DeAndre Jordan is one of the most ferocious finishers around the basket the NBA has ever seen. Since entering the league Jordan has posterized dozens of players. His most famous dunk to date occurred last March in a home game against the Detroit Pistons. In the waning moments of the game Chris Paul threw a perfect lob pass to Jordan who was streaking down the lane uncovered. Jordan caught the ball mid-air with one hand and proceeded to slam it home with extreme force. Pistons guard Brandon Knight was the only player that attempted to contest the dunk. However, knight arrived late and ended up on the wrong end of a play that will be replayed for decades.
The dunk took no time to go viral. In a matter of minutes knight became the most talked about athlete on social media, for the wrong reason. The play was so embarrassing even knight took a shot at himself during his post game interview.
Knight deserves credit for simply attempting to defend Jordan in that situation. Some of the best defenders in the league have been known to take cover when a mammoth such as Jordan gets an opportunity to add to his highlight reel. The play tells you a great deal about knight's fortitude. The young guard handled the situation well to say the least. He kept quiet, stayed away from social media and focused on basketball.
This season knight is off to an excellent start. He's averaged 18 points, 6.0 rebounds, 6.4 assist and 1.3 steals per night thus far this season. Through ten games you can make the argument knight has been the best point guard in the entire league. The Jordan dunk was a one shot deal. Some don't even remember it was knight that was victimized that day. People do happen to notice knight beginning to fulfill the high expectations placed upon him coming out of John Calipari 's basketball factory called Kentucky University.
Knight could be on his way to a spot on the Eastern Conference All-Star team, stay tuned!
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