Truly truly leaves you speechless.

IronWillGiroud wrote:Question is, is this guy the best Knicks Slam Dunker of ALL HISTORY OF ALL PLANET EARTH!?

Gotta be. He can do dunk contest quality dunks in game.

Apologies Nate.

GustavBahler wrote:Its like watching one of the Nicholas brothers, amazing.

Fred Astaire with good hands, the reflexes of Spiderman, the spontaneity of Jackson Pollack and a 44" vertical.

Play It Again, Sam.

misterearl wrote:Dance To The Music

GustavBahler wrote:Its like watching one of the Nicholas brothers, amazing.

Fred Astaire with good hands, the reflexes of Spiderman, the spontaneity of Jackson Pollack and a 44" vertical.

Play It Again, Sam.

Nice.

Speaking of Jackson Pollack, I heard this great story about him. He was once passed out drunk on a chair in his studio and someone, who I can't remember, brought some art afficionados to check out some of his work. One of them said something to the effect that Pollack was just randomly splashing paint on the canvas with no control over where the paint was going. Pollack woke up and grabbed a paintbrush near him and from across the room flicked a small amount of paint dead center on a doorknob.

GustavBahler wrote:
Nice.

Speaking of Jackson Pollack, I heard this great story about him. He was once passed out drunk on a chair in his studio and someone, who I can't remember, brought some art afficionados to check out some of his work. One of them said something to the effect that Pollack was just randomly splashing paint on the canvas with no control over where the paint was going. Pollack woke up and grabbed a paintbrush near him and from across the room flicked a small amount of paint dead center on a doorknob.

Gustav - great story on Pollock. Like so many jazz artists, JR The Magnificent can be unpredictable and difficult to understand. His education does not follow a standardized route. His athletic IQ was earned playing baseball and football. His development is shaped by plot twists and detours to foreign lands. He refuses to paint by the numbers (I hated those numbered joints and never followed the outlines) which makes the sophisticated critics angry.

His talent is unquestioned. His consistency is suspect. Experimentation does not allow enough space to do the same thing night after night. The Magnificent is too restless to be contained by any one man, or music coach.

Then a funny thing happens. He discovers a brother from another mother in SuperMelo on tenor sax. Melo's solos are also unrestrained. A veteran Motown award winner, Rasheed Wallace, on trumpet. Connecticut Marcus Camby on drums. Texas Tyson Chandler, a country music award winner, on bass fiddle. The Maestro, Pablo Prigioni, on piano. Veteran solo acts, from unique backgrounds, slowly learning to read the same sheet music.

Listen.

jrodmc wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

misterearl wrote:Dance To The Music

GustavBahler wrote:Its like watching one of the Nicholas brothers, amazing.

Fred Astaire with good hands, the reflexes of Spiderman, the spontaneity of Jackson Pollack and a 44" vertical.

Play It Again, Sam.

Nice.

Speaking of Jackson Pollack, I heard this great story about him. He was once passed out drunk on a chair in his studio and someone, who I can't remember, brought some art afficionados to check out some of his work. One of them said something to the effect that Pollack was just randomly splashing paint on the canvas with no control over where the paint was going. Pollack woke up and grabbed a paintbrush near him and from across the room flicked a small amount of paint dead center on a doorknob.

I'm sorry, but I spent 8 weeks of my life (that I will never get back) studying Pollack and I'd agree with the afficianado. And I doubt seriously the veracity of the doorknob story, especially since most of Pollack's work was done with the canvas on the floor, not upright, like a doorknob would be. But that's just me. And I hate art. So there. Yeah, you're right; I definitely need more metamucil.

What gets me about the whole replay is JR doesn't preen, he doesn't stand and stare. He runs down court immediately, as if he's getting ready to steal the outlet pass.

Not that I have anything against a nice Spree moment after a throw down like that, but coming from a Mr. Career Psycho, you have to love the focus. He runs down court like he just flicked a reverse layup off the glass.

He let his teammates do the freaking out for him.

Love that.

Life be good, gentlemen.

The memories are building.

Here is where I got the story from, a documentary I saw years ago. Brakhage is a respected filmmaker, I doubt that he would make it up. He tells the story a lot better than I did or remember.

misterearl wrote:JR The Maginificent

jrodmc wrote:What gets me about the whole replay is JR doesn't preen, he doesn't stand and stare. He runs down court immediately, as if he's getting ready to steal the outlet pass.

Not that I have anything against a nice Spree moment after a throw down like that, but coming from a Mr. Career Psycho, you have to love the focus. He runs down court like he just flicked a reverse layup off the glass.

He let his teammates do the freaking out for him.

Love that.

Life be good, gentlemen.

The memories are building.

jrod - even after his two game winners, the only celebration JR allowed himself on the court was a Victor Cruz moment. Even that was not overdone.

The best reaction was Tyson Chandler running away from the bench. Seth Rosenthal brilliantly described Tyson suddenly leaving the premises so he would not be caught at the scene of the crime.

Gotta love it.

Saw the AnswerMan's quote of Mr. Seth on the other thread. Lived it, loved it.

I think we need a Youtube Knicks bench thread. I really wish I was more technical than I really am.
Maybe it's just me, but does this seem to be a more motivated, together Knicks bench than I've ever seen before?

The towelheads are dead.