Weird defense moments but they get increasingly more hilarious

[@jleu12]

Tyson Chandler denying the shoe toss is probably the funniest thing I've seen. And the fact it can't even be considered a delay of game or tech makes it even better 😂

[@TheDarkbluerock]

Top 10 block all time :D

[@biglukegolem]

What a play😂

[@blackmanwhitesuit]

Chandler, the best blocking big man in the history of the Mavs. Ball or shoe have nothing on him.

[@Averywhitehall]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@benonp3622]

and the reaction was the cherry on top 😂

[@MarMaxGaming]

Honestly that was epic that Pierce drained the 3 right in Artest’s face after the shorts pull… wild

[@jordankelley8894]

Yeah, Artest was playing, and Pierce was like, "thanks for the highlight fuel!"

[@feritsav1081]

and its was a sidestep which wasnt even a thing back then

[@cooperdavis4212]

@@feritsav1081 I was thinking that as that clip played. I was like damn, he really pulled a 2023 move in like 2006 lol

[@chitownkidd33]

@@cooperdavis4212 Peirce was pretty much the only guy doing that back then

[@BlackHand531]

I was dying at the replay though.

[@lucidstudious750]

"Chandler swats his shoe out of bounds!!" Props to the commentators for treating it like the block it was 😂😂

[@dangerboy544]

“Get that shoe outta here!” That was hilarious lmao

[@the.nikkoman]

"What a spectacular play!"

[@davey9090]

Former DPOY for a reason

[@notifieatthemonalisa]

Literally nothing gets past him

[@mamba24ever8]

2:04 “what a st- bad move” announcer wanted to call him stupid so bad 🤣😭💀

[@Ten_Thousand_Locusts]

Why though? I stopped the ball from going in, isn't that good defence?

[@I_like_smashburgers]

if the ball is travelling downwards and the defending team interferes with it, the shot is counted whether or not it went in

[@Ten_Thousand_Locusts]

@@I_like_smashburgers what a weird rule

[@I_like_smashburgers]

@@Ten_Thousand_Locusts if goaltending (the name of the rule) were allowed, then players could just stand at the basket and catch the ball right before it goes in, making the game quite boring to watch.

[@Ten_Thousand_Locusts]

@I_like_smashburgers honestly as someone from a country whose primary sport is football. It just sounds weird to me to NOT be allowed to goaltend, lol. I mean, football has an entire separate player to do just that. Thanks for explaining, though.

[@ohhchris]

KD wild for grabbing trae like that

[@waynewilson1068]

Sussy balls

[@draingangshieldgang]

trae prolly start bleeding from KD rubbin his nappy ass head and beard on em like dat

[@bando3582]

@@draingangshieldgang lmfao

[@PmfSwavier]

@@draingangshieldgang 😂 damn near did

[@BattleRAAD]

That whole clip looks like a school dance lmao

[@tonyn2330]

My favorite is the “OTTO!” At 4:20 😂😂😂

[@whatwedoinyah1614]

😭😭

[@justamicrowave2572]

His double take kills me

[@DWS205]

Seen the play many times but never notice the people screaming Otto😂

[@xyxean]

He went on Otto Pilot

[@GnomaPhobic]

Shaqtin a Fool All time best

[@badsandwich2534]

Collin Sexton trying to guard two players had me dead 💀

[@Averywhitehall]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@masterproductions1179]

Bri didn’t know where to go

[@fleejax8633]

Best one😂

[@pizzanoodz]

A for effort lmao but he dead ass looked like a glitched npc 😂

[@McKG06]

If you’ve seen dragon ball, he was trying to do the after image technique 😂

[@Liquorice_Monster]

That first clip of the entire defense allowing Marcus Smart to shoot not one but two consecutive completely undefended threes is the most hilariously disrespectful thing I've seen in a while 😂😂

[@David-iv6je]

Smart has been a streaky 3 pt shooter over the years, with some real stinker seasons in there. Now he can hit them when open, but he was still only averaging .330 from 3 this year. Technically that's the point at which you should not guard a guy. In practice, he'll hit up around .400 if left open, so you need to honor him.

[@replicaacliper]

Just lazy defense

[@DANtheMANofSIPA]

Thats when the Suns were really bad so tbh they probably just didn’t care about winning

[@meyvesuyugaming7232]

as a life long suns fan, i assure you that was not disrespect. i watched that sequence live and it still haunts me to this day. team was just horrible and didnot care to play at all in those years

[@DroneStrike1776]

​@@David-iv6jenot in his early days. He was on a 17% 3pt stretch.

[@chucknola484]

That Hack-a-Shaq foul 5 seconds into the game as a joke was a hilarious moment.

[@erikgarcia7586]

I’m not too keen on the rules but how was that a foul ??

[@jp3813]

@@erikgarcia7586 Picture yourself trying to play basketball while another person is hugging you.

