Nastiest NBA punch of all time (on video)?

timO · Post #21 » by **timO** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 4:01 pm

Portis break Mirotic nba career

PeteyPablo · Post #22 » by **PeteyPablo** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 4:21 pm

keynote wrote:Now that the TMZ video has leaked: where does Draymond's haymaker rank as the hardest/most flush punches landed by an NBA player (and caught on video)?
1. Kermit vs Rudy T
2. Kareem vs Benson
3. Dray(?)

The Chris Childs two-piece is well-memorialized as a GIF, but those punches didn't seem to have any power behind them.

Any I'm missing?

Honorable mention to Malice at the Palace ; Ron Artest and company

LukaTheGOAT · Post #23 » by **LukaTheGOAT** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 4:40 pm

Pelon chingon wrote:
JRoy wrote:
kg01 wrote:Honorable mention to Shaq's almost punch of Brad Miller.

Had it landed, we would've probably witnessed a rare oncourt decapitation.

I remember that looping haymaker.

Brad Miller is a lucky man.

Lucky that Shaq doesn't have hands. BTW that was a cowardly move.

This was crazy too

Watch on YouTube

keynote · Post #24 » by **keynote** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 4:41 pm

timO wrote:Portis break Mirotic nba career

Good one; I forgot about Portis giving that poor man a concussion. But there was never a video leak, was there?

GSWFan1994 · Post #25 » by **GSWFan1994** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 4:47 pm

Sedale Threatt wrote:
kenwood3333 wrote:Looking at the poll result, 83% of people felt Shaq's punch is justified. Looks like violence was already accepted solution by the society many years ago.

Violence is never the answer. But sometimes it is -- Matt Barnes

GSWFan1994 · Post #26 » by **GSWFan1994** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 4:49 pm

timO wrote:Portis break Mirotic nba career

Portis' punch was so strong that Mirotic changed continents and started posting on RealGM.

sp6r=underrated · Post #27 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 4:50 pm

JRoy wrote:
kg01 wrote:Honorable mention to Shaq's almost punch of Brad Miller.

Had it landed, we would've probably witnessed a rare oncourt decapitation.

I remember that looping haymaker.

Brad Miller is a lucky man.

Yup, and I'll add Brad nearly paid the price for the NBA allowing a decade of hack a shaq. The NBA used to allow guys to blatantly maul shaq and he got hit a ton upstairs. He snapped that day

davey_wavy · Post #28 » by **davey_wavy** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 4:53 pm

Who was in that fight with Alonzo? You know, the one where no one landed?

Liam_Gallagher · Post #29 » by **Liam_Gallagher** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 4:57 pm

A lot of these punches are black guys punching white guys lol.

lambchop · Post #30 » by **lambchop** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 5:02 pm

Sedale Threatt wrote:
kg01 wrote:
Sedale Threatt wrote:Washington literally broke Tomjanovich's face and almost killed him. Nothing else comes close to that AFAIK.

Heard an interview where Rudy T said he was tasting his spinal fluid. Yikes.

Tomjanovich, who crumpled to the floor, almost died that night of injuries that were akin to being thrown from a car going 50 miles per hour. His skull was dislocated and spinal fluid was leaking from his brain. He recalled being able to taste the fluid in his mouth.

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125540&page=1

This is what I imagine that punch looking like. Mind you the video is from the early 2000s.

Watch on YouTube

JRoy · Post #31 » by **JRoy** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 5:06 pm

sp6r=underrated wrote:
JRoy wrote:
kg01 wrote:Honorable mention to Shaq's almost punch of Brad Miller.

Had it landed, we would've probably witnessed a rare oncourt decapitation.

I remember that looping haymaker.

Brad Miller is a lucky man.

Yup, and I'll add Brad nearly paid the price for the NBA allowing a decade of hack a shaq. The NBA used to allow guys to blatantly maul shaq and he got hit a ton upstairs. He snapped that day

It’s true Shaq got hacked a lot.

He also committed more offensive fouls than anyone else.

The classic Shaq dip the shoulder, bump the defender off and finish.

tbhawksfan1 · Post #32 » by **tbhawksfan1** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 5:58 pm

More inter-racial violence in these vids than on porn

Memories · Post #33 » by **Memories** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 6:02 pm

Sad part is, that Green punch was actually really good. Just unfortunate that it was also a very cowardly move.

BobbyPortisEyes · Post #34 » by **BobbyPortisEyes** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 6:04 pm

nanokooshball wrote:
kg01 wrote:Honorable mention to Shaq's almost punch of Brad Miller.

Had it landed, we would've probably witnessed a rare oncourt decapitation.

I came in here to post exaclty this.

Watch on YouTube

Does it look to anyone else like he missed on purpose? He winds up but then he hesitates before throwing the punch. He probably realizes he could have killed him.

The Laker Kid · Post #35 » by **The Laker Kid** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 6:33 pm

Has to be this one. LOL what a clown :lol:

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Post #36 » by **Kilroy** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 6:43 pm

lambchop wrote:
Sedale Threatt wrote:
kg01 wrote:
Heard an interview where Rudy T said he was tasting his spinal fluid. Yikes.

Tomjanovich, who crumpled to the floor, almost died that night of injuries that were akin to being thrown from a car going 50 miles per hour. His skull was dislocated and spinal fluid was leaking from his brain. He recalled being able to taste the fluid in his mouth.

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125540&page=1

This is what I imagine that punch looking like. Mind you the video is from the early 2000s.

Watch on YouTube

Why are you imagining it though?.. It was covered on live TV. There's a clip out there somewhere.

NeoWarriors · Post #37 » by **NeoWarriors** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 7:24 pm

Do elbows count? Because Anthony peeler's shot to Kevin Garnett's jaw is a classic.

https://youtu.be/az9fehCiG4w

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Johnny Bball · Post #38 » by **Johnny Bball** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 8:00 pm

Watch on YouTube

Post #39 » by **Kilroy** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 8:06 pm

Johnny Bball wrote:

Watch on YouTube

I've always been a big Kareem stan, and I understand and respect the emotion behind it, but that was a full-on sucker-punch... I mean, the elbow was cheap too, but that happens a lot in the post...

At least when Kermit hit Rudy, he was swinging on a guy who was running full at him (and trying to protect Kareem in the process)...

Kareem just punched a dude in the eye who wasn't looking at him... And then danced half a court away as the dude crumples to the ground.

I thought it was funny at first, but now I'm kinda disappointed. What would Bruce Lee do, Kap?

NBA Sheady · Post #40 » by **NBA Sheady** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 8:08 pm

keynote wrote:
slicedbread2 wrote:Where to begin:

1. Shaq's missed punch on Barkley then Chuck taking him to the ground and punching him in the head.
2. Marcus Camby trying to punch Danny Ferry and inadvertently KO'ed JVG
3. Barkley whacking Paul Mokeski in the face while with the 76ers.
4. Robert Parrish whacked the hell out of Bill Laimbeer
5. Kareem punching Ken Benson

A lot more out there.

Watch on YouTube
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Bonus: Hakeem slapping Bill Paulitz of the Jazz.

That Barkely shot was more of a clothesline / Russian sickle than a punch, but good one.

Bas Rutten teaches that exact technique. (He called it a clothesline). Very cool to see it in real life.