How pregame dunks used to give the other team a chance to score before tipoff | Weird Rules

[@KTF0]

If i were the opposing coach, I would say to every opposing player: "Hey dude, I heard you have a sick dunk", before every game ever.

[@Ghost-dh1vv]

Lmaoo

[@ziovanni77]

you mean if you were a coach.

[@kingkwam3816]

Or be like u short no way u can dunk

[@KDill29]

Dude. Like such a totally cool idea........:|

[@kitfistosdentalplan1319]

My high school didn’t have enough matching uniforms so we always had two guys in the older unis and started every game with a tech and free throws for the other squad

[@MikeHunt-ox6zv]

That's a cheap ass high school lmao how did y'all even afford a basketball program

[@kitfistosdentalplan1319]

Mike Hunt it was the JV tean

[@oldfrend]

@@kitfistosdentalplan1319 that is an impressively broke-ass school. even the JV team should at least be able to afford 15 matching unis.

[@vapelordthenord8235]

@@oldfrend lol they must be in africa

[@reverendrocky1485]

@@vapelordthenord8235 Or like parts of the US that aren't just bougie white folk. Lots of US schools are critically underfunded and sometimes, even the golden child of sports can't get the monies to operate fully

[@trace298]

this actually happened at one of my high school basketball games. one of my friends thought he could dunk in warmups. he missed but touched the rim so the ref gave us a tech and let the other team shoot free throws and it was 2-0 before tipoff. I thought it was hilarious but our coach didn't think so lol. practice wasn't fun the next day...

[@spookyshark632]

Coach should have made the dude practice dunking until he could actually do it. At least make it worth it if you're going to cost the team 2 points before the start of the game.

[@trace298]

Andy Lee it’s funny because me, the team and the coach knew that literally every practice, he would try to dunk while everyone was shooting around and we thought it was funny. I had never heard of the “no dunking in warmups before a game” rule and the coach obviously did but he never thought to tell my friend lol. the punishment in practice was more because of us not keeping our focus before the game because we were all dying laughing when he missed

[@Dim.g0v]

Who won and by how much?

[@trace298]

Dimitri Wega I think we ended up losing by 10 or something but it would’ve been hilarious if we lost by 2 or 1

[@Dim.g0v]

@@trace298 Fr 😂

[@thesmiler6405]

This is still a rule in High School in most states

[@12MattyMo]

The Smiler it is in Missouri

[@anthonyjoseph6819]

It still is in Massachusetts

[@joncortezz]

When I played in high school in texas it was a rule. 2008-2011

[@hyperionowl1848]

Michigan and I did this and I rode the bench my senior year

[@thesmiler6405]

@G3ese It still is in PA

[@carlosserrouya3953]

The ncaa is the most ridiculous organization. How do the control so much without reasoning

[@richardmoore609]

$$$

[@brokenking5044]

Because college aint free lol imagine if it was

[@Yoni123]

@@brokenking5044 It is in some countries, for example where I live. It's nice

[@macaron3y149]

@@Yoni123 how're taxes?

[@Yoni123]

@@macaron3y149 put to good use :-)

[@ryderfisk3450]

I love how matter-of-factly you said, “Shaq is 82 years old”

[@esrynshudder4216]

can't believe I looked it up

[@ReverendTed]

...and then immediately rattled off how old that would be relative to RBG.

[@mhicks31]

"...but the spread was 6 and a half points." LMFAO! I'm dying.

[@snagsisbad1055]

For bryan so loved the world he gave his one and only Point up so that we could watch pregame dunks

[@tmstudios2713]

This is good

[@davidhutchinson7888]

I see a halo

[@oboecoe]

"Dance for me rule boy..." Best thing I've heard all day.

