100 classic basketball photos

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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)

wow, that's a helluva christmas ornament

sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 18 May 2014 04:53 (twelve years ago)

http://37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly224qdHwF1qm9rypo1_1280.jpg

slam dunk, Sunday, 18 May 2014 21:35 (twelve years ago)

wow jvg hugging zo's leg

smooth hymnal (m bison), Monday, 19 May 2014 01:15 (twelve years ago)

Such a bizarre moment in basketball.

Spottie, Monday, 19 May 2014 03:44 (twelve years ago)

remember watching that game and it felt epochal in the moment

sitting on a claud all day gotta make your butt numb (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 May 2014 04:07 (twelve years ago)

four weeks pass...

this SI cover is so so good
http://sinbapointforward.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/kawhi-leonard-sports-llustrated-cover.jpg?w=600&h=794

Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Monday, 23 June 2014 20:23 (eleven years ago)

No Lebron, Wade, Bosh, Parker, Ginobli, or Duncan in that photo! Pretty cool.

polyphonic, Monday, 23 June 2014 20:29 (eleven years ago)

love tony on the bench looking like he's tasting a fine wine and about to nod approvingly

Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 June 2014 20:30 (eleven years ago)

They pointed out on Deadspin I think that Kawhi didn't make that shot, he got fouled :(

Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 23 June 2014 20:34 (eleven years ago)

yeah doesnt matter tho

Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Monday, 23 June 2014 20:38 (eleven years ago)

http://cdn-jpg.si.com/sites/default/files/styles/si_gallery_slide/public/images/56-dennis-rodman-1997-fs.jpg

hi gene siskel

polyphonic, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 19:09 (eleven years ago)

yeah that shot is awesome
100 classic basketball photos

Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 20:38 (eleven years ago)

oops!

polyphonic, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 20:44 (eleven years ago)

worth a double post

Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 20:46 (eleven years ago)

always a fave, that one. i miss dennis as a player, he was always fun to watch.

Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 24 June 2014 20:48 (eleven years ago)

nascar bean

Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Monday, 30 June 2014 16:41 (eleven years ago)

Needs to be shopped onto a toilet.

Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Monday, 30 June 2014 16:51 (eleven years ago)

imagine he's playing this in his mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5enlLwo94M

Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 June 2014 17:01 (eleven years ago)

http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2006/10/04/0000446911/spudwebb.jpg

ⓢⓗⓘⓣ (am0n), Monday, 30 June 2014 20:48 (eleven years ago)

four months pass...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2qIkQZCQAAlpNp.jpg

lag∞n, Monday, 17 November 2014 17:08 (eleven years ago)

Whoa

no but seriously im not a dick like that (Spottie), Sunday, 23 November 2014 03:35 (eleven years ago)

like a scene from a Greek tragedy

resting waterface (m bison), Sunday, 23 November 2014 03:48 (eleven years ago)


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