Titus Gets Buckets

February 6, 2013 1:35 PM

Little Kid Trick Shot Video (slyt (previously))
posted by box (30 comments total)

Horrible mechanics, poor balance, no follow-through, and too reliant on support with his left hand.
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 1:38 PM on February 6 [13 favorites]

Beer pong farm system.
posted by davebush at 1:39 PM on February 6

Wow, that kid has some skills! My 4-year old still can't make a basket on an 8-ft rim, and we've been playing since October.

That said, anyone who names their kid Titus should be banished.
posted by slogger at 1:42 PM on February 6 [1 favorite]

An infinite number of monkeys by any other name would smell as sweet when edited for YouTube.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 1:53 PM on February 6 [2 favorites]

An infinite number of monkeys by any other name would smell as sweet when edited for YouTube.

Did you watch to the end where he sinks 7 in a row without an edit?
posted by dobbs at 1:54 PM on February 6 [13 favorites]

Did you watch to the end where he sinks 7 in a row without an edit?

Clearly, the "kid" is a robot.
posted by philip-random at 1:55 PM on February 6

Now post a bunch of videos of 12 year-olds blowing out the ACLs during middle-school basketball games.
posted by GuyZero at 2:00 PM on February 6

This is the best thing ever. That look of joy on his face ... so great.
posted by jbickers at 2:09 PM on February 6

Mad skillz.
posted by whimsicalnymph at 2:15 PM on February 6

For the 7-foot rim, just the fact that he can throw the ball that high is amazing.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 2:29 PM on February 6 [5 favorites]

Titus??? Damn. Why didn't I think of calling one of my kids Titus?
posted by pipeski at 2:30 PM on February 6 [1 favorite]

Sure, he can shoot, but can he dribble, and I don't mean while he is drinking from his sippy cup.
posted by mygoditsbob at 2:32 PM on February 6 [2 favorites]

That, even factoring in the infinite-monkey theorem, is incredibly impressive. I wonder what the chances are that we'll be watching this video 16 years from now as this kid is drafted by an NBA team?

I particularly like how into it his brothers are on the video.
posted by yoink at 2:38 PM on February 6

Can't tell Mommy about the gremlins in the house. Everywhere. In the mirrors, in the fridge. Under my bed and brother's bed and Mommy and Daddy have the biggest one of all.

Must keep shooting baskets to keep them safe. Can never miss. Never, ever, ever.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 3:04 PM on February 6 [21 favorites]

Sure he's good, but he still poops his pants.
posted by orme at 3:38 PM on February 6 [3 favorites]

I can't imagine they'd be able to persuade him to keep going if he wasn't all that good and they were editing down to his few successes. Either way, he's either really, really persistent, really good, or both. Plus, the 7-foot one, wow.
posted by BungaDunga at 3:40 PM on February 6

That kid is going to grow up either to be an NBA player or a physicist.
posted by threeants at 4:00 PM on February 6 [1 favorite]

Or both.
posted by threeants at 4:00 PM on February 6 [1 favorite]

Sure he's good, but he still poops his pants...

one leg at a time, just like the rest of us.
posted by Atom Eyes at 4:10 PM on February 6 [3 favorites]

Titus is a fucking show off!!
posted by Fizz at 4:20 PM on February 6

> Sure he's good, but he still poops his pants

Nothing but wet.
posted by mosk at 4:32 PM on February 6 [2 favorites]

Sure he's good, but he still poops his pants

True Champions Poop Their Pants!
posted by Bunny Ultramod at 5:13 PM on February 6

I had a friend growing up who was freakishly good at anything involving "aim" He could shoot NBA 3 pointers all day long, but wasn't very good at the rest of basketball. Also scarily good at pool, darts, and bowling. Playing quarters with him was especially brutal. He didn't really think much of this "skill" and mostly wondered why the rest of us sucked at everything.
posted by billyfleetwood at 6:18 PM on February 6 [1 favorite]

Obligatory Mr Show clip.
posted by Sys Rq at 6:48 PM on February 6 [2 favorites]

In his first 24 months, this young man surpassed the entire athletic output of my 37 years on this planet.
posted by elmer benson at 7:53 PM on February 6 [9 favorites]

Bill Self can be seen lurking in this family's bushes.
posted by NedKoppel at 8:17 PM on February 6

Damn, that baby is doing some serious work.
posted by Sphinx at 9:11 PM on February 6

I'm convinced some people are just born with insane hand-eye coordination, like some people born with perfect pitch. I spent far too long trying to recreate ping pong trick shots when I was younger
posted by Jakeimo at 11:41 PM on February 6 [1 favorite]

Yeah, but what when adolescence hits and then he can't manage to walk across a room without tripping over something? Or was that just my life.
posted by angrycat at 3:44 AM on February 7

Did you watch to the end where he sinks 7 in a row without an edit?

Not just that, but the balls are different sizes (and presumably weights) and one is a miniature football.

My first thought was also "Ok, you can do anything with time and edits", but thinking about it, kids that age aren't usually going to have the patience to get this on film, if you have to do it a hundred times. If he wasn't sinking those shots, he's likely to get bored and go do something else.
posted by mrgoat at 3:46 PM on February 7