Jaylen Brown's Scary Fall vs T-Wolves

[CF033]

That was terrible! You def don't want to let go of the rim at the wrong part of a swing. Years ago I hung onto the rim after a dunk with one hand and swung violently. Something pressed hard into my palm so I instinctively let go. Somehow I twisted towards the ground and landed facing the ground and crushed my right wrist under my chest, yep completely broke my wrist.

I'm really glad that fall wasn't a lot worse, it looks like Jaylen is going to be ok.

[vjcsmoke]

The fall was really awkward.  I had flashbacks to Hayward.  I guess the lucky bit is he didn't bump into another player.  That's probably what saved him.  Just glad he was able to get up from that. 

Concussion is still a serious thing, but thank goodness he doesn't seem to have injured his neck, back, or spine which could have easily happened on that play.  It happened so quickly.  Still feel a little sick to my stomach when I look at replays of it.  Prayers going to Brown, hopefully the doctors can give him relatively good news after giving him a thorough checkup.

[Surferdad]

Brad sounded encouraging last night, even while he was still in the hospital.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N_PktoGfso

[Celtics4ever]

The fall was really awkward.  I had flashbacks to Hayward.

It was a bad fall not nothing like Hayward went through and not that similar...

[Rosco917]

It looked like his short hang on the rim assisted in his over-rotation while in the air, landing him in that terrible position.

It was scary, everyone has fingers crossed for Jaylen.
 

[hpantazo]

That was terrible! You def don't want to let go of the rim at the wrong part of a swing. Years ago I hung onto the rim after a dunk with one hand and swung violently. Something pressed hard into my palm so I instinctively let go. Somehow I twisted towards the ground and landed facing the ground and crushed my right wrist under my chest, yep completely broke my wrist.

I'm really glad that fall wasn't a lot worse, it looks like Jaylen is going to be ok.

This thread is very therapeutic for those of us who can’t dunk!

[tarheelsxxiii]

That was terrible! You def don't want to let go of the rim at the wrong part of a swing. Years ago I hung onto the rim after a dunk with one hand and swung violently. Something pressed hard into my palm so I instinctively let go. Somehow I twisted towards the ground and landed facing the ground and crushed my right wrist under my chest, yep completely broke my wrist.

I'm really glad that fall wasn't a lot worse, it looks like Jaylen is going to be ok.

This thread is very therapeutic for those of us who can’t dunk!

I found it depressing but will try to adopt your perspective.  Had I been able to dunk for an extended period of time, I probably wouldn't have done anything else with my life.  Job?  Family? Paying taxes?  Pfft.  Rather just dunk.

[kozlodoev]

The fall was really awkward.  I had flashbacks to Hayward.

It was a bad fall not nothing like Hayward went through and not that similar...

I had flashbacks of Tony Allen, except his thing was a lot dumber.

[ChillyWilly]

I refuse to watch it and I'm glad I was unable to catch this game. I just hope he's ok hate seeing people get hurt trying to entertain us.

[Ilikesports17]

I refuse to watch it and I'm glad I was unable to catch this game. I just hope he's ok hate seeing people get hurt trying to entertain us.

lol I mean they arent doing this out of the good of their hearts.

They are making millions of dollars to play basketball.

[tonydelk]

I have to admit I almost threw up watching that last night.  My first thought was are you flipping kidding me?  Again???  That was scary and when his arms clenched I thought he was in trouble.  Amazing he walked away from that.  I just hope it does not have any type of affect on how aggressive he is and becoming hesitant to have that happen again.  But Prayers for JB and so happy he is ok.

[Bobshot]

My understanding is he held onto the rim in a dunk, and then slipped off it and landed awkwardly.

I recall many years a go when a young kid named Darryl Dawkins fresh out of high school used to destroy backboards on dunking--in a kind of macho expression of immaturity. The League fined him, and made dunking illegal. Or at least some aspect of it, as I recall.

Later on, Stern succumbed to the entertainment demands of TV and permitted dunking. This was about the time the rival ABA was competing with multi-colored balls and 3P shots. Backboards were strengthened. It's almost impossible now to tear a rim off a backboard, no matter how long a 250 lb player holds onto it.

