. When I played freshman basketball in high school we had a guy do this exact shot TWICE in one year. Going out of bounds and threw the ball over his shoulder and it went in from half court. Still it is a very impressive shot.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:21amYou have to be a little skeptical when you see terms like “impossible shot” in a video’s title, before watching the video.
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And so I was.
And after watching the video, I wasn’t let down by my skepticism.
Report Post »There’s only so much you can do in basketball.
You can throw from 90 feet away and the best you’re going to do is put it through the hoop.
While it was a cool play, I wasn’t blown away by what happened.
Not trying to be a downer, but “impossible shot” ??
JJ Coolay
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:24amI did love the reaction of the guy sitting on the team bench (right corner of the screen) in the white collared shirt with dark coat on.
Report Post »Head in his hands after the shot. Haha!!
JJ Coolay
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 12:27amLook at the guy in the blue shirt behind the hoop (standing up). His reaction was like “yep, we scored” He just claps non-chalantly. LOL
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 5:59amBRYAN, simple, go away and never post again! Done!
Report Post »Justthefactsmam
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Report Post »SirMortimerK
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 6:48amLog out and leave the site. You are not forced to come here… use your brain.
Report Post »supressorgrid
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 7:31amDont let the dor smack you in the butt on the way out!
Report Post »noshoeson
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 7:37amOnly the Government can make you disappear!
Report Post »Hobo Boondocks
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 8:10am@ BRYAN FROM FLORIDA
Report Post »In the interests of national security, the Obama administration or regime has already hacked long ago The Blaze and any other site that is viewed as revealing too much about the regime and probably knows far more about you than you would like. That’s what you get when people are elected that have little or no regard for the rights of others.
BobtheMoron
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 9:25amDon’t go away mad, just go away.
Report Post »Airborne67
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Report Post »hypnos
Posted on April 25, 2012 at 10:03amNice pic Brian, looks like you picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
Report Post »johngarrett911
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Report Post »Whackajig
Posted on April 26, 2012 at 1:52amIt is true that the government is capable of making you dissapear, but in my dating days, I tried to turn each girl I dated into a motel.
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