Welcome back to the Friendly Bounce Belt, our weekly power rankings of awesome moments. Last week James Harden took home the belt, but it appears we have a new champ this week.
The champion:
ROONNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
There were rumors the Sacramento Kings were about to implode, but Rajon Rondo helped squash those talks as he, along with DeMarcus Cousins, lead the Kings to a 3-1 record on the week. Rondo averaged 13 points, 13.7 assists, and 8.5 rebounds over the four games, while also submitting his second and third triple-doubles of the season.
There’s simply no denying that: Ra-Jon-Rocks! Ra-Jon-Rocks! Ra-Jon-Rocks!
(h/t Sacramento Kings)
The Contenders:
Jabari Parker dunking on the Cavaliers
Young Jabari still isn’t back to his pre-injury self, but he’s getting there, as evidenced by the two emphatic slams he threw down on Cleveland during the Bucks’ huge double-overtime win on Saturday.
(h/t Brew Hoop)
(h/t Milwaukee Bucks)
Kristaps Porzingis yamming on the whole Raptors squad
ALL HAIL KRISTAPS PORZINGIS, KING OF LATVIA, UNSTOPPABLE BASKETBALL MAN.
https://twitter.com/FriendlyBounce/status/664311548144414720/video/1
Tyler Johnson shaking Marcelo Huertas
Ohhhhh noooo, Marcelo, buddy. (Low key Tyler Johnson can hoop.)
(h/t Rob Perez)
Nikola Vucevic’s game winner on the Lakers
MORE. FIRE.
Okay, so I didn’t watch this game, but when I heard about Vucevic hitting the game winner I just assumed it was off a post move, but nope. This dude hit the fadeaway from 18 feet.
I said Vucevic doesn’t dance, he just takes the inbounds pass, and… hits the fadeaway.
(h/t Zach Harper)
LeBron throwing it down on Gobert
BOOM.
Man, Rudy didn’t even go up to try and block that one. He started to jump, then realized it was LeBron and just bowed his head as he should in the King’s presence.
(h/t NBA)
Steph Curry inbounding the ball off Draymond Green’s chest
This is like in pickup ball when there’s no one back to inbound it so you just throw it off the wall. Well, except that Draymond is a person and not a wall, but other than that, you know, same thing.
(h/t The Cauldron)