Ball Don't Lie - NBA

Ball Don't Lie

Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:30 am EDT

Video: Kevin Martin crosses Rudy, dunks in Blazer traffic

By J.E. Skeets

Last night, the Blazers beat the Kings, and as Papa Shanoff points out in today's Wake-Up Call, you most definitely saw reasons for the enthusiasm — at least in the box score. LaMarcus Aldridge scored 24 points, Brandon Roy added 21, angry Greg Oden posted 13 and 9, and Rudy Fernandez flipped in a cool 16 off the bench. Solid contributions all around. But the highlight of the night goes to Speed Racer:

You Got Dunked On commenter "InYoFace" nails it: "When did Kevin Martin turn into Scottie friggin' Pippen all of a sudden? He's getting to the hole a lot more lately. Think maybe Reggie Theus passed along some coaching tips from his SlamBall years?"

Related: YouTube of the day

digg delicious
more

44 Comments

Post a Comment
  1. Jason
    1. Posted by Jason Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:17 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Makin it look easy...nice one!
  2. yang76
    2. Posted by yang76 Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:54 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    It's not Reggie Theus ... it's David Thorpe telling him to dunk it more. They talked about it, and Thorpe even put him through drills where he dunked over and over again until exhaustion.
  3. Kibbitz
    3. Posted by Kibbitz Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:00 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    there's a message to you, Rudy... and Greg, and LaMarcus
  4. dan s
    4. Posted by dan s Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:35 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Why was this the play of the game? Martin traveled on this dunk. True, this is the NBA, but they re-play it 4 times and I cant help but notice he gather steps with his right foot, takes his first legal step with his left than his second with his right, than a third with another left. Sorry to get tech on this but if you get an extra step its no wonder he was able to dunk on the young blazers, they still think traveling is a turnover in basketball.
  5. wadejared
    5. Posted by wadejared Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:38 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Sick Rayhawk.
  6. cavertw
    6. Posted by cavertw Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:19 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    True it was a travel - he's too quick for the refs.
  7. Casey H
    7. Posted by Casey H Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:19 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Not nearly as impressive as Fernandez's alley-oop slam from Rodriguez.
  8. Jobubububu
    8. Posted by Jobubububu Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:10 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Yeah Kibbitz, and I think the message goes a little something like: "We're not good enough to compete with your team even when our best player goes apesh!t."
  9. Capn Jack
    9. Posted by Capn Jack Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:03 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Nice dunk on Oden but he traveled.
    I don't travel anymore...on my moped!!!
  10. g SIZ
    10. Posted by g SIZ Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:52 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    what about MONTA????????????
  11. Gunnar P
    11. Posted by Gunnar P Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:14 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    We'll see what team finishes with a better record kibbitz.
  12. Omar
    12. Posted by Omar Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:45 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    rofl he took 3-4 steps no one is looking at the replay, blind refs, blatant traveling
  13. Jesus Shuttleworth
    13. Posted by Jesus Shuttleworth Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:51 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    how is that not a travel?
  14. mongowax
    14. Posted by mongowax Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:25 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    How IS it a travel?
    I'm a Blazer fan, and I don't see a travel there. He took two steps and a leap-- that is legal and always should be if I had MY druthers.
    Kevin Martin is an incredible scorer. Now, I still take Roy over him, because Roy is a good defender and great playmaker-- but he'll never approach how good of a scorer Kevin Martin is. If Martin can become more of an all-round player, in addition to being the most efficient scorer in the league, he could make the Kings better than people are expecting.
  15. Alaskaadrenalinejunkie
    15. Posted by Alaskaadrenalinejunkie Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:49 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Three steps have been "legal in the NBA" for 30 years, since way before Michael Jordan ever arrived!
    Guys like David Thompson and Dr J were the first to get the basketball purists all up in arms about taking three steps to dunk it back in the 1970's in the ABA and NBA both!!
    Where have you guys been?? LMAO!!
  16. Hien
    16. Posted by Hien Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:34 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    are u blind...3 steps after the last dribble. watch it again. such a travel
  17. greg v
    17. Posted by greg v Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:19 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Left-Right-Left
  18. Nick
    18. Posted by Nick Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:34 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    I think the fact that he takes 2 steps and then jumps is why its ok...if he planted that 3rd step and then jumped on his fourth I might complain...
  19. Big S
    19. Posted by Big S Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:45 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Was that 4 steps or 5?
  20. Mitchell
    20. Posted by Mitchell Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:22 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    He doesn't cup the ball early and you can freeze fame it at 12 secs. He crosses right at 3pt line, then he has his left foot forward at 18ft when he 'rocks the cradle' and gains control of the ball , he plants right foot at 15ft and then jumps off his left foot for the dunk. NOT A TRAVEL.
  21. Marian D
    21. Posted by Marian D Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:06 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    He soo traveled... He did jump off his third step... You can't take 3 steps whether you're dunking, making a lay-up or shooting a bomb from half court... In the end, still a nice play, couple of players got "postered"...
  22. chuck
    22. Posted by chuck Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:04 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    I didnt get to see it but i can say one thing...Our new blazers are going to kick butt this year no matter what anyone thinks. period
  23. TJ
    23. Posted by TJ Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:21 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Could have definitely been called a travel. There was clearly 3 steps. The NBA just isn't so harsh on that kinda stuff. You need to make a HUGE travel before they bother blowing the whistle..which I guess isn't such a big deal.
  24. Little Ben
    24. Posted by Little Ben Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:28 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    You can't cross, cradle and then take your two steps.. that's a travel! A little hesitation/"rocking the cradle" does not count as a dribble. Seriously ref.. look it up.
  25. mlotto7
    25. Posted by mlotto7 Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:19 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    *yawn*

Ball Don't Lie

Add to My Yahoo! RSS

J.E. Skeets

Ball Don't Lie is an NBA blog edited by J.E. Skeets. Email him, and follow him on Twitter.

Contributors:
Kelly Dwyer, Rod Benson, Trey Kerby, Dan Devine, Adrian Wojnarowski & Marc J. Spears,

Teams

Customize to follow news and rumors on your favorite teams. [ Sign in ]

Related Photo Gallery

More NBA Photos »

Y! Sports Blogs

Ball Don't Lie Recent Readers

(provided by MyBlogLog)