Nowadays, dunking is routine. There is even a contest at the all star game on who can twist the most in the air while dunking. Mainly TV showtime stuff. And the kids coming out of school like Brown and the like soar through the air and grab the rim to break their fall. It can be dangerous. I remember Dee Brown wrecked his career, blowing his knee out on one of those monster dunks.

Maybe it's time the NBA ended the practice of hanging onto the rim after dunking. Will it make dunking safer? It might--if only it prevents kids from trying to jump out of the building.

[footey]

My understanding is he held onto the rim in a dunk, and then slipped off it and landed awkwardly.

I recall many years a go when a young kid named Darryl Dawkins fresh out of high school used to destroy backboards on dunking--in a kind of macho expression of immaturity. The League fined him, and made dunking illegal. Or at least some aspect of it, as I recall.

Later on, Stern succumbed to the entertainment demands of TV and permitted dunking. This was about the time the rival ABA was competing with multi-colored balls and 3P shots. Backboards were strengthened. It's almost impossible now to tear a rim off a backboard, no matter how long a 250 lb player holds onto it.

Nowadays, dunking is routine. There is even a contest at the all star game on who can twist the most in the air while dunking. Mainly TV showtime stuff. And the kids coming out of school like Brown and the like soar through the air and grab the rim to break their fall. It can be dangerous. I remember Dee Brown wrecked his career, blowing his knee out on one of those monster dunks.

Maybe it's time the NBA ended the practice of hanging onto the rim after dunking. Will it make dunking safer? It might--if only it prevents kids from trying to jump out of the building.

Daryl’s Diamonds.

Boards don’t shatter due to the hinge on the rim I think. It now gives. Back in the day it did not.

[blink]

My understanding is he held onto the rim in a dunk, and then slipped off it and landed awkwardly.

I recall many years a go when a young kid named Darryl Dawkins fresh out of high school used to destroy backboards on dunking--in a kind of macho expression of immaturity. The League fined him, and made dunking illegal. Or at least some aspect of it, as I recall.

Later on, Stern succumbed to the entertainment demands of TV and permitted dunking. This was about the time the rival ABA was competing with multi-colored balls and 3P shots. Backboards were strengthened. It's almost impossible now to tear a rim off a backboard, no matter how long a 250 lb player holds onto it.

Nowadays, dunking is routine. There is even a contest at the all star game on who can twist the most in the air while dunking. Mainly TV showtime stuff. And the kids coming out of school like Brown and the like soar through the air and grab the rim to break their fall. It can be dangerous. I remember Dee Brown wrecked his career, blowing his knee out on one of those monster dunks.

Maybe it's time the NBA ended the practice of hanging onto the rim after dunking. Will it make dunking safer? It might--if only it prevents kids from trying to jump out of the building.

The Jaylen injury was kind of a freak thing.  I don't think it is the NBA's fault, nor Jaylen's.

[fairweatherfan]

I recall many years a go when a young kid named Darryl Dawkins fresh out of high school used to destroy backboards on dunking--in a kind of macho expression of immaturity. The League fined him, and made dunking illegal. Or at least some aspect of it, as I recall.

Later on, Stern succumbed to the entertainment demands of TV and permitted dunking. This was about the time the rival ABA was competing with multi-colored balls and 3P shots. Backboards were strengthened. It's almost impossible now to tear a rim off a backboard, no matter how long a 250 lb player holds onto it.

Dunking has always been legal in the NBA. You may be thinking of the NCAA, who banned it for like a decade.

Maybe it's time the NBA ended the practice of hanging onto the rim after dunking. Will it make dunking safer? It might--if only it prevents kids from trying to jump out of the building.

Well, first hanging on rims oftentimes is the safest move - you hang on it until the landing area's clear of other players and you can stabilize your balance.

For reckless/unnecessary hanging they're supposed to call a technical but they're reluctant to do so. Last night Towns had a dunk where he did a full-on backboard slap afterward. Guys doing pull-up moves is also supposed to be punished. It rarely is.

All that said, Jaylen didn't do any of that, his momentum + the hit he took led to his hands slipping right off as his lower body kept moving forward. If he had been able to hang on the rim longer the play would've almost certainly gone fine.