Shane Battier Had a Great Quote About His First Dunk in Four Years

All, NBA, Video Jason McIntyre February 5th. 2013, 11:15am

Shane Battier hadn’t dunked in an NBA game in four years, so when he took this bounce pass from D-Wade, you can imagine his eyes lighting up at an open lane. Battier, 34, hung on the rim for good measure. Afterward, here’s what he had to say about the dunk:

Battier on the dunk: “That one is for all the suburban Dads out there. I might release a DVD of that.”
— Ethan J. Skolnick (@EthanJSkolnick) February 5, 2013

The Heat won, 99-94, and LeBron made 13-of-14 shots and finished with 31 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. They’re 31-14 and lead the Knicks by 1/2 game in the East.

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43 Responses to “Shane Battier Had a Great Quote About His First Dunk in Four Years”

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KC Resident Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:29 AM
And you wonder what soccer fans ever did to Fox.
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gfunk supreme Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:31 AM
The Heat won, 99-94,
Who did they play?
/ nobody watches dunk videos
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PeerLessPrices Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:34 AM
LeBron made 13-of-14 shots and finished with 31 points, eight rebounds and eight assists
“Mehh” – Queefer
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:40 AM
These throwbacks the Heat have been wearing are phenomenal, by the way.
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Dawgfather Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:40 AM
Easily the most surprising part of this is that Battier is only 34.
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knifeyspoony Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:42 AM
These throwbacks the Heat have been wearing are phenomenal, by the way.
co-signed.
TJ: the good news, I suppose, is that he’ll have five years to prepare. of course, he had however many years to call basketball and still barely had a grasp on that. dammit, FOX.
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KC Resident Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:44 AM
he had however many years to call basketball and still barely had a grasp on that.
I guess he has job security for five more years. He was pretty awful at football as well.
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scripty Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:44 AM
Call me when Andre Miller does a dunk.
/recalls when he was booed for doing a layup on a breakawy in the rookies vs. sophs game.
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A.P. Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:44 AM
TJ: the good news, I suppose, is that he’ll have five years to prepare. of course, he had however many years to call basketball and still barely had a grasp on that. dammit, FOX.
awful choice. Does he have pictures of someone’s wife he is using for blackmail?
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Babar 2.0 Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:45 AM
Missed the movie talk this morning.
Dredd was made much worse having to wait 30 seconds every time they decided to do some 3D effects. Also, having seen Raid: Redemption first, it paled.
Also saw someone recommended Elite Squad 2…I didn’t know there was a sequel, and it just hit the top of my queue. Gracias.
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KC Resident Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:48 AM
the American voice of soccer
Let that one sink in, soccer fans.
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A.P. Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:49 AM
Dredd was made much worse having to wait 30 seconds every time they decided to do some 3D effects. Also, having seen Raid: Redemption first, it paled.
the 3D slo-mo is what took away from it for me.
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:50 AM
no post on the double murder involving the cal-state fullerton assistant hoops coach? not even a roundup link?
5-0 on nba last night
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A.P. Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:51 AM
no post on the double murder involving the cal-state fullerton assistant hoops coach? not even a roundup link?
WHAT ABOUT STAN MUSIAL?????????????
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:51 AM
no post on the double murder involving the cal-state fullerton assistant hoops coach?
Jesus christ… already? Did Ray Lewis take the red-eye from New Orleans?
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MP Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:51 AM
/clicks knifey’s link
//hangs self
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:52 AM
WHAT ABOUT STAN MUSIAL?????????????
you think he was involved?
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:56 AM
These throwbacks the Heat have been wearing are phenomenal, by the way.
Throwbacks for an expansion team? To what? The Hardaway/Mourning years? Am I that old???
/turns 30 in less than two weeks
//means phillymantis and ms621 aren’t far behind
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knifeyspoony Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:56 AM
/clicks knifey’s link
//hangs self
oh c’mon, he’s called twelve San Jose Earthquakes games on the radio!
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A.P. Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:57 AM
/turns 30 in less than two weeks
//means phillymantis and ms621 aren’t far behind
you young bucks
/shakes cane
//turns 31 this year
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A.P. Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:58 AM
