Ranking the 100 Rookie Premieres on NBA Top Shot
Rookie Premieres are the coolest Moments on NBA Top Shot.
Rookies have always been at the heart of sports collectibles, and what’s better than a static image of a player from their Rookie Season? A Rookie Moment. What’s better than a Rookie Moment? A Moment from that Rookie’s first ever NBA game. In some instances (63, to be exact) these Moments capture a player’s first NBA points. They are the *ultimate* Rookie collectible, and they’re only on NBA Top Shot.
If you’ve ever listened to the Badge County Podcast, you know my goal for the past year has been to collect all 100 of the Common NBA Rookie Premieres, and with it, their 403 total Badges. On July 7th, the Lamelo Ball completed my journey.
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Now that I have them all, let’s rank them!
The criteria for these rankings is simple: Disregard the price, strip away the draft hype and put aside their achievements.
👉 How good is the Moment itself? 👈
All of the Moment images are clickable if you want to watch for yourself!
1 · Paolo Banchero · Orlando Magic
One of my favorite parts of Rookie Premieres is tuning in to your favorite incoming player’s first games and waiting for their Debut Moment. Series 4 was the first time I distinctly remember making a Sicko Calendar of all the Debuts I wanted to watch, and Paolo’s was triple underlined. There’s a ton of amazing plays on this list, but this one takes the cake. If you watched it live, you knew right then and there it was going to be his Rookie Debut.
2 · Dalano Banton · Toronto Raptors
🎖 First Career Points
A half-court shot to beat the buzzer for your first career points? Honestly, maybe this should this be #1…
I’m only 2 in and I think I’ve proved that I do not care about *who* made the play. This is a basketball list, not a popularity contest.
3 · Jalen Duren · Detroit Pistons
✅ Steal ✅ Outlet ✅ Poster ✅ Snarl
Any time you draft an 18yo big (even with Duren’s physique), it’s gotta feel good to see him make this play off the bench in Game 1.
4 · Ayo Dosunmu · Chicago Bulls
🎖 First Career Points
The rare ‘double Moment’. Ayo gets his first career bucket in transition and then, 5 seconds later, he’s back for seconds with an even better bucket. The game ‘slowing down’ is constantly a topic for Rookies, but Ayo came in full steam ahead.
TS Tidbit™: ️This is 1 of 2 “double Moments” on this list. Hint: Blocks.
5 · Keegan Murray · Sacramento Kings
🎖 First Career Points
This one is special. At the time, it was just a great example of Keegan’s court awareness, poise and perimeter shot making. By the end of the season though, this was triple #1 of an *NBA Rookie Record* 206 3-pointers.
It’s only been 9 months and the context that’s been added since this Moment was minted has already made it 10x more special. Imagine how we’ll feel about some of these in 2030?
6 · Jaden Ivey · Detroit Pistons
A common thread here in my highly regarded premieres: Awareness and transition highlights. Ivey grabs a steal, speeds the ball down the court and fakes out Paolo with the no look dime in transition. Chefs kiss.
7 · Bennedict Mathurin · Indiana Pacers
Getting the nod in a Game 1 ATO is notable in and of itself, but adding the tough reverse finish against the taller vet Kuzma plus and one? That’s put you at #6 on this list. Speaking of +1, the fist pump celebration is always a +1 on these rankings.
8 · Onyeka Okongwu · Atlanta Hawks
The first of many highly rated put back jams on this list. It’s not his first career bucket, but I’m guessing he remembers this 2nd FG just as well.
9 · Alperen Şengün · Houston Rockets
I told you I was a sucker for put back dunks. Plus, the thumbnail 🤌
10 · Josh Giddey · Oklahoma City Thunder
Anything can happen in a players first game; a Rookie can pull something off that is so unlike their traditional game. Not here. This is what we’ve come to know as quintessential Giddey. The handles, the vision, the soft touch dime, it’s all what makes him a special young talent even in Game 1.
11 · Christian Koloko · Toronto Raptors
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
Guess what? It’s another put back dunk. Second Round picks like Koloko (#33) rarely get their number called on offense in their first NBA action, so you gotta go out and get yours. That he did.
12 · Evan Mobley · Cleveland Cavaliers
The body control and concentration on display here is the elite stuff we’ve come to expect from Mobley. I don’t watch a *ton* of Pac-12 basketball, so this opening night gem put me on notice.
13 · Kennedy Chandler · Memphis Grizzlies
🔹 Only Moment
Had Kennedy not started this Moment with a turnover, this double block Moment would have been firmly in my Top 10. From unaware to locked in in 1 second flat. I was shook that the Grizzlies waived him, but if this Moment is any indicator, he’ll find a landing spot somewhere soon.
14 · Chris Duarte · Indiana Pacers
The most points in a Pacers debut. With the clock about to zeroes, this shot is the best of his SIX triples. And yes, that’s another Pacers Rookie record.
