Isaiah Stokes breaks backboard with powerful dunk (Video)

College basketball recruit Isaiah Stokes broke the backboard with a powerful dunk during an AAU tournament.

Fans love both college basketball and the NBA due to players being able to throw down great dunks. Top high school recruit Isaiah Stokes showed even the high school players can throw it down with authority. He slammed down a powerful dunk during an AAU tournament and ended up smashing the backboard in the process.

The 6’8, 273-pound Stokes is a big player. By all accounts, he’s a powerful player and his strength is one of the reasons why he is being heavily recruited by colleges. It also helps that he’s the brother of Jarnell Stokes who played at Tennessee. The younger Stokes brother is ranked No. 73 by ESPN and is also considered a three-star recruit in football as well.

Stokes ended up being okay, but there was a lot of glass to clean up after the incident. The game was also stopped so the scene could be cleaned up and the Las Vegas tournament was down one backboard. Luckily, the only damage was to the equipment as Stokes picked up minor scratches and took care of them after the incident.

If Stokes continues to have backboard crushing dunks, then some new rules may have to be implemented. However, most times than not dunks don’t break the backboard glass or bend the rim. Hopefully, the AAU tournament in Las Vegas have some extra backboards or replacement glass available or else they will have to change some things logistically.

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