White Guys CAN jump

January 26, 2005 9:38 AM

Let us re-introduce you to Henry Bekkering. "...Most have seen the original...but if you don't know, now you know." (video with sound. sound not necessary to appreciate 40 inch vertical leaps and a two-footed leap from the foul line) [first post]
posted by Al_Truist (8 comments total)

mad hops!
posted by shoepal at 11:43 AM on January 26, 2005

Wow! Reminds me of back in the day Carter
posted by ReggieNoble2 at 12:23 PM on January 26, 2005

Thanks for the link!
posted by internal at 1:43 PM on January 26, 2005

holy crap, was that real?
posted by blendor at 2:58 PM on January 26, 2005

I don't understand; that guy looks white.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 3:07 PM on January 26, 2005

Wow I'm surprised nobody complained that this should be on sportsfilter, or that your first post sucks because it's just some sports video, etc etc...

I liked it... nice vid.. I have not heard of this guy before as I've kinda lost interest in basketball save for my Illini...

Who's he play for? yeah, lame question I know...

Also, that carter video - holy crap.. he jacks that guy in the face with an elbow.. great jumping ability, but not a great play in my book.
posted by twiggy at 4:33 PM on January 26, 2005

That was quite a display of athletic ability, but I have said it before, (not on MetaFilter, though, or SportsFilter either for that matter)--The game of basketball has not "developed" along with the skills of the humans who play it.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...
posted by jaronson at 4:43 PM on January 26, 2005

So who is that guy? Is he really (dare I say it) Canadian?
posted by alexwoods at 7:27 PM on January 26, 2005