Out Of Bounds
Out of Bounds: Fancy Reverses Galore
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.
All posts by Jeff HawkinsUpdated25 Jul 2024
The Funny, Stupid Thing of the Day
Nuggets center JaVale McGee has to take it easy while rehabbing his injured leg. That doesn’t mean he can’t still have fun while doing it. JaVale shows how to go grocery shopping like a boss with Eazy E’s “Boyz N’ the Hood” as background music to put this Instagram video over the top.
Dime of the Night
76ers point guard Michael Carter-Williams may be a rookie, but he already knows when to add flash to his game. Check out this amazing, no-look pass to his teammate Thaddeus Young for the slam. MCW felt he was back on the playgrounds with that move.
Dunks of the Night
We have two dunks of the night that we can’t choose from because they’re both reverses that are too sick. The first features Wizards point guard John Wall doing what he does in the open court. The other is Suns forward Miles Plumlee showing nobody should sleep on his athletic ability. Not only was it a fantastic pass by his teammate Eric Bledsoe, but the finish by the older Plumlee was superb.
Fan of the Night
During the same Suns game last night, a fan hit the shot of the lifetime to win $77,777. That swish you heard is a nice new car or paid college tuition for his children. Even the Suns players got excited over that, as they quickly mobbed the lucky man to congratulate him.
Rejection of the Night
Everyone loves to see a point guard get up to reject a big man. Bucks guard Brandon Knight did just that against HEAT center Chris Andersen to deny his dunk attempt. Knight’s teammate John Henson finished the tremendous sequence on the other end with a put-back slam against the champs just to add salt to the wound.
