Video: LeBron James Throws Alley-Oop to Himself

Not only is that stupid, but it’s a travel. Lebron set for a shot, then hopped, then took a scoop shot. Blatant travel. And all for the sake of showing off, and looking stupid in the process. I mean, if you are gonna do a showoff play, something a bit more dazzling please?

It’s a funny window into the Heat’s psychology that they reacted to the painful defeat in Boston by trying to show off extra against Indiana. Kid stuff.

I actually stand corrected, the rule is different in the NCAA book then the NBA book. Here is the NBA rule –
f. A player who attempts a field goal may not be the first to touch the ball if it fails to
touch the backboard, basket ring or another player.
g. A player may not be the first to touch his own pass unless the ball touches his backboard, basket ring or another player

In the NCAA a player may touch any legitimate field goal attempt, regardless of it touching the rim or backboard. Passes must touch the rim or another player, or the player who through the pass must not take more then the available number of steps to catch and release the ball in mid-air.

lol atleast I looked it up and proved myself wrong, rather then flaming about how I am a know it all like some people do on this site

Boooooooooooooooooo!!!! All those hops and he couldn’t flush that clean….

Lebron could do a cartwheel in the air before dunking it and half the people who saw it would still say that it’s A) illegal, B) been done before, or that C) Kobe did it better.

Kobe’s smoother and more graceful for sure….. but still really nice though!!! I like creative basketball

It sort of looks like a travel to me. You’re allowed to throw it up against the backboard, but to me it looks like he LANDS before he tosses it (the classic Charles Barkley move!).
It’s realllllly too fast for me to be certain though.

*of=off

and dunk it? I’d say the % is 0.00 – if you could make that pass and dunk it, then your not on slamonline, your in europe or asia trying to make it pro. Or your wasting potential

I wouldn’t even broach the idea of dunking it.

I guess I vastly overestimate the ability of people who love basketball. I would think anyone that posts in the comment section for SLAM on a regular basis would have some basketball experience, and a pass off glass to yourself is not difficult. Now, in a game situation it would be impressive, but Eboy’s all-alone at a park situation would only be difficult in a tornado.

lol this isnt anybodies move, lots of ballers do this. Tmac has done this like four or five times not just in all star game. Saw him even do it in a summer league game once.

My comment isn’t going through, so i’ma shorten it, basically I know 2 people that can throw the ball from the ft line, off the backboard, catch it and dunk it, in one motion. One is a professional basketball player in holland, the other is a lazy kid with professional athlete level athletic ability that was too focused on off the court stuff to even work on his game.

Got ya and now your comment makes complete and total sense to me.

Oh if you count playing against Kenny Dobbs at runs then I know 3 people. Cuz that dude can do that, and prolly put it through his legs.

Great play by Lebron. People who are saying it’s a travel are plain haters. This man is the MVP right now, but it pains me to say that. But I give props where its due and the dude is looking like for a third time the league’s most valuable player.

I know A LOT of people that can do that by themselves alone in the gym or in a dunk contest, including me (I played university ball in Canada). I’ve never met anyone who has done it in a game. Doing it by yourself and doing it in a game are VERY different things.

way to promote freedom of speech slam. might as well say this: suck my balls Slam, while you’re sucking leBrons anyways…

I did this in a rec league game over here in Australia and got called for an ‘AIR TRAVEL’, not even kidding. Needless to the say, me and this ref don’t get along well.

T macs was better. I think he did it like twice if im correct

Uh, does it count if I bounced the ball off the glass so my FRIEND could catch it in the air and dunk it? Cause I’ve done that like three or four times, then.

You Lebron haters are an absolute joke.