r/IAmTheMainCharacter • u/FrenziedMoanTaylor • 4d ago

Even the coach couldn’t believe it

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u/auntarie 4d ago

that's the kind of dunk the main character in a sports movie pulls off in the last second and it plays in slow motion. hope the dude in black is ok too.

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u/Mr-_-Soandso 4d ago

I doubt he will ever recover from how hard he was posterized

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u/Camanei 4d ago

We will never know. Guy on the floor is an extra... never to be seen again.

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u/jakethepeg1989 4d ago

Damn, I hope that back wall had some padding cos the defensive player seemed to hit that hard.

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u/InsufficientClone 4d ago

100% more padding than the wall behind it

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u/blood__drunk 4d ago

Way more than that!

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u/Leonydas13 4d ago

I don’t think I’ve seen someone get dunked on so fkn hard.

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u/Sol-Blackguy 4d ago

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u/The_Eye_of_Ra 3d ago

(Artist rendition)

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u/braziliansyrah 4d ago

Actual main character wtf

Anime-level dunk

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u/PuzzleheadedRoyal559 4d ago

Yes! You are the main character! You win! Wow!

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u/Praetorion1000 4d ago

Boom! Shaka-Laka!

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u/N1kYan 4d ago

Can someone explain to me why this is posted here?

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u/notloggedin4242 4d ago

Because sometimes being a main character is a good thing. And I think that is, in and of itself, a good thing.

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u/DemBones7 3d ago

That's why there is r/actualmaincharacter

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u/puffinfish89 3d ago

Pretty sure the theme of the sub is to make fun of people that are main characters when they are not. This guy just owned and somehow people in other comments find it annoying.

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u/UghGottaBeJoking 3d ago

I’ve seen examples of people wanting to be the main character and those getting applauded for being said main character. I think both are acceptable in the sub.

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u/FearLeadsToAnger 3d ago

That's the main point, it doesn't make it the sole point.

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u/JacquesBlaireau13 4d ago

Because this kid performed an epic dunk, AND knocked his defender out cold!

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u/N1kYan 4d ago

I see. I know close to nothing about basketball and thought this looked very normal.

So he is a real MC and does not just believe so!

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u/Rich_From_Accounting 4d ago

Definitely not a normal occurrence in basketball. You’d see maybe 10 dunks a year like this in the NBA, and it’s usually not with a defender right in your mouth

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u/AskMeForAPhoto 3d ago

Nah not even 10 a year like this. This was epic. At least not where the defender gets posterized this hard. Shit was almost hard to watch lmao. Ja Morant though is a walking highlight reel

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u/Thekingoftherepublic 4d ago

Down in the streets they call it murdah

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u/AskMeForAPhoto 3d ago

Welcome to JAMEdit to cut of slam dunkROCK

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u/DatGuyKunz 4d ago

he is the main character, that dunk was dope af

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u/Undercover_Dave 4d ago

How high are these baskets?

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u/blood__drunk 4d ago

At least 3 ft.

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u/Leonydas13 4d ago

Standard ring is 10’

Sometimes school ones are like 9’

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u/Lazy-Explanation7165 4d ago

Elementary schools lol. High school basketball uses the regulation height, 10’

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u/Sufficient_Two7499 4d ago

You need to put this behind a NSFW, this is a snuff film.

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u/Imperial_12345 4d ago

Better dunks than nba

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u/beardedsilverfox 4d ago

So that’s why those pads have always been there in gyms

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u/ghostfacestealer 4d ago

Not sure why this is posted here

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u/mindnullexe 4d ago

I was wondering the same thing, I guess the main character doesn't need to be seen as a negative..? This guy definitely has a protagonist vibe with that move

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u/ghostfacestealer 4d ago

That dunk should be posted in r/nextfuckinglevel

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u/Free_Watatsumi 4d ago

Because it belongs here

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u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner 4d ago

I don’t think I’ve seen a dunk this vicious since Deandre Jordan put Brandon knight into the shadow realm.

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u/TraditionalPace1431 2d ago

Why is James crying? CAUSE HE JUST GOT DUNKED ON!

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u/sometimelater0212 4d ago

Traveling

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u/Billib2002 4d ago

Shocking news: Redditor doesn't know how sports work

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u/VoyevodaBoss 4d ago

He took 2 steps not a travel at all

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u/sometimelater0212 4d ago

I watched in slomo. He took 3

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u/VoyevodaBoss 4d ago

Nope. He gathers the ball with his left foot planted and takes a step with his right then one with his left. No hooper looks at this standard move used every game and calls it a travel.