[@erikgarcia7586]

@@jp3813 it’s a friendly hug.

[@jp3813]

@@erikgarcia7586 *Picture yourself trying to play basketball while another person is giving you a friendly hug.

[@silverfang4583]

@@erikgarcia7586 dude was hugging shaq. Just use common sense

[@defaultset]

Lebron getting pushed so that he could contest was absolutely hilarious 😂

[@codyeble0713]

I remember shaqtin saying Lakers making one last playoff "push" lol

[@funkyluvit]

Kuzma pushed him like 15 ft lol

[@king-ghost1027]

Kuz said step tf up bron lmao

[@thiscommentwasdeleted.]

Then Kuzma LeTraded

[@kalijasin]

That was good. Lol

[@StEpHeNno22]

3:53: He looked genuinely hurt, like “Why you gotta knock my shoe down like that bro, d*ck move!” 😆

[@banditmc12]

Nah but pulling the pants down is crazy, man thought he was playing water polo

[@guffhuff4746]

I never noticed someone yell “Otto” when he froze 😭

[@thaigo_tigas_tigo]

and Snell mister 0 himself just missed it😭😭

[@ryany6776]

That Otto Porter clip is probably my favourite all time😂

[@bjoran83]

Yeah thats Gortat yelling😂

[@chrisjenkins3452]

Otto Porter puts his brain on Otto Pilot.

[@xavwill4807]

@@bjoran83 Then I think it's a coach the 2nd time in the more drawn out yell. Underrated part of the clip though is Gortat busting his ass to contest the shot

[@Tysaac]

As a Jazz fan who watched the game let me explain 1:14. This was during Harden’s MVP year and I believe he had 20+ points at halftime, and almost all of them were drives or step backs to the left. So Rubio simply just stayed on his left backside so that he couldn’t do that. But it does look hilarious either way.

[@risekujikawa7763]

Yea they were trying to funnel and force harden to drive since they had Gobert but that Floater or oop to Capela was just deadly

[@anonymous-hz2un]

Sorry, but i cant help it: why would someone be a fan of a lottary team?

[@cristan8462]

As a rockets fan, youre right

[@coltonthompson5978]

The crazy thing is that it worked. James Harden had his worst games of the season in that series. The Jazz just couldn't score.

[@YargMonster]

​@@anonymous-hz2un team loyalty is a foreign concept to fairweather fans I guess

[@aturski5806]

Paul Pierce getting his pants pulled is hilarious 😂

[@tudidingsapparel7197]

Artest predicted it.😂

[@mre_man]

Finishes with pullup 3 too!

[@mre_man]

Finishes with pullup 3 too!

[@pigthegoat]

Artést

[@l3ftie578]

bro still laced the 3 as well lmao

[@D71219ONE]

0:59 There are legit stats that show this works. Obscuring the shooters vision of the basket, even slightly, affects their accuracy. If you see someone is about to shoot without a defender, just try to obscure their vision of the basket. 😅

[@nathanielgasper]

That’s honestly a strategy that I’ve also used when I used try and contest wing players as a 6’3 guard myself. However, it won’t work with Steph cuz he makes them with them eyes closed.

[@Sora-ING]

​@@nathanielgasperOr just yeets them like in that clip😂

[@altamiragraficasrl6654]

James Harden quitting mid game on the Nets is just the best

[@arhamirfan8010]

backcourt violation

[@dennistang5935]

It's crazy how u don't understand that did stopped moving cuz it would've been a backcourt violation...

[@kskutoob]

​@@dennistang5935even if it is, it's just inbound. without harden touching the ball, it's a sure bucket

[@altamiragraficasrl6654]

@@dennistang5935 so backcourt violation is better than a wide open dunk. Got it.

[@redmist6630]

these plays were so well ordered omg

[@kicking222]

"He just- just- he went... dormant, thinking-wise out there" is the most incredible way to go dormant thinking-wise while trying to explain someone making a brain fart.

[@GlideAndSlide123]

Cant do that to him anymore though. He improved to that point that he's actually decent from three.

[@joshg4562]

I don't blame the commentator. Surprised he didn't have a seizure trying to make sense of the play. Dude was trying to find the nicest way to call him an idiot

[@MichaelVasquez-M50_W0RLD]

4:11 Mike Budenholzer's cheeky smile is possibly the most cursed thing I've seen today. Straight nightmare fuel

[@chrissugidono3929]

Trying to pants someone and then still getting cooked 💀

[@asundelgun3487]

1:06 ol boy playing that 2k defense

[@kingdeedee]

Funny enough a few of these have actual explanations for them 0:50 this contest is actually somewhat effective. It's proven to affect a wide open shooter more than if you just stand there (but a close proximity contest is still better) 1:15 seems strange guarding a player from behind but the idea was to stop Harden's stepback 3s at the time and force him to try score inside, making Houston's offense more predictable (it somewhat worked) 2:32 In case you never watched 2016 Steph... the whole league was trying EVERYTHING back then lol I don't blame Melo

[@janschropfer439]

yup it was the only way to stop the 4 stepback three pointer from harden. He initiates from left, so left side. But partly on his backside so if he decided to really step back you are in his face immediately. I think in that game they managed to keep him under 25 points

[@di-egohumilde4515]

and Steph still scored lmao

[@nerdvananorth2905]

1:05 that blocking style is going to change the league.

