While I was watching the Knicks vs. Cavaliers game last night, Nate Robinson tried to pull off a highlight dunk on a fast break.
Just lay the ball in the hoop and act like you’ve scored two points before, Nate the Great.
On a break away, Robinson bounced the ball on the floor and attempted a circus dunk. Robinson missed the dunk and was called for a travel.
“I won’t be trying it again unless we’re up by 20,” he said. “But that’s spontaneous Nate Robinson. I can’t control that.” -Thanks to ESPN.com
Head Coach Isiah Thomas frowned at Robinson but did not pull him out of the game.
If Robinson was my player, he would have been benched for the game. Yes, it’s important to have fun but to showboat and disrespect the sport like that is unexceptable.
The NBA is pretty much tame when it comes to showboating and taunting. Players get a technical foul even if they glare at another player after a dunk.
However, in the NFL, players are constantly showboating after sacking the quarterback or catching a touchdown pass. Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson is infamous for being fined when he girates for a touchdown dance or uses the football as a prop. The NFL has leniently cut down on group celebrations. For example, after sacking the qb, the Giants defense would mimic shooting a basketball. Now, only the player who sacked the qb is allowed to celebrate.
These guys are suppose to be professionals. They get paid to score more points than the other team.
Act like you have scored a point before.
