Larry Nance Jr. has been responsible for some of the most jaw-dropping poster dunks of the past few seasons. Just ask Kevin Durant, Brook Lopez, and David West, to name a few of his more grisly victims.
He was finally rewarded with a chance to compete in the Verizon Slam Dunk contest last month at All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, and though he didn’t take home the ultimate prize, he blessed us with one of the more creative dunks we’ve seen in a long time.
But now that he’s found a new home in Cleveland, he’s back to victimizing opponents, and Nuggets center Mason Plumlee was the latest to find himself on the receiving end of a brutal tomahawk jam on Saturday night.
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JUNIOR https://t.co/CfQ0BDLufd— Ball Don’t Lie (@Balldontlie) March 4, 2018
Not only was that a devastating in-your-face slam, he added insult to injury by giving him the old Shawn-Kemp-esque double-finger guns afterward. It’s very surprising that the refs didn’t catch it and hand him a technical foul for taunting.
Nevertheless, he can add this one to a highlight reel of posterizations that is already among some of the best we’ve seen in NBA history and a continuation of the progeny the elder Nance started back in his heyday in the NBA.
