Ricky Rubio dunked in a game last year?! Anyone have the vid?

jinxed · Post #1 » by **jinxed** » Tue Nov 2, 2021 1:00 am

I was just listening to the Cavs/Hornets broadcast and they mentioned that Rubio dunked in a game for the first time last year, after going ten years in the NBA without dunking. I checked B-R, and sure enough he is credited with a dunk in 2021.

I've seen Ricky dunk a few times, including as a 15-year-old in Spain, but I somehow missed this rare NBA dunk of his. Does anyone have the video of it? I was unable to locate it on youtube.

jinxed · Post #2 » by **jinxed** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 10:36 am

Ok.. no video. Does anyone have access to Stathead on basketball reference and look up which game this was in?

JujitsuFlip · Post #3 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 12:54 pm

jinxed wrote:Ok.. no video. Does anyone have access to Stathead on basketball reference and look up which game this was in?

Looks like the first month is free plus discounts for being a student or military.

dhsilv2 · Post #4 » by **dhsilv2** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 1:10 pm

If you can find the game, nba.com has every single shot for each player.

Post #5 » by **Harry Garris** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 2:08 pm

He's 6'4 and a professional athlete, he's definitely capable of dunking at least every time he gets an open fast break opportunity. I'm surprised he hasn't dunked more often than that.

sca · Post #6 » by **sca** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 2:17 pm

jinxed wrote:Ok.. no video. Does anyone have access to Stathead on basketball reference and look up which game this was in?

Don't need stathead for that.

sca · Post #7 » by **sca** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 2:24 pm

And here's that "reverse dunk:" :noway:

https://go.nba.com/x6u8

Myth · Post #8 » by **Myth** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 2:45 pm

sca wrote:And here's that "reverse dunk:"

https://go.nba.com/x6u8

lol, hilarious.

JonFromVA · Post #9 » by **JonFromVA** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 2:48 pm

sca wrote:And here's that "reverse dunk:"

https://go.nba.com/x6u8

rofl... what the heck decided to attribute that as a reverse dunk? A joke from the score keeper or computers?

Maybe the broadcast team should have asked Ricky when the last time he actually dunked was ...

magicman1978 · Post #10 » by **magicman1978** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 2:57 pm

You can also go into the specific player's page on NBA.com and look under shooting stats and you'll be able to click on the shot type to see a video of the shot:

https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201937/shooting/?Season=2020-21&SeasonType=Regular%20Season

Pachinko_ · Post #11 » by **Pachinko_** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 3:16 pm

unnecessary sweating + increased risk of man bun coming undone = dunking thoughts rejected

JonFromVA · Post #12 » by **JonFromVA** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 3:17 pm

Now that we have this video capability, nba.com should give us a means to report a play as being incorrectly logged.

-Luke- · Post #13 » by **-Luke-** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 3:40 pm

sca wrote:And here's that "reverse dunk:"

https://go.nba.com/x6u8

LOL

I always thought I would never be able to dunk, but tomorrow I'm going to the basketball court and I won't leave until I make a reverse dunk, too.

Myth · Post #14 » by **Myth** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 3:49 pm

-Luke- wrote:
sca wrote:And here's that "reverse dunk:"

https://go.nba.com/x6u8

LOL

I always thought I would never be able to dunk, but tomorrow I'm going to the basketball court and I won't leave until I make a reverse dunk, too.

I'm going to dunk from the 3 point line.

JujitsuFlip · Post #15 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 5:24 pm

sca wrote:And here's that "reverse dunk:"

https://go.nba.com/x6u8

Man, he threw that thing down with some authority! LOL

On a serious note, good work finding the clip.

OrangeBlueSkies · Post #16 » by **OrangeBlueSkies** » Thu Nov 4, 2021 5:38 pm

JujitsuFlip wrote:
sca wrote:And here's that "reverse dunk:"

https://go.nba.com/x6u8
Man, he threw that thing down with some authority! LOL

On a serious note, good work finding the clip.

Love you internet sleuths