Dontavious Smith SHATTERS the backboard during the @RiverHawkMBB game… #AEHoops https://t.co/iPNawrIfYS
— America East (@AmericaEast) November 24, 2015
“”Shattering the backboard is basketball is comparable in big-swinging-dickness to laying someone out cold over the middle in football and a Jose Bautista bat flip in baseball. It the perfect mix of athleticism and power, a feat that only a handful of men have accomplished.
Add UMass Lowell Forward Dontavious Smith to that list. In a game against Wheelock College, the 6’8” 195-pound freshman blocked a shot and went the full length of the court to make a play that would end the game early.
It would have been extra impressive if he actually converted the dunk. Cue the Sandlot’s Benny the Jet Rodriguez: “Ham, you idiot, now we can’t play no more!”
@Sudikoff and it looked like this pic.twitter.com/tH3iciUsVK
— America East (@AmericaEast) November 24, 2015
Congrats, Dontavious. Few men ever get the opportunity to say they’ve been mentioned in the same breath as cable connoseuir Chip Douglas.
“I love this game.”
[h/t Uproxx]