Greatest missed dunk of all time?

Tue May 18, 2010 10:50 am EDT

REALITY BASKETBALL

VIDEO AND PICTURES OF THE GREATEST MISSED DUNK OF ALLTIME!

Midway through the fourth quarter of an otherwise anticlimactic Game 1 between the Suns and Lakers, Shannon Brown(notes) took off from around the free-throw line and all most dunked over the new posterized Jason Richardson.

During a game. In traffic.

The miss was so good that people immediately started calling it the best missed dunk of all-time. You be the judge. Either way,  this missed dunk provided some of the most amazing pictures in the history of dunking.

For instance, this Nils Wagner screen cap, which somehow is not Photoshopped.

Shannon looks like he just took off of a trampoline.

These two pictographs really let you know how high Shannon Brown was. They kind of make Marv Albert's "I actually thought he was going over the backboard" seem logical.

This is really just an awesome picture. Yeah, you can kinda tell that he's missing the dunk, but that doesn't even matter. The line from the ball to his foot is amazing. It's like the super-leaningest (totally a word) dunk attempt ever and it looks great. Plus, Kobe's face is hilarious.

Too bad Shannon Brown missed. If he hadn't, we'd be talking about one of the best dunks ever.

Reality Basketball - Chris Bavelles

By Trey Kerby