15 · Jalen Green · Houston Rockets
🎖 First Career Points
Handles through traffic with the tough up and under lay over KAT. These types of Premieres usually aren’t their first points, but instead their best points of the game. This time, it happens to be both. With Jalen Green, this could also be the first of thousands of buckets.
16 · Jabari Smith Jr. · Houston Rockets
🎖 First Career Points
Jabari may have had an up and down rookie year, but knocking down this trailer 3 from 26ft for your first NBA bucket showed the impressive range that made him such a coveted prospect out of Auburn. He just finished up a mightily impressive Summer League and Houston brought in Ime Udoka, so he could be due for a breakout sophomore season.
17 · Scottie Barnes · Toronto Raptors
🎖 First Career Points
2022 Rookie of the Year Scottie Barnes is different. When you’re talking about first career points from a 19yo, you don’t think they’re coming via 10 foot hook shot in the middle of the lane, but thats exactly what Scottie does here.
18 · Bones Hyland · Denver Nuggets
Dream Shake, anyone? Bones put Dean Wade in the spin cycle. Common Moment but a rare display of post moves from a rookie guard.
19 · Tari Eason · Houston Rockets
Tari gave my Crimson Tide the business when he was at LSU, so seeing him sky for a transition jam that baits Dejounte Murray into a wise business decision was not a surprise. He’s a problem.
20 · Jake LaRavia · Memphis Grizzlies
🔹 Only Moment
I told y’all I wasn’t factoring in player hype on this list. This one may be labeled as an Assist, but Laravia kicks it off with some defensive clamps that pockets him his first NBA steal before he tosses the K Love caliber outlet pass. Jake may have only appeared in 35 games his Rookie season, but this Moment displays how good even the back of bench youngsters are in the NBA.
21 · Blake Wesley · San Antonio Spurs
🔹 Only Moment
Dunks are awesome, but the pull up on the rim is what does it for me here. From 40ft out to staring at the rim in 4 seconds flat, this is a hype one.
22 · David Roddy · Memphis Grizzlies
A one handed skip pass to a wide open Morant for 3. The calm and poise you expect from one of the older Rookies in the 2022 class, but the vision and precision is a step above.
23 · Jalen Suggs · Orlando Magic
Suggs takes stock of the spacing, gets Dejounte Murray on his heels, sends him back about 10 feet and promptly nails his first NBA 3-pointer.
If you’re keeping score, thats twice Dejounte Murray is on the receiving end of a Rookie Premiere. Bets are open for who embarrasses Murray in Series 5.
24 · Andrew Nembhard · Indiana Pacers
Our first alley-oop! Nembhard draws in Zach Collins and finds iJax on the back cut for his first career assist. (Even if ESPN wrongly attributes the assist to McConnell.)
25 · Trey Murphy III · New Orleans Pelicans
The catch and shoot 3 is easily the most common play across the Rookie Premieres, and the rest of them are bundled deeper on this list because they aren’t 28-foot bombs like this one. Both one of the most efficient high volume 3pt shooters (41% on 6 3PA) AND ferocious dunkers in the league (see his S4 Throwdowns), Murphy is personal favorite.
26 · Tre Jones · San Antonio Spurs
🎖 First Career Points
You just don’t see 6'1" guards attack the paint like this in Game 1. At least not successfully. Tre sees an open cup and drains the left-handed reverse up and under layup.
27 · Udoka Azubuike · Utah Jazz
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
It may be his only Moment through his first 3 seasons, but Udoka made it pack a full 280lb punch. +1 for flexin on ’em.
28 · Jeremy Sochan · San Antonio Spurs
The shades of Rodman in Sochan are undeniable. The give and go JAM here would be Top 10 if this dunk went smoother, but the floor slap makes up for it. Big play + charisma is an instant ranking boost.
29 · Josh Christopher · Houston Rockets
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
Getting adequate separation on the perimeter in your first game isn’t an easy task. Good for Jaygup then, that he can drain corner 3s with a hand in his face. Count it.
30 · Usman Garuba · Houston Rockets
It takes some gall (and dare I say, questionable coaching?) to play small ball with a Rookie at the 5 in Game 1. For this play at least, the Rockets were just fine. Garuba switches off his man, rotates and swats away Naz Reid with authority.
31 · Precious Achiuwa · Miami Heat
🎖 First Career Points
Precious’ defender leaves him alone here to cock back the lob pass from Dragic and soar for an emphatic first bucket of his career.
32 · Anthony Edwards · Minnesota Timberwolves
It may not be the power jam we associate with ANT, but this jab ➡️ spin ➡️ finger roll finish shows why sometimes there’s just no defensive answer for this phenom.
33 · Moses Moody · Golden State Warriors
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
If you blink, this may just look like another pump fake to baseline bucket, but look closer this time. It’s 4x All-Defense, 3x Block champion Anthony Davis on the receiving end of this one. I think Kendrick Perkins knows his name now.