[@LancasterResponding]

“Dance for me, rule boy”

[@jhayar15]

If that rule applied to nba, D-Wade's rim pull ups is an instant two points, lmao

[@jakobe8767]

Griffin Peterson i mean can you consider it a dunk? He doesnt use a ball

[@kotukumacky3299]

Jakobe its a technical to hang on the rim

[@jakobe8767]

Kotuku Macky but that isnt what the rule says this rule specifically says dunking during dead ball not hanging

[@BravestOfTheBrave]

Jakobe the rule doesn’t apply to the nba it only applies to ncaa so you can do whatever you want in the warmups before a game but if you hang on the rim during the game that’s a technical foul

[@jakobe8767]

Rafael Urdaneta idk why youre telling me this

[@gustavoparker3100]

you should've had "Brian" on the show with you guys. I'm sure he's not too busy

[@carlosmatos9848]

How do you kow he's not busy, he could be a an assistant manager of a department store in Tulsa, Oklahoma or something.

[@RioluAuraSphere]

Carlos Matos fr.

[@guac2268]

Carlos Matos very specific...

[@SmallerRidley]

@@carlosmatos9848 That'd be a step down after he graduated with a degree in engineering and a job with Koch industries.

[@Fj3]

Because of these comments, I searched Brian Rohleder on Google. Saw his profile on FB. He still lives in Kansas and he is married. Unfortunately, his profile does not list his job. lol

[@ThePlayerstation9]

The rule isn’t for show boating or flaunting your stuff. The rule is there so you don’t break accidentally break the backboard on a dunk during dead ball. If that does happen, you can’t play anymore and have to find another gym or replace the entire goal. Either way, it’s a stupid long delay. It’s like that for dead ball and not live ball because dead ball, everything can be avoided. Live ball, not so much. In other words, dead ball actions are all preventable and live ball is not so much preventable.

[@mkedre_21]

maybe in hs but college no. breakaway rims exist.

[@terrancevanliew1814]

@@mkedre_21 Not back when the rule was instated.

[@tc1817]

@@terrancevanliew1814 yes they did. they have for a loooooooong time. but guys still break backboards.

[@rickyrick2330]

@@mkedre_21 its an NCAA rule meaning D1 D2 D3, including many schools that don't have or cant afford breakaway rims let alone a whole replacement hoop/backboard, so avoiding as many dunks as possible is ideal.

[@christopherg2347]

Then you put it in the rules for using the venue, not the core rulebook that applies even where they have 5 replacements.

[@aloe-aurora]

As dunks go, that was about the least flashy that you'll ever see. Dumb tech.

[@arcadiusrex215]

It doesn't matter, because the rule isn't to stop showboating, it's to stop equipment damage. Dunking can break the backboard, bend the rim and more. Replacing that equipment is a massive delay, and a huge cost. They aren't thinking about the rule or doing their research they're just going "hurr durr its a dumb rule because I don't understand it"

[@donaldking2563]

Arcadius Rex lol it was definitely a showboating thing because you’re allowed to dunk until the refs come onto the floor and the 20 minute clock starts. Rims are designed to bend and return and normal people aren’t breaking them.

[@DannyFrio]

IkLms11 you’re a dumb sport

[@brucemercer7753]

@@donaldking2563 It wasn't a dumb rule. It was just dumb they didn't get rid of it sooner. Today's rims are designed NOT to BEND or Break or Shatter the Backboard. But when they wrote the rule the Rims were literally just a metal hoop attached to a thin piece of metal anchored to Fiberglass. They were EASY to bend and destroy... look at any basketball court in the 70's in a rough neighborhood and you find a bent or broken off rim. As a kid I don't know how many times we went to the nearest Park to play basketball only find there were no rims intact. We have to play with just a bent Metal Backboard. And the Fiberglass... when it shattered it could do enough damage that you could lose your ARM or be BLINDED. Back then NOBODY hung on the Rim because it was freaking DANGEROUS. They put several years Research into making Rims and Backboards that are designed to take the kind of abuse the Goal can take today. But you only tend to find those Goals in College and the Pros and maybe some very well funded High Schools.

[@justingraul4823]

Arcadius Rex with that logic then you shoudln't be allowed to dunk during practice either

[@StoneThatTheBuilderRefusedKK]

I live in France and over here there is a rule in amateur basketball which implies that if two teams from different divisions (like div.5 vs. div. 8) face each other in an official game, the worst team starts the game with 5 points to make the game more competitive.