[@RatingsMan]

Kevin Duran'ts groping defense was extremely unexpected.

[@elijahcruz9027]

Kuzma pushing james is too funny man

[@mr.bhewjew3212]

That was hella funny 😂

[@Adamdidit]

Pop having a guy foul Shaq for the lulz is amazing. Shaq's face on figuring it out is also pure joy.

[@geezer2ma989]

3:16 had me dying 🤣🤣

[@ArtforThought_]

Nah dat last one wit pierce got me weak😂 especially cause it ain't work out

[@superhyperultra4857]

"gets the shoe out of bounds" 🤣🤣🤣

[@todd3143]

i like how he blocked that shoe throw like he was swatting a ball

[@dimenxionz40]

KD was shootin his shot on Trae 😂

[@grimyk379]

U sweet

[@MajorAddiction]

Caron Butler with the steal in the final seconds and Lance Stephenson gloating while another dunk was happening 😂😂

[@stopabledu]

kd grabbed trae like they was about to take prom pictures 😂😂😂😂

[@Corty630]

Marcus smart couldn’t even make them 😭

[@JaredProd30]

4:21 what's even weirder is that they were shouting "Otto! OTTOOO" At him 😂😂

[@igano111]

KD acting like the creepy uncle.

[@jayfrm404]

Kd slouching over Trae and 4:18 had me crying😂😂😂

[@hotman718]

Kd a weirdo. Fondling this man

[@nasirjones9149]

@@hotman718Exactly

[@MbowCzn]

1:21 this sums up the league pretty well: show and celebration > actually playing the game of basketball

[@HOFQ1413]

5:39 is wild bro

[@ABCshdbshwe]

Jr Smith really shaking the homie up mid game 😂

[@sussybakedcake5485]

the curry one is the goofiest istg

[@connormihavics2606]

Al Horfords like damn I guess I’ll make it love that one 😂

[@jgilly223]

KD on Trae Young is like that one dude at the club trying to get with a girl who wants nothing to do with him 😂💀

[@maka3130]

KD was holding trae like you would hold your gf 😂😂

[@captain_malaria]

"It was absolutely hilarious, and it worked" was excellent commentating. At 1:02

[@nj8833]

1:53 this is the absolute dumbest way imaginable to give up 3 points 💀

[@jakikentaky]

And at the end of the game OKC lost just by 2 points...

[@stradley_]

4:19 saw that on shaqtin all the time. The audio is hilarious too hearing “OTTO!!” 😂😂😂

[@jasongts]

2:55 Harden forgor 💀

[@jimbojimbo6873]

GSW just letting westbrook have it 😂😂

[@alexandriaburnett2801]

Pt 2. please. This entire video was hilarious.

[@kewlishere]

5:03 That guy from clippers needs jail time for that crime he tried to get away with

[@Garibaldi1]

I like these "increasingly more" vids

[@ranchroberts5976]

I love it when Stu Lantz laughs. He's the type that sees the humor in everything 😂😂. Love you Stu!

[@malufet]

0:47 this is like when playing videogame and you accidentally pressed the block button.

[@ninja_tony]

Accurate as fuck 😂

[@DarionIvy]

4:18 Is literally when your controller dies on 2K

[@Ianthegreatest]

The Harden one always gets me

[@serplunk7146]

Luke Kornet literally does that every single game.

[@rmx39]

its a good thing tho

[@TheLilmuzzy]

The eclipse

[@Silenced_by_nazi_youtube]

It does a block the shooters view of the rim so it actually may be a smart tactic if you cannot get to the shooter

[@krepes8685]

Is it actually good? Have to weigh up the impact it has on 3P% vs the lack of potential to rebound effectively.

