Kevin Garnett and David Beckham attempt to kick a ball into a basketball goal in today’s top story of things that happened when two people were hanging out spontaneously and not in a staged way at all. Seriously. They just went outside and did this.
Look, I know. I was skeptical, too. Especially when Beckham scored on his first attempt, which seems only marginally more probable than Steven Gerrard successfully using a soccer ball in a trap-shooting competition. But I looked it up on the internet, and of the various blogs that covered it, only two showed any hint of doubt over whether this really just broke out in documentary fashion at a house party to which all the invitees wore matching Adidas apparel. And one of those two was The Spoiler. And let’s face it, sometimes that site’s standards are so high it’s ridiculous.
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by Brian Phillips · February 26, 2009
I have actually seen footage of multiple NBA players (Steve Nash, Manu Ginobili) kicking a ball (sometimes a basketball, sometimes a football) into a hoop rather easily. Supposedly it’s a trick shot several basketball players familiar with the game of football can do. I have no doubt Beckham could really do this, particularly because a football is much smaller than a basketball and would get through the hoop pretty easily. And you gotta show some love to Garnett, who got pretty close (Garnett is also a well-known football fan, FYI).
I’m not saying he didn’t kick the ball into the hoop. Just that he didn’t do it on the first try, in exactly this fashion, during a spontaneous encounter, with no script. Presumably they had KG and Beckham fool around like this for a while and then edited the footage together to make the story.
My favorite aspect of Garnett in this video is the fact that based on the lines he’s yelling he actually gets a little intense and down on himself as this goes on.
I’m confused – you and your friends don’t just sit around, barbecue, dress in all Adidas apparel, and turn on the camcorder? I have hours of equivalent footage, albeit no Kevin Garnett or David Beckham.