[@JStarStar00]

I'm sure gamblers must love that. Nobody else should notice or care.

[@j.g.mcbell9494]

It is a valid thing for high school games. It can definitely be intimidating. When I was younger I wasn’t incredibly good, but I could jump and dunk. In the military I was in a basketball league on-post. Despite not even being one of the 3 best scorers, I started every single game getting doubled just because I was dunking in pregame. I couldn’t shoot, I couldn’t really dribble well, and I was never playing as a slashing wing who was going to Russel Westbrook past you and throw it down. But them seeing the 6’1 white kid dunk made them believe I was the primary scorer. Worked out for us I guess

[@catman-du8927]

There was an NCAA rule that banned dunking in game because of Kareem (or Lou Alcindor at the time) between '67 & '77. The famous story is that David Thompson (NC State) in his final home game in '75 threw down a huge dunk on a break away & got a technical but the crowd loved it

[@JStarStar00]

Many players would score on illegal dunks in the years 67-76. Some were unintentional -- guys would try to shoot layups and accidentally get their hand on top of the ball -- but sometimes it was fully intentional, the guys would throw down monster dunks.

[@tonybrown1223]

Is Will from Texas because drinking in the Whataburger parking lot is a uniquely Texas thing to do

[@TheLifeOfTexan]

My exact thought process

[@redpenofdoom1258]

Pretty sure they don't let you graduate from high school without doing it at least once.

[@joncortezz]

Gotta love texas❤

[@genius179]

Yeah he has to be

[@sabiebright4554]

We do it in North Carolina as well, we have a few whataburgers and they're open after games

[@strikeout5]

My high school had a coach go 54 years without getting a technical foul (Ron Brown, Centralia HS). We had a foreign exchange student dunk during the warm ups of the first game of the year (having no idea about this rule). In Washington, the technical foul goes to the coach. So, we had to spend a bunch of time convincing the referees to not give him a technical foul for it, in fear our coach would get the T.

[@crimsonking440]

Im not gonna lie Shaq and the general being war buddies made me die for 2 straight minutes

[@zachkolb296]

This happened to me in high school! It was the first game after I learned how to dunk in practice and immediately my coach told me to not do that again because we started the game already loosing with no tip-off against a better team

[@collinscott1052]

Its still a high school rule, during my senior year our center got a tech because he dunked during lay up lines

[@Doublea661]

collin Scott it’s so you don’t break the glass or bend the rim

[@37thousand]

@@Doublea661 how fors breaking the rim in game makes it any different?

[@armadillolover99]

I randomly decided to watch old Weird Rules videos and just had a nice surprise when at the end I was wished a happy birthday. How did you know SB Nation?

[@rjaymoose]

In a tournament that finished with a 7-seed (UConn) beating an 8-seed (Kentucky) for the title, maybe Brian's tech was foreshadowing of the weirdness that was to come.

[@scamcyantyst]

On my high school basketball team, the Roughriders, we would huddle up at half-court on rival courts pregame, lock arms, and stomp/chant the ruff ryder anthem. Several games we started down 1-2 and without possession. RIP DMX.

[@d.m.conroy6717]

thanks! this actually clarifies the reason for why i have noticed college players lightly dunking in warmups great series too

[@Allsouls78]

I'd imagine the rule had more to do with preservation of the playing surface (rim/backboard) than anything.

[@stephenascottcbc]

I love the weird rules on this channel. One of my favourite series on KZbin.

[@pringlescan81]

The fact that the Weird Rules guy didn’t know where Shaq went to college fascinates me

[@toms8483]

An antiquated rule like this is probably designed to save the rims from potential damage (expense and time) before the games. Glass backboards used to break much easier than they do now.

[@23gobears54]

It isn't about showboating, its so you don't shatter the backboard... Still out of date though.

[@seymourglass26]

But it would be OK to shatter it mid-game? That doesn't make any sense.

