Halftime shows during NBA games are getting way to intense. Long gone are the days of Chinese contortionists spinning plates or bearing witness to the amazing human Slinky show. What ever happened to doing the “Wave” or the ever popular “Kiss Cam?” That’s way to tame for 2011.
Now mascots and performers are amping it up by dunking through rings of fire or are even resorting to violence like when the Utah Jazz mascot pummeled a visiting fan at mid-court before getting him ejected. What’s next, a human sacrifice?
I’m kidding. But in all seriousness, things are getting way out of control. Take for example what happened during a halftime show during a Phoenix Suns game where their resident stunt crew decided to break out the old trampoline and pull off some pretty sweet highlight reel dunks.
It all sounds fairly innocent as the first few performers excite the crowd with the standard windmill, then an Eastbay, until one brave performer decides to take it to another level by dunking himself face-first through the rim, landing in obvious pain on the padding below.
Crazy stuff. What makes it even more puzzling is that the rest of the stuntmen just continue with their routine like nothing ever happened. I guess the show must go on……..
Allen Moll has been a lifelong NBA and NCAA College Basketball fan who watches and studies games religiously, and coaches youth basketball in his native Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Allen also provides content to Bleacherreport.com, Upperdeckblog.com, in addition to being a tenured NBA and NCAA columnist for TheHoopDoctors.com.
