J.R Smith often practices hitting half-court shots before the game and that practice finally paid off big time. Before an intrasquad scrimmage among the Cleveland Cavaliers, Smith was selected to take a half-court shot to win $30,000 for a military family and he nailed it!
(Videos): Watch Amazing Half Court Shot By College Guard And See Which NBA Player Did It First!
Half court shots are always cool, especially when they are successful. Recently, college ballers across the nation have been making videos of trick half-court shot attempts. While the options are extremely limited, Gabriel Snider of the University of Illinois at Chicago just set the bar pretty high. Watch the video, below!
(Video) Sports: It Runs In The Family! LeBron’s Son Makes Half Court Shot With One Hand
The apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree! LeBron Jr. hit a difficult shot from the half court, and he’s only 10-years old. Hit the jump for details.
(Video) Sports: Wow, Remember Him?! “Christmas Story” Star Hits Half-Court Shot at Nuggets Game!
“A Christmas Story” is a big movie in our household comes Christmas time. Yes, we’re one of those that watch it over and over again, so this is pretty dope to me. Remember the kid who got his tongue frozen stuck to a pole?! His name is Scott Schwartz and he hit an unbelievable half-court shot at a Denver Nuggets game.
(Video) NBA: Say What? OKC Fan Who Hit $20,000 Shot May Not Be Allowed To Get Paid?
One minute your celebrating winning alot of money, and the next your having to fight to actually see it. Cameron Rodriguez, a Thunder fan, who hit a half court shot last week to win $20,000 may not be able to collect because he is a college athlete. He plays basketball at a small school in Kansas and because he is affiliated with college sports, he may be deemed that he had an unfair advantage to capitalize off his skills. The damn shot was from half court! The fact he plays college basketball had nothing to do with that. He may affect his schooling because it could be looked at that he accepted money as a college athlete which is a no-no, SMH. This story is terrible. I hope it works out for him. Hit the jump for the video.
(Video) NBA: Fan Hits Half Court Shot & Get Props From Jay Z, Kevin Durant
Brad Brucker, a 33 year old high school teacher is $20,000 dollars richer today and has a cool story to tell his kids. The Oklahoma City fan hit a half court shot at half time to win the $20K. While he walked off the court, Jay Z himself stopped him to congratulate him along with wife Beyonce. He even left Thunder star Kevin Durant astonished that another Thunder fan hit the shot. Just literally the game before another fan hit the shot and also won $20,000! Hit the jump for the video and check the pics in the gallery.