[@samsonaruwa2644]

seymourglass26 you got ejected if you shattered it during the game

[@RariShiesty]

Samson Aruwa yeah I think his point is you are allowed dunk during the game and it would pretty much be the same thing

[@23gobears54]

Back before breakaway rims they didn't want any way for the game to be affected outside of play. So if a player bent the rim/ broke the backboard outside of the game or the teams inspection of the court it is a technical foul. Not that hard to understand, completely reasonable rule when college gyms were on par with elementary schools of today.

[@YoungBaller-sj6wd]

Adam Malicki No it’s not, otherwise dunking in game would be banned lol

[@soaky4]

Way back in the 80s, the Atlanta Hawks had a rotation player named Antione Carr. Before one game, he dunked and broke the backboard. He was ejected from the game before it started. I don't know if the break the backboard before the game ejection rule still is in effect. However, you're likely fine to break a backboard during a game. Shaq did it a few times.

[@KofieWhy]

WE LIKE WEIRD RULES AND WE DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS

[@RatedEforExclusive]

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[@austinwinters3281]

I love Jesus and I dont care who knows

[@EdKolis]

We're no strangers to b-ball, you know the rules and so do I...

[@thefrozengoat]

It is uncanny how much I enjoy these obscure sports history vids.

[@jowbloe3673]

Decades ago, in 8th grade, I dunked during warm-ups, and my coach told me to stop. Never understood why. Figured it was good intimidation since I'm positive I was the only player in the entire conference that could dunk at that age. Now I know why.

[@mikechambers9129]

This is one of my favorite KZbin channel series. Related topic: Dunking hasn’t always been legal.

[@PurpleCrownVic]

In HS Basketball in North Carolina, this is still the rule. Can't dunk. Happened to my team, didn't dunk but the ref said he touched the rim and attempted to dunk.

[@kingjwm57]

That's not true I play highschool basketball in North Carolina and I have dunked during pregame warmups

[@brucemercer7753]

@@kingjwm57 It is true. Read the Rules Book. Just because you got away with it doesn't mean it isn't a rule. You have got away with Travels and Fouls before too. You either dunked BEFORE the Refs took the floor, or while they were not looking, or the Ref just were not doing their job. Don't do it again or you will start the game with 1 Technical Foul and 1 Player Foul... and the other team will get 2 shots and the ball to start the game. Wait until you get to college. Believe me. You don't want to be the knucklehead that costs your team maybe a 5 point deficit in the 1st 5 seconds of a game that you end up losing by 4 or less. As all 3 Refs working your next game if you can be T'd up for dunking during warm-ups. If they don't confirm what I said... I want their names and their Referees Association.

[@kingjwm57]

@@brucemercer7753 sorry I think it's a misunderstanding on both of our parts. I go to a private school and in our athletic conference it's legal to dunk. Sorry for any confusion lol

[@brucemercer7753]

@@kingjwm57 Not according to your Rules Book it isn't. Maybe your schools insist that the Refs allow you to dunk in PRE-GAME WARMUPS. But it is against the rules. Ask the Refs anyway. See what they say. I was only joking about wanting their names.

[@kingjwm57]

@@brucemercer7753 what conference do you think I'm in?

[@zuhalter0071]

Our high school had two technicals called in our favor, prior to tip off, in the last two seasons. As an assistant coach, it's hard not to whisper and speculate, when the refs come and talk to the coach about getting two free throws and getting the ball.

[@KlassicLoL]

4:45 rip

[@matrixphijr]

2014-15 is REALLY recent, and I never knew about this rule. Guess it makes sense, since in Shaq’s day, they didn’t have replacement rims, backboards, or hoops they could just bring out if something happened. In fact, in one of Shaq’s games, he shattered the glass and bent the rim so bad, they literally had to stop the game to go re-weld it back together. But that was in-game, so kind of a lame rule.

[@colajoe1]

is there a rule preventing a player on team z wearing a team x jersey before jump ball and trying to incur t's

[@manfulify]

It actually IS my birthday today! Thanks SB Nation!~

[@juliusreiner5733]

I'm guessing it was to prevent broken backboards.

[@jonas_hulse]

@Jay L ...