oh c’mon, he’s called twelve San Jose Earthquakes games on the radio!
i know! half their fanbase is now dead!
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 11:58 AM
Throwbacks for an expansion team? To what? The Hardaway/Mourning years? Am I that old???
Basically yeah. It’s their 25th anniversary this year.
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ButtersBC Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
The NBA was doing throwbacks to the 90s for I think every team last week, the Bucks should have opted out
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
For me, the NBA has gone by the wayside in my TV watching. Dirt was right. I just keep eliminating sports.
Pretty soon I’ll just watch when the Pats/Red Sox get a national game, and just spend Sundays doing chores around the house. Why didn’t anyone tell me getting old was such a bitch?
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A.P. Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:02 PM
Why didn’t anyone tell me getting old was such a bitch?
not sure getting old has to do with it!
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:02 PM
LOL @ Bucks jerseys
Also at the St. Louis Blues sweaters someone was talking about last week.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:05 PM
For me, the NBA has gone by the wayside in my TV watching. Dirt was right. I just keep eliminating sports.
So far I’ve only eliminated non-live sports stuff. I haven’t watched a pregame show in 5+ years, and I’d rather stab myself in the thigh than watch post game analysis.
I DVR a lot of live sports and stay off Twitter…put the kids to bed, eat dinner, and then I can watch an NBA game in about 45 minutes (free throws take about 45 seconds…fuck those).
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knifeyspoony Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:08 PM
i know! half their fanbase is now dead!
the worst part is that he gets to call the Real Madrid/Man. United CL game…who needs Ian Darke or Martin Tyler? god that is going to be a trainwreck
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knifeyspoony Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:09 PM
Also at the St. Louis Blues sweaters someone was talking about last week.
I like how the cat is just lurking there menacingly at the bottom
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GloriousMullet Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:09 PM
Babar on twitter?
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Der Kaiser Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:10 PM
Is it just me or does Gus Johnson sound less than enthused about being the voice of soccer? Talking about all the travel, not calling games from the booth, not even thinking about the world cup at this point, etc. I understand he wants to manage expectation, but either he is intimidated or just doesn’t share the vision of his boss.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:11 PM
So far I’ve only eliminated non-live sports stuff.
Well, that’s been gone a long time for me. I cancelled cable at one point because fuck Comcast, and stopped TV entirely.
Now I just have other things to do, and if it’s not a team I care about, I just won’t watch. It’d be different if I lived in market, but my only team I see a lot is the Preds.
/+1 shootout loss
//+1 more shootout loss
///+1 more shootout loss
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Babar 2.0 Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:14 PM
Babar on twitter?
Not a giver…just a taker.
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:14 PM
Babar on twitter?
he didn;t want you to know, endomondo
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:16 PM
soccer should only be called by uk-accented men
/oooh, he’ll not want a picture of that one
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:17 PM
he didn;t want you to know, endomondo
+1.01 miles
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Nada Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:19 PM
Why didn’t anyone tell me getting old was such a bitch?
The alternative is even worse.
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PeerLessPrices Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:20 PM
/+1 shootout loss
//+1 more shootout loss
///+1 more shootout loss
Good gosh yes. It was getting bad early for them
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GloriousMullet Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:24 PM
he didn;t want you to know, endomondo
No one is making you follow me
+1.01 miles
No more long distance for me. Plus, after an hour of weights, 2 miles is typically my max.
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:26 PM
No one is making you follow me
i admire your discipline
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sctrojans Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:28 PM
Why didn’t anyone tell me getting old was such a bitch?
The alternative is even worse.
That’s presumptuous
This Gus Johnson thing needs a post. I honestly can’t believe it. I knew Fox would do a much worse job than ESPN, but this is unfathomable
For me, the NBA has gone by the wayside in my TV watching
That’s because you are a racist
/idiot’d
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:29 PM
No one is making you follow me
Actually, I wasn’t following you and you got sad and I had to start following you.
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GloriousMullet Says:
February 5th, 2013 at 12:35 PM
Actually, I wasn’t following you and you got sad and I had to start following you.
Actually, you followed me then unfollowed me then I asked what happened and you said you didn’t know what happened and you re-followed me.