[@caioellery9117]

leaving a guy missing three's unguarded is brutal, not only does it work (when used against the right ones) but it absolutely crushes any self confidence still left in that poor soul

[@shotdoctor5869]

@2:07 the announce was about to say "stupid" lmfao

[@JoshMoney]

Lmao I love the creativity of these videos 😂🔥

[@CryHasArrived]

"opposing bench reactions but they get increasingly more outlandish"

[@nolant5791]

4:17 OTTO! 😂 😂

[@ThatLampTho]

I can never unhear that loud and clear annoyed yell. "OTTO!" 😂

[@AlexH-yd4vj]

1:17 I know what Rubio was going for there. Teams have been guarding Harden like that for a while, trying keep him from driving left. You'll see guards do this to him from time to time, although Rubio was a little far behind lol

[@Smiler445]

yes that was Utah's game plan on trying to contain him for the whole series I think. Of course it was an interesting idea in theory because Harden was crazy efficient on them stepback threes but Houston still easily won the series 4-1 I think

[@russhl125]

Im pretty sure this particular stance was about guarding Hardens stepback which also explains why he was behind

[@mambaforever3239]

This stance is actually pretty effective on dominant hand drivers or players that can’t go the opposite hand. Have a friend who’s bigger but can’t finish with the left so I would guard him by shadowing his right hand. Basically Id dare him to drive to the rim by giving him an open lane but he’ll either blow the open layup with his left or shoot a heavily contested shot with his right. I mean it’s not the case for Harden, but try it out in 1v1s in the park

[@AlexH-yd4vj]

Point is, this isn't a screw up by Rubio. It might look like it but it was literally the game plan. Sounds like y'all agree.

[@elayda93]

I appreciate you including Marcelo Huertas on this list. He's been doing what Alvarado does today.

[@delroynathan7794]

2:10 Playing ball are we 💀😂

[@tx4runner459]

Man it was good to see ole coach Popovich smile in this video.

[@joshuabryant2530]

Who knew that the NBA had a gag reel that played during the commercial breaks?

[@playoffrondoW]

James Harden was trying to save his teammate grade

[@juandelrio7181]

4:19 “OTTO!” 😂

[@brucelau2023]

Tyson Chandler denying the shoe toss is probably the funniest thing I've seen. And the fact it can't even be considered a delay of game or tech

[@Harthelos04]

Dort to James: Not touching… can’t get mad. NOT TOUCHING CAN’T GET MAD.

[@enwhy7810]

Chandler to Joey..

[@Mighty_Atheismo]

Taking "NBA defense is a joke" to a whole level: "NBA defense is literally jokes."

[@MrPelao911]

"What a Stuuuu.....ah bad move" lol intrusive thoughts

[@railenherman6482]

Marcelo Huertas hiding behind Spoelstra and JR talking to another dude and giving up a wide open dunk make me laugh.

[@yoced1468]

3:48 hEy 😭

[@u-bum]

The commentary made it better 😂

[@zandrobalangen6886]

Westbrook ignored beyond the arc does much emotional damage😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gwingcommander]

Stevenson flexing while the ball is being dunked behind him is peak Stevenson

[@mxchael9931]

Lu dort defense is how you supposed to play actual defense hands up and active ready to deflect the ball and contest the shot

[@HEEM_SLEEPY]

2:10 AYOOO

[@macaron3141592653]

Respect to Lance Stephenson for continuing to hold frame even as the shot goes in.

[@NickKostalas]

@2:21 "he might have met him at OKC" sure looks like it, hahahahaha

[@micro_6742]

Still waiting for weird no calls, but they get increasingly more outrageous

[@a_coleman11]

4:20 you see how 1 missed assignment causes a domino effect.

[@krimson_flux]

1:30 lmao bro thought he was HIM

[@Sleepyboiwonder]

Giving Brodie the entire perimeter is wild 😂😂

[@the_original_dude]

Watching this after having seen the craziest shots/plays is like looking into a parallel universe

[@Chris-zo4vu]

Honestly, the "pull the pants down" move is elite strategy in the baggy era

[@n8doggy733]

0:52 😂😂💀

[@Sonokido]

it's crazy that it actually works cause he's blocking the shooter's view of the hoop

[@reodagreo7637]

@@Sonokido 🤨🧐🤯🫡

[@uwerichsen4793]

2:25 "Defend, bitch!"

[@Grozdor]

0:52 bro thought he was a volleyball athlete 💀

[@zaydagoat6952]

Luke invisible contest might be legit 😂😂

[@7Kingsmen]

Dapping him up at the end of the game just to steal the ball and score is underrated 😆

[@slimcognito77]

Lance did not care what happened after that block 💀

[@kdmq]

2:55 If you listen very closely, there is a very loud foot squeak on the floor, just as Harden stops running for the ball. I'm almost wondering if Harden thought a whistle was blown.

[@faded1887]

Credit where it’s due, Dort was making the right play in the second clip blocking lebrons vision

[@Tapez]

so thats where Alvarado got it from @ 5:13 😂

[@Bigsauce7593]

Lmao what is KD doing to trae??? He lookin like someone's bad uncle 🤣

[@Mister_Clean]

Lance Stephenson flexing after the block, only to have Dwight Howard rebound and dunk while he's not even looking is priceless Only in NBA basketball...

[@jamievans38]

“Get that shoe out of here!!”☠️😂😂