[@jackcalhounsports]

Just watched this on my actually birthday, Shoutout to the best in the business! Love Secret Base

[@selfishstockton6123]

This rule birthed the advent of the “air dunk” in high school gymnasiums everywhere

[@cecilkarney9311]

As far as I know, in high school it is illegal to grab and "pop" the rim in pregame. I actually did this and got a technical. I knew the rule. I was warming up and i jumped to touch the rim to warm my legs up. I got some extra bounce and my hand wrapped around the rim out of instinct. Popped the rim. Boom technical.

[@fritzfauber]

This is still a rule in NJCAA (The J is for Junior, i.e. community colleges). It happened to us this season but sadly it meant not a damn thing because we lost by 17.

[@shannonpincombe8485]

I love the riffing re Shaq and RBG. Perfect!

[@CoreyT127]

That was the rule in h.s. also when i went in the 90s

[@ignatiusjackson235]

Who will do this episode? Ryan Will.

[@selfishstockton6123]

I remember when my school had a West Coast Clash game where the refs actually allowed pregame dunks for both teams and they took advantage and everybody dunked or tried to lol

[@ayala87]

I love the format of the show and all the guests

[@josephhouk6703]

It may have been done to prevent damage to the rim, backboard, and bracing so they wouldn't need to be replaced mid-game.

[@Claerti]

You should do a video about the April 9th, 2014 Stars vs Blue Jackets game where Nathan Horton scored at 0:00 despite not playing in the game

[@colasonick9056]

I was laughing so hard when they said the general and Shaq were war buddies

[@cecilkarney9311]

As people have mentioned, it is still a rule in high school. But the technical goes against the coach and not the player. In the 90's my high school's team had a major feud with the head coach. In a huuuge rivalry game the players colluded to get the coach ejected. Two players dunked the ball in pregame, the coach received 2 technical fouls and was ejected before the tip off. He resigned shortly after the game.

[@lubu4u312]

*DANCE FOR ME RULE BOY*

[@duffman18]

In football, a lot of matches every season don't start with a 0-0 score. In the Champions League and Europa league, the knockout rounds are two matches each, playing at each of the teams' home stadiums. So in the second leg of the semi-final, for example, you can end up starting the game like 3-0 ahead of the other team. Also in those ties, away goals count for _more_ points than regular goals, except they're not actually displayed on the score at the top left of the screen. It only matters when there's a tie. Say one team won their home leg of the match 2-1, but then in the second tie that's away, the other team wins 1-0. The score may say 2-2 overall for both games, but the team with the most away goals wins, meaning the other team wins, because they had one away goal in the first match, while the first team scored both their goals at home. So no extra time or penalties, the other team just wins, and that's that. Leads to some odd situations sometimes where one team is losing the match but they don't attack at all, they just park the bus and try not to let the other team score any goals, because that way they can get through on away goals alone. They're some of the most entertaining matches funnily enough

[@RoyalMela]

Football rule of an extra point one point safety would be nice to see from you guys!

[@dannyphantom47]

RoyalMela watch Jon bois: Every NFL Score Ever

[@genius179]

Yes bro I didn’t know it was a rule until literally 3 months ago. There are some examples on this site

[@veikkokotajarvi9975]

In finnish basketball cup, where there are teams from 2nd to 4th highest leagues, if there is a game between a team from 2nd league and a team from 3rd/4th, team that has lower ranking gets some amounts of free throws before the game. Number of throws depends on their ranks.

[@hebertomoreira376]

This happened to us in middle school when a teammate messed with the lights during the game before us and we went off to start like 5-0 or something lmao

[@meeks102]

I was a Tennessee Tech student that went to basketball games semi-regularly during that season and interned in Sports Information during the basketball season two years later. I never heard of that story vs North Florida.

[@brokenwave6125]

After the rule was changed they should have had an impromptu slam dunk contest before the game.

[@Think_Deep]

I feel like I remember a story where a team was down 7-0 without even touching the ball, where a team had the wrong jerseys so the other team got five shots and the ball to start.

