How does J.R. Rider’s “Play of the Decade” stack up in 2008?
It’s been more than a decade since Isiah aka “J.R.” Rider’s now infamous “Play of the Decade” where he was falling out of bounds and saved the ball straight towards the hoop and into the net for one of the wildest buckets i’ve ever seen. We want to give a shout out to The Hoop Doctors reader Patrick Alexander from Baton Rouge, LA for the reminder. Here it is:
But the “Play of the Decade” hoop by Rider was in 1994. Now that we are fast approaching 2009, how does the hoop by J.R. stack up against all of the other crazy plays we’ve had since? Over at The Hoop Doctors we aren’t necessarily thinking it’s the greatest “play” ever but it’s certainly the wildest shot ever. Another high flier, Dwyane Wade, this summer in the Olympics however had a similar play falling out of bounds, however it was an amazing alley-oop pass to Kobe Bryant that gave us a little flash of the magic of J.R. Rider…
What do you consider to be the best “play” of the last decade? How about wildest shot? We’d love to hear from you by email or in the comments section below…
Melo’s 33 in a quarter was play of the decade!
The Guilford College final second full court 3 pointer is right up there too!
@Ashley – That was definitely a sick play. Ridiculous long ball…
Melo’s 33 in a quarter? We’re talking about 1 play… if you’re going to get into achievements how about 81 points?? Mr. Bryant anyone?? How about that guy at the Clippers game that won the car at halftime by making the shot from half court backwards? Thats the play of the decade!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_i21pVPid0
-Courtesy of Daniel at http://www.LABallTalk.com
Ièm going with Daniel at LA ball talk on this one!
If we’re included Olympics play, still gotta be Vince over Freddie Weis for another year.
If we’re only going with NBA play, I’ll probably take Baron’s dunk on AK-47. That was just nonsense. Plus it was playoffs.
@Anklesnap & BTPH
Sorry Ankle, you’re my boy and all but I am going with BTPH on this one. That B.Diddy on AK was in crunch time of a playoff game. That wasn’t right. Another level.