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u/HallowHowl 4d ago

You are completely correct, it doesn't take "slomo" to count. I think people are getting confused by his footwork or something, but it's definitely only 2 steps.

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u/Redhotchily1 4d ago

At the moment when the ball touches the floor he takes a step with his right foot. He gathers the ball and takes a step with his left. He then takes two more steps.

He takes three steps after the last bounce I wouldn't be surprised if this actually isn't travelling. I guess I will never understand how it works.

Either way, his play was pretty impressive.

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u/VoyevodaBoss 4d ago

The last bounce really isn't relevant. Gathering the ball means you have picked up the dribble, which in this case he does by moving his hand under the ball. When he does this his left foot is planted. He then takes two steps and finishes the play. This isn't even close to a travel.

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u/orincoro 4d ago

That’s some NBA bullshit about “gathering” to justify essentially not calling traveling almost at all. Highschool basketball is much stricter.

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u/VoyevodaBoss 4d ago

I think you're thinking of the so-called "gather step." Gathering the ball has been around as long as dribbling. It means picking up the dribble.

Anyway this move would have been legal in the 1960s lol this isn't a travel in any league

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u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner 4d ago

I love when Redditors who 100% don’t know dick about sports are experts on sports

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u/IkeHC 4d ago

I've noticed a lot of the time if there is forward progress and they're sprinting, the 2.5 step / 3 step is ignored/accepted.

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u/stathow 3d ago

even if he did...... even in the NBA it happens multiple times every game and its almost never called

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u/superior_pineapple86 4d ago

That’s why your behind a Reddit keyboard and not calling fouls at basketball games

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u/HiImNewToPTCGO 3d ago

Yes. So many incorrect responses to you, OP. Right after he stole the ball there was a double dribble. And then he took three steps after picking up the ball before dunking, travel.

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u/Equivalent-Jicama620 4d ago

Looked like double dribble too

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u/Billib2002 4d ago

Yet it was none of those lol

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u/RetiredFromRealWork 4d ago

Hardcore

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u/Markgulfcoast 4d ago

He took two steps with out dribbling. Isn't that the defacto standard in the NBA? I'm seriously asking, I don't watch basketball.

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u/LacklusterMeh 4d ago

You're right, completely legal in the NBA.

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u/VoyevodaBoss 4d ago

Traveling is the one thing non-hoopers erroneously try to call out on basketball highlights

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u/verno88 3d ago

I hate to be the one… but he traveled

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u/DrugNerdPsychonaut 3d ago

i was thinking the same thing

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u/Cash404 4d ago

My biggest takeaway, how is dudes head so shiny in the crowd

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u/IAmTheLizardQueen666 4d ago

It looked like some serious walking there, before the dunk.

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u/RJC12 4d ago

As sweet as that dunk was, I think it was a travel. He took too many steps before dunking

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u/Banned4life4ever 4d ago

I’d like to report a murder.

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u/jafropuff 4d ago

This is how you play when you know theres scouts in the stands

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u/Umbertoini 4d ago

Ruined that kids life

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u/ghostfacestealer 4d ago

Who’s the main character here?

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u/Sad-Entertainer1462 3d ago

He gotta change schools

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u/Objective_Series4826 3d ago

Coach didn’t wanna be a witness to a murder

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u/SignificantLeader 3d ago

Fuckin solid! Awesomeness!

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u/chui76 3d ago

Just curious, is "traveling" no longer called?

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u/MataHari66 4d ago

It’s cool to watch someone make a memory of a lifetime in real time!

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u/willumasaurus 3d ago

Everyone has just said fuck it to traveling. It's not like it made the game more of a game or anything...

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u/BatoSoupo 3d ago

Was that traveling?

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u/fate0608 4d ago

Is Bro knock?

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u/hahnsolobolo 3d ago

How is that not traveling? 3 steps without a dribble. Count the steps

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u/sneakydante 3d ago

Isn’t that traveling though, two steps before dunking invalidating his point?

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u/D3athknightt 4d ago

Ngl posturizing should be technical fouls and a 1 point deduction

Its already poor sportsmanship

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u/Drmlk465 4d ago

Hopefully no one was shot and killed out in the parking lot after this