[@tyroland06]

I actually saw that rule live! Story: My local HS basketball team was in the 2nd round in the playoffs. They were down 5 during halftime. Both teams came out of the locker rooms and warmed-up for a little bit. During the layup lines, one of the guys on the other team did a dunk. My local team's coach called him out to the refs. There was a 15-minute conversation between the refs, the coaches, and the scorekeepers to figure out what to do. The refs finally found the rule, gave the dunker the technical foul, and gave my local team the 2 shots. The kid for my local team made them both, but we ended up losing by 7.

[@MrArod21]

Brian was studying engineering at K-State at the same time as me! Crazy to see him and the incident be in a video. It sucks that this is his legacy.

[@teddintho8777]

"hey Bri, nice dunk by they way, that's kinda a technical foul"

[@lineetta]

Watched this three years later, on my birthday……. thanks

[@aksu987]

Obligatory Jon Bois comment

[@dasfowler]

Obligatory comment about Jon Bois comment.

[@jeffis2153]

In Australian basketball, we don’t have this rule but there was one time where a Brisbane bullet player dunked in the warmup and broke the backboard and the other team was awarded 2 free throws.

[@ldproductions509]

Do biggest comebacks ever

[@jshgbp]

that will come out when Jon Bois comes back

[@Fibbar]

Hey @Rysimmons I can't remember the specifics but there was a basketball player (I want to say HS or College) that showed up late because he had a parent pass away the day before. Since he was a late addition the other team got 2 free throws and the coach said "you know what to do" to the kid taking the free throws. He missed them both by 10 feet and they played the game. I also remember a team getting their uniforms stolen so the other team got 2 free throws for each of the starting 5 and each player that was subbed in after and I believe the same thing happened. I know this wouldn't be as in line as your normal videos but I really liked the stories.

[@ah7027]

That's a strange rule ive never heard of. We had a kid show up at half time in a tournament and they didn't say anything. Just had him jump right in. Weird.

[@davidmadison9369]

There are a bunch of rules against showboating in every sport that are antiquated and need to be removed. Baseball is the worst.

[@Loogaroo1]

If it affects the equipment (like hanging on the rim in basketball or "dunking" over the goalpost in football) I think it's OK having a rule against it. Otherwise it ventures into "no fun allowed" territory.

[@brucemercer7753]

@Calem LePage The rules are for TAUNTING. Not showboating. Good sportsmanship is a Virtue that Sports are supposed to teach. Taunting, if not penalized, would change every game into TEAM FIGHTING. Baseball would be all about who cracks open the most skulls with their Bat. No. The rules against showboating do not be removed. Why have ANY rules when every game is just going to be a FIGHT? If anything penalties for showboating should be more severe to cut that BS out.

[@StaySqueezy12]

Baseballs are all unwritten.

[@ClemintineCake]

@@brucemercer7753 wtf are you talking about lmao players celebrating= might as well kill each other. Are you on crack

[@jamesbiering2589]

The league my high school was in had the same rule. I saw it happen twice against us. The other team absolutely dominated us!!

[@rcoverc]

I CLICKED. HAPPY KZbin?

[@TheCpadron19]

I was told that was a rule because it was a form of trying to show up the opponents. We played a team in fall ball that dunked the whole way through their first layup line. We already knew we were gettin killed before the game even started, but at least we had the lead at one point 😅.

[@stb55555]

Maybe they were worried about bending the rims? Idk still sounds pretty stupid though.

[@rowanblaze4185]

I've never seen this video before, and never heard you say that at the end of a video, but thank you. I happened to watch this video on the exact day of my 1/365 chance. Lol. Lucky me, I guess.

[@akalawada]

Rest In Peace Ruth Bader Ginsburg

[@dragomirstijovic5569]

Wtf dude?

[@akalawada]

@@dragomirstijovic5569 lol I can’t remember what it was exactly but there was something related to her in the video

[@akalawada]

@@dragomirstijovic5569 I was watching this the day she died and they mentioned her at 4:45

[@gator6551]

I was that guy my freshman year, varsity semi-finals, CIF. The ref came thru the gym door just as I threw down. We started down 1, and yes, I hardly played that season like the guy in this story. That was an awful feeling. But we won, and I lived.