34 · Aleksej Pokusevski · Oklahoma City Thunder
Inspector Gadget Go Go Arms making an appearance on this one. Even though he misjudges his jump direction, it doesn’t matter. With a 7'3" wingspan, Poku is always in a good position to swat it.
35 · Josh Minott · Minnesota Timberwolves
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
Like I said earlier for the Koloko put back, when you know there’s not any plans getting called for you, you call your own number and slip through for your first bucket! Minott is tracking this rebound from the very beginning of this Moment.
36 · Caleb Houstan · Orlando Magic
🔹 Only Moment
This is basketball fundamentals at their finest. Sliding your feet with your hands straight up and timing the vets shot perfectly. Defending without fouling is not what Rookies are known for, but that’s how you get your minutes when you’re a second round pick on a young and talented team like the Magic.
37 · Jabari Walker · Portland Trailblazers
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
When you’re scheming how to get your first bucket, sometimes you gotta be bold. The very first time he touches the ball, Jabari speeds his 200lb frame coast to coast, finishing over excellent Rookie defender (and trophy machine) Christian Braun.
38 · Patrick Williams · Chicago Bulls
🎖 First Career Points
A mirror image of the Moses Moody (subbing in Collins for AD), Williams bullies his way into the paint for a nice finger roll finish.
39 · Austin Reaves · Los Angeles Lakers
🎖 First Career Points
Like the Giddey earlier, this Moment is the type of play we’ve come to expect from Reaves, which always adds some value to these for me. The dude is tough. Cam Payne cheats off his man and Reaves sends in his first NBA points with a rainbow floater.
40 · Cade Cunningham · Detroit Pistons
🎖 First Career Points
Sometimes the magical first game is not meant to be. One thing I love about these Premieres is that, if there’s not a truly elite play to choose from, NBA Top Shot defers back to their first career points. Cade takes it straight down the middle for his.
41 · Desmond Bane · Memphis Grizzlies
🎖 First Career Points
The catch & shoot 3s are juuuust about to hit this list in a big wave, but this Bane triple is a touch above. Bailing out the Grizz as the shot clock expires, Bane gets his first NBA points.
42 · Kenneth Lofton Jr · Memphis Grizzlies
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
By this point you know I love a Premiere that perfectly encapsulates a Rookies playing style in its earliest form. Big Kenny backs his way all the way to the bucket and, because it’s really hard to stop 275 pounds, gets the and one as well.
43 · Jalen Williams · Oklahoma City Thunder
🎖 First Career Points
The one handed floater over two defenders was bucket #1 in a Rookie season that just got better and better as it went on. It would shock no one if he goes on to be an All-Star and this debut NBA Moment becomes a coveted collectible.
*Adds KAT to list of players with multiple appearances on this list for the wrong reason.
44 · RJ Barrett · New York Knicks
🎖 First Career Points
For starters — it’s the only Rookie Premiere in Series 1. That alone is pretty awesome. It’s also, game date wise, the first game from Series 1. So it’s just a really fun bonus then, that Barrett’s Euro step finger roll for his first bucket is totally awesome.
45 · Franz Wagner · Orlando Magic
This one is just a good old fashioned power jam. 6'10" putting the ball on the floor from the perimeter may feel commonplace these days, but it’s still pretty insane to make it look this easy.
46 · Jaden McDaniels · Minnesota Timberwolves
🎖 First Career Points
Seen here teaching Jared Dudley that going under on the screen is a mistake, Jaden McDaniels had a bone to pick after somehow slipping to the 28th pick of the 2020 draft. In the 3 seasons since, Jaden has become a key piece of the Timberwolves future.
47 · Isaiah Stewart · Detroit Pistons
🎖 First Career Points
This Moment is proof that Beef Stew has been a dominant force on the low part since minute #1 in the league. This fierce box out, offensive board and put back is the kind of play that just landed him a 4/$64M extension to stay in Motor City.
48 · Isaac Okoro · Cleveland Cavaliers
🎖 First Career Points
Paired with Sexton in an uber-athletic backcourt, Okoro catches the Hornets slipping on this 30 foot alley-oop, his first in a long line of big time Dunk Moments on the platform. (See: his Series 3 Throwdown 🤯)
49 Immanuel Quickley · New York Knicks
🎖 First Career Points
Extra fast and extra crafty since Day 1, IQ drops in this difficult floater off the glass over an outstretched Sabonis. Difficulty level 📈
50 · Omer Yurtseven · Miami Heat
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
Is he the 50th best rookie on this list? Definitely not. Is this turnaround baseline jumper silky smooth? Oh, yes. The slo-mo angle in this one is like a movie, dawg.
51 · MarJon Beauchamp · Milwaukee Bucks
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment*
1 shot. 1 bucket. No other stats. It’s like he knew that if he didn’t get this tough left handed finish to go in in those 2:14 of playing time, his Top Shot Debut would be