100 classic basketball photos

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Addition to the Shawn Kemp edition
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http://cdn.tss.uproxx.com/TSS/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/shawn-kemp-supersonics.jpg

caek da killa (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 29 July 2013 04:20 (twelve years ago)

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http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbhq02cNdw1qzbwkjo1_1280.jpg

caek da killa (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 29 July 2013 04:36 (twelve years ago)

I hate to say it, but a lot of these publicity stills and dunk contest shots just don't do it for me as classic basketball photos. Game time is where classic hoops happens.

Aimless, Monday, 29 July 2013 05:00 (twelve years ago)

idk man, that Clyde shot is next level.

caek da killa (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 29 July 2013 05:19 (twelve years ago)

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http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2012/0424/nba_g_dirk_gb1_576.jpg

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 29 July 2013 05:50 (twelve years ago)

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http://seattlesportsnet.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/bokimble.jpg

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 29 July 2013 05:58 (twelve years ago)

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http://ballislife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dominique-wilkins-dunk.jpg

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 29 July 2013 06:13 (twelve years ago)

Nellie free throw in action:
http://i.imgur.com/RHhCVuS.gif

May I Call You Jiggleee? (Leee), Sunday, 11 August 2013 00:54 (twelve years ago)

Nellie's a really interesting player:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nelsodo01.html

Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 11 August 2013 03:45 (twelve years ago)

that 74-75 season!

Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 11 August 2013 03:46 (twelve years ago)

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http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0908/nba.cbk.remember.when.hoops.style/images/manute-bol-muggsy-bogues.jpg

blinded by aggro (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 11 August 2013 05:08 (twelve years ago)

http://ballislife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/KG-Ray.jpg
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moullet, Sunday, 11 August 2013 06:35 (twelve years ago)

classic basketball screencaps

Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 11 August 2013 06:38 (twelve years ago)

http://www.corbisimages.com/images/Corbis-BE051860.jpg?size=67&uid=6e12e063-5cf6-486e-8d49-d363c490ef3d

Hooks on Phoenix worked for me (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 15 August 2013 04:27 (twelve years ago)

wilt just doesn't look human sometimes

blinded by aggro (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 August 2013 04:31 (twelve years ago)

incredible stems

Hooks on Phoenix worked for me (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 15 August 2013 04:31 (twelve years ago)

http://www.sportsgrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Obama.jpg

blinded by aggro (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 August 2013 04:35 (twelve years ago)

how bout that one of him throwing up like 80 bricks

Hooks on Phoenix worked for me (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 15 August 2013 04:41 (twelve years ago)

let the man have a moment

blinded by aggro (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 August 2013 04:48 (twelve years ago)

tmac riding bradley is a contender for best dunk pic of the decade

Pope Cuddlestein (symsymsym), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 23:15 (twelve years ago)

#controversialhoopsopinions

Pope Cuddlestein (symsymsym), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 23:30 (twelve years ago)

Ferocious

I’m pissed off for greatness (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 23:40 (twelve years ago)

Relevant:
http://andrise.com/classic-nba-in-color/

I’m pissed off for greatness (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 29 August 2013 05:42 (twelve years ago)

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http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1006/celtics.lakers.1980s/images/larry-bird-shooting.jpg

I’m pissed off for greatness (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 29 August 2013 06:11 (twelve years ago)

lol greg kite

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 August 2013 09:54 (twelve years ago)

three weeks pass...

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/dam/assets/130917172712-muggsy-bogues-single-image-cut.jpg

polyphonic, Thursday, 19 September 2013 17:26 (twelve years ago)

Holy shit this goddamn fucking iPad has now swallowed two posts of varying lengths where I rhapsodize about the red paint background VC pic, complain that more nba photogs should use off camera flashes, and shame the op for not using this extra classic Oscar photo to start things off (68):

http://ballislife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/oscar-robertson-cincinnati.jpg

Call me Shitmael (CompuPost), Thursday, 19 September 2013 21:01 (twelve years ago)

Why would that even happen

polyphonic, Thursday, 19 September 2013 21:35 (twelve years ago)

five months pass...
one month passes...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmUvuWWCYAAcIxt.jpg

Two NBA champion coaches

polyphonic, Monday, 28 April 2014 17:54 (twelve years ago)

That's Spo as a kitten. Nice find.

Aimless, Monday, 28 April 2014 23:06 (twelve years ago)

http://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/10268578_10152285017723463_7210227370273653232_n.jpg

Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Sunday, 4 May 2014 03:39 (twelve years ago)

That's only classic if you know that it is a photo of a three-pointer taken with under 0.9 seconds left, to decide a super-close playoff series, and it went in, making the final score 99-98, thus taking the series 4-2. Otherwise, it's only a middling interesting photo.

epoxy fule (Aimless), Sunday, 4 May 2014 04:30 (twelve years ago)

well duh, all these photos need context

micah, Sunday, 4 May 2014 04:37 (twelve years ago)

idk, most of these are awesome regardless of context.

imago all the sheeple (Spottie), Sunday, 4 May 2014 06:17 (twelve years ago)

http://timelifeblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/50574752.jpg

imago all the sheeple (Spottie), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 20:35 (twelve years ago)

wow

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 21:06 (twelve years ago)

http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/slides/photos/002/193/358/tumblr_lk8oqdiys01qg5rvfo1_500_crop_north.jpg%3Fw%3D500%26h%3D333%26q%3D75

sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 21:09 (twelve years ago)

I think the lillard shot is cool as shit even without the context. I like the composition a lot, the way the figures are positioned/space, there's an intensity and tension to it, and I like how the most important action is in the corner and understated. I'm sure I'm reading into it, but something about the photo itself *feels* like photo of a potentially gamewinning shot.

Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 21:12 (twelve years ago)

I think its cool as well xp. Cool that all ten players are in it

imago all the sheeple (Spottie), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 21:52 (twelve years ago)

yeah and the way all five one-to-one matchups are so tight and well-positioned

Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 03:44 (twelve years ago)

not to mention grappling in the foreground

Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 03:45 (twelve years ago)

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/dam/assets/121217161633-79-casey-sanders-single-image-cut.jpg

Count Fangburger (CompuPost), Sunday, 18 May 2014 01:47 (twelve years ago)

thats great. dunleavy lol. battier looks ripped

Spottie, Sunday, 18 May 2014 02:27 (twelve years ago)


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