Nov 19, 2014; Auburn Hills, MI, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Gerald Green (14) dunks the ball during the second quarter against the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports
Players have been throwing the ball of the backboard to themselves for years. It’s always amazing, and never unimpressive. But for me personally, nobody did it better than Tracy McGrady. He practically patented the move all together with the few times he did it.
So of course, I got the feels a little for one of my all time favorite players when Gerald Green did what Tracy McGrady was so damn good at. There isn’t a better dunk in basketball and you can’t convince me otherwise.
This dunk is simple in concept, but difficult in practice. The idea of throwing it off the backboard and catching it for a dunk sounds easy. Just throw it up, run up, catch, it slam it home, and the crowd goes while. It happens all the time in dunk contests because a lot of NBA players can do it. But the amount of athleticism, touch, and technique this requires to pull off in the middle of a competitive NBA game makes it extremely difficult. First, you have to get the vision to throw it off the backboard, and then you need the lane to run through. Without an open lane, all a player has to do is stand in your way, and the highlight is over. Then there’s the hardest part of the entire thing, getting the proper touch on the pass to yourself. It’s very easy to throw it too hard, and bounce it off in the wrong direction, or too light, causing it to hit the rim on the way down. This dunk by Green however, was perfect.
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