Bucks’ Malcolm Brogdon throws down dunk over LeBron James (Video)
Milwaukee Bucks rookie Malcolm Brogdon made a name for himself by throwing down a dunk over Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James.
There aren’t many teams that have quite the nucleus of young talent that the Milwaukee Bucks have. They have hit on many of their draft picks lately and have seemingly found talent at all spots of the draft. 2016 second-round pick Malcolm Brogdon has been a huge plus for the Bucks this season and he even clued in Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James on Tuesday night.
As Brogdon was driving against James, he decided that he was going to take it straight to the hoop. It appeared that James had cut off his lane to the hoop but Brogdon managed to do something more spectacular. He was able to go under and come around and throw it back down right over James.
It’s very rare to see someone put a dunk down over James but it’s even more rare for a rookie second-round pick to do it. James had good defense on the play but no one could have expected Brogdon to take off the way that he did here.
There’s not many better ways to acclimate yourself to life in the NBA than dunking over the league’s best player but that’s exactly what happened here. He showed tremendous athleticism but incredible balance not to get reckless with the basketball.
James is an absolute monster on the floor, but even the great ones are susceptible to being beat from time to time. There are many contenders for dunk of the year every season in the NBA and this is one of those contenders.