The Anatomy of Disrespect: When NBA Players Humiliated Opponents

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These are the most humiliating moments in NBA history. And coming in at number 20, we got the time Yusef Nurkic got his ass sat down.

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Five seconds left.

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Johnson in a mismatch with Nurkic.

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Fakes it.

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Echo breaker! Joe Johnson just put Nurkic on his back.

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Now, that's humiliating, but I mean, that shit can happen to anyone. What's even more humiliating is number 19 The time Lonzo Ball messed up so bad, it got him traded.

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In and out does not go back in again. Lead pass.

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Oh, he blows the layup!

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After a great feed from LeBron, Lonzo with an absolute giving. Couldn't finish it.

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Lonzo, get your head in the game, man. But imagine the shame of getting nutmegged and scored on. Because that's exactly what Chris Paul did at number 18
Geez, CP3 did him so dirty, he had to tell himself to stop. Now a nasty nutmeg isn't the only way to humiliate a player. Sometimes it comes from the fans, like at number 17 Pay attention to Paul Pierce here. Damn, Pierce really tried throwing his headband twice and still got it back. I guess they really don't love you like that, huh? Now we gotta talk about Shaq for a minute, cuz this dude straight up terrorized every defender in the NBA. But his most humiliating moment came at number 16, the time Shaq made a grown ass man cry.

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Here's Shaq.

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Dudley does not even foul, and he just got overpowered by Shaquille O'Neal.

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That's disrespectful, dog. Now, getting dunked on by Shaq ain't that bad, but number 14 got hit with something much worse, the time a 7'6 giant tried dunking on a 5'9 Nate Robinson.

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Y'all was upset he didn't get it that time. The Brady pumps.

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Look at Nate Robinson, man, going up against Ming and making him cry. That's tough, that ain't the only time Nate did the Giants dirty, because at number 14, we got him going one on one against Shaquille O'Neal.

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Turn baseline. Oh, blocked by Nate Robinson. Talks junk right at Shaq.

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Shaq, how you gonna let a midget on your cheeks like that dog? When LeBron got you beat, because what he did at number 13 earned him a spot on Shaq and a Fool.

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Come on. A Hollywood walk of shame.

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No, knock it off.

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Look. You're good.

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You're good.

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Yeah, what is he doing?

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Wow. Look at LeBron, man. Such an inspiration. But hey, at least LeBron was trying some shit, because for number 12, there ain't no way Donovan Mitchell tried. I mean, the dude literally missed the backboard in a rising star game without any pressure. Ugh, Donovan. Get your shit together, man. Now for number 11, we got something special. You're about to see the time LeBron James tried ending Tim Duncan's life.
Jesus, LeBron out here slamming bodies. But anyways, we're entering the top 10, so we're about to take humiliation to a whole new level. It was the 2022 Western Conference semifinals. Suns vs. Mavs, game two. And late in the first quarter, Luka Donsik ran down the court and decided to humiliate Cameron Johnson.

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Ritual in Donsik.

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Damn, Johnson really had Johnson on skates, but somehow it's still not as bad as number nine. The time Steph Curry decided to completely snatch Julius Randall's ankle.

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Now you see him, now you don't. Oh, he snapped Julius Randall's ankle bones.
Yo, that was like Jordan against the Knicks.

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Sheesh, it's all right, Randall. At least Curry didn't humiliate you after the game as well, because for number eight, Joel Embi got humiliated both on the court and off. See, during the 2021 playoffs, Kyle has decided to first posterize Joel Embi.

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Looking for a spurs basket, open quarter for Rob.

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Now, getting posterized doesn't seem that bad, but what makes this so humiliating is the fit Collins pulled up in during the interview after the series. Now, I don't know about y'all, but that's some cold type of shit. But at least NBA didn't get to eat while getting dunked on. Like number seven, see, during a matchup between the Lakers and Magic, rookie Dwight Howard went up against the Black Mamba himself. And let's just say things did not end well for Howard. Wow, Kobe literally just filled Dwight's face with his nuts. That's cold. But our number six most humiliating moment hurt like a bitch.