Former Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics forward Luigi Datome is now playing for Fenerbahçe in Europe, and he has provided us with one of the all time worst dunk attempts ever.
Datome drove the baseline against CSKA Moscow on Thursday and cocked back on his way to the hoop in an effort to dunk on a couple defenders. The problem was he was too far under the basket when he jumped, and he ended up running the ball into the side of the backboard.
Just, watch it again.
And maybe one more time for good measure.
https://youtu.be/YTE3GtYUfjw?t=7m24s
Yes, he gets fouled, but it doesn’t look like the foul was the reason he ended up dunking into the side of the backboard. It just looks like poor GiGi simply lost his place on the court and was too deep on the court by the baseline to get back to the rim and had himself an embarrassing moment.
We’ve all had the corner three attempt hit the side of the backboard and there’s a certain inescapable level of shame that comes from that dubious feat, but the side of the backboard dunk is a new innovation from Datome. The foul getting called is his saving grace from true embarrassment as he can blame that for running into the backboard, whether true or not.
(h/t Deadspin)
