Just Silly

In the aftermath of this beautifully devastating act...which may have been one of the best "in-game" dunks ever, a man named Adrian Wojnarowski "Yahoo Expert", wrote an article containing the following: For everyone celebrating Jordan's fantastic lob dunk over a guard some 8 inches shorter and 80 pounds lighter, they've made Knight an object of ridicule. A widely followed parody account of comedian Kevin Hart tweeted that Jordan had been brought up on "charges of rape & aggravated assault against Brandon Knight," and tombstones declaring Knight dead were popping up on the Internet.

Brandon Knight was giving up some 8 inches and 80 pounds to DeAndre Jordan. (AP)

The message is clear to players everywhere, on every level: Run away. Hide. Don't try to take the charge. Don't try to disrupt the play. There's no reward. This is how backward the basketball culture has become, how twisted the value system. 

Missing the point entirely, and clearly speaking from the vantage point of an uptight...well, geek, who probably never played the game of basketball, Wojnarowski needs to realize that ANYBODY that knows anything about the game, especially at this level, is even IMPLYING that Brandon Knight shouldn't have defended this play, or that he's wrong for trying. It's silly to exclaim that somehow, comedians and fans responding on the internet to this play is evidence of basketball culture being twisted and backward! It's irresponsible and ridiculous, actually. Makes me a bit ill knowing this fellow has full-time work writing for Yahoo. Brandon Knight didn't have a chance of stopping this play. He just didn't. Nobody was going to stop Deandre Jordan on this play. It was ugly from a defensive or a Detroit point of view, and it was spectacular to everybody else. Knight himself took the monstrous dunk in stride tweeting,"It wasn't in the scouting reports that the clippers threw lobs lol." He sees the fun and humor in it, Mr. Wojnarowski, so why are you paid to write absurd articles making insane claims and taking shots at the ENTIRE CULTURE OF BASKETBALL!? Basketball is fun and exciting and, from a cultural standpoint, is as healthy as ever, with players that excel at both ends of the court, players that are rewarded for playing defense, like Chandler, Noah and Love, and your commentary, like Knight's shoulders, neck, and hips, is what is twisted here. Good day sir!