[@Twinspinner]

👏 JON 👏 BOIS 👏 JON 👏 BOIS 👏 JON 👏 BOIS 👏 JON 👏 BOIS

[@JamieAllen1977]

not a big fan of sports; but rules, man i love people who use the rules to such wonderful effect

[@maxterman2007]

My birthday was yesterday, Ryan, I don’t want to hear it.

[@ShirfyrBlaze]

This is a rule in high school in Nebraska. Had this happen with a JV game in school back in 2000. Other team got two free throws before the game when one of my teammates dunked and I think we still won so no big deal.

[@Epicshadow123456789]

can you imagine showing up to a basketball game 10 minutes pregame and there's already points on the board?

[@DLKnightstick1989]

That isn't how it works... The teams would continue warmups until just before tipoff, then the opposing team chooses a player to take the technical free throws, followed by the tip immediately after.

[@johndavey7778]

in most states it’s still a tech. you can dunk in warmups when the refs aren’t in the gym but when they walk in they all blow their whistles really loudly to let players know to stop dunking.

[@prestonhigginbotham]

Lmao one of my teammates did this a couple minutes before the 20min warmup in HS so the other team thought they could do it. Then as the timer started they tried it and got a tech but we didn’t

[@TiagoDosakiCorreia]

It was my birthday just yesterday and I put off watching this video until today. Would've been a nice coincidence. Still thanks.

[@jjmah7]

How did that dude with the backwards hat replace his arms with toothpicks?

[@brandttroup2949]

"Is he the star of the team?" was implicitly answered when dude on the left referred to the player as a walk on sophomore.

[@matthewwyse3797]

You dunk before the refs get there

[@kgmarcussen]

Junior year of high school. Varsity player brought his home jersey to an away game. Coach sends the team back to locker room, they put on jv jerseys. The book had already been given to the scorers table. Coach had to remove the book, then change every players number. By rule, we should had been assessed 11 Ts. The opposing coach, officials, and our coach got together and decided 11Ts before starting the game was excessive and unfair. So, they decided on 2 Ts. Start of game was 4-0 before tipoff but could have been 22-0.

[@curtisfiedler6872]

you're an employee of a company that makes sports videos... and you dont know where shaq went to college?

[@keithperkins9871]

Curtis Fiedler havent gotten to that part but lsu

[@jungerknaut]

A kid here in Montana a while back was playing high school basketball, and it was illegal to dunk pregame as well, but he broke the back board and had to pay for it. But Oreo dunkers or some kind of snack named dunkers paid for the back board and gave the kid a year supply of dunkers.

[@BravestOfTheBrave]

They said Shaq is 82 years old...........................he’s 46

[@tikcomps9460]

They're obviously joking

[@michaelhall5429]

thats 82 in shaq years though

[@theswimwalkkid3370]

woooooooshh

[@CapnWatson]

You're not allowed to dunk on this comment during the 20 minutes before watching the video.

[@kylerwilhelm1638]

You missed when it happened in the Villanova vs N Carolina national championship game. Villanova got 2 points before the tip and then hit a 3 at the final buzzer to win when it was originally tied

[@camejko]

The NCAA is such full of crap

[@lindentreee]

It actually is my birthday. Thanks, Ryan.

[@dominicwhite9855]

WHERE IS JON WHERE IS JON I NEED A CHART PARTY I NEED A DORKTOWN I NEED ME SOME JON

[@TheBaronVSP]

They used to call that rule in my highschool division. I dunked during a pregame warmup and got a technical, and my dad almost had a heart attack in the bleachers because of it.

[@ah7027]

ya our coach wouldn't let anyone attempt to dunk even in practice. If he saw you taking half court shots or dunking you ran the first part of practice. This is a case of just because you can do something doesn't mean you should lol. I don't really find dunks all that impressive anyways especially when the person doing it is over 6 foot tall. Bit more impressive if someone under 5'10" does it though.