When Basketball IQ Destroys the Defense: Classic Genius Moments

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From an NBA player faking a timeout to Lebron playing without his shoes.

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He's got one shoe on, right?

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And here he is, what a throw down.

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They're just gonna let the clock continue to run.

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These are the times NBA players use 100% of their brain. And first, Jod Morant became the first to fake a dunk in midair.

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Jaron Morant, spins and hits again.

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Holy cow!

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Now Jod's flight plan went just as planned, but Klay Thompson was on a crash course. See, during the 2017 NBA Finals, Draymond saved Klay Thompson from death.

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It's Tristan Thompson.

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Oh, and Klay Thompson goes on top of him. And a foul on Klay Thompson.

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Damn, Draymond was thinking fast, but this next one was even quicker because the Jazz only had 0.2 seconds to get a shot up. So Trevor Booker went old school.

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Booker, got it.

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If you want to define the phrase grandma shot, that defines the phrase grandma shot.

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He took lessons from his granny on that, but this next one was a play for the ages. See, Marcelo Huerta wanted to make a sneaky steal, so he found a new hiding spot.

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He lost his strongest knee, did it?

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And then he hit, he hit behind Spolchka.

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Dude wasn't playing fair, and neither was James Harden, because he was so smart on defense, he didn't even have to look. Now, that was brain power, but the Jazz took it to the next level, because one alley-oop pass wasn't even enough.
He made that up mid-air, but you got to see Tyrese Halliburton's creativity. See, Tyrese had nobody open, so he made a pass to himself.

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Look at that, Halliburton.

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Halliburton. Halliburton.

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Creative.

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Knew he was in trouble.

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Now Tyrese went off the glass, but imagine going off someone's back, because the Thunder had less than a second to score, but Russell was all Westbrook needed.

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Westbrook, that's a bunch of guys.

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How about that? Westbrook off the back of Rodney Hood recovers and scores it.

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Rodney took it in his own hands, but Kobe Bryant wasn't so selfish, because Kobe's mentality was so genius, he made a pass off his defender's back.

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This was assist number 10 Watch, he throws it off the back of Ibaka, and it ricochets right to Hill.

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Kobe was playing pinball, but Damar DeRozan was out there dancing.

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It's blocked by Lopez. DeRozan gets it back, spins, passes, white, three, good!

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Good effort by the Bulls that time. Damar found a way to get it done, but no one did it like Nikolaj Jokic. See, his basketball IQ is so high, he showed LeBron exactly why they called him the Joker.

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Who is the Joker?

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Dude forced him into a turnover, but Chris Paul really turned a man over. See, CP3 had Rudy Gobert one-on-one, and one pass fake put him in the blender.

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No, Paul, looking to get it in the anus.

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Instead, takes it himself.

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No, he didn't.

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Oh, yes, he did.

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But Josh Hart became a genius mid-air.

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Incredible to believe. Threw it on, oh, he caught it back.

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And puts it in.

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What a play. He knew he was going to get called for a travel, threw it off the back of the defender, and then knocked down the three.

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That was unbelievable. Look around, Butler made his nonsense look real. See, at the end of the game, Butler act like he was going to show some good sportsmanship, but he was really being a con man.

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Get off the shot.

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Butler with a takeaway, and a loose ball for other eights.

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Threw it past the basket while they be called. Have you ever seen anything like that? Butler was like congratulating.

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They were shaking hands.

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Now, it's straight beef if somebody stole something from me like that, but this next one used all his brain to call game. You see, it was the final seconds of game seven in the 2020 playoffs, so James Harden came up clutch and Dodge having his heart broken.

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Dort for three, blocked by Harden. Dort got it back, tried to throw it off Harden, and missed him.
Don't ever talk about his defense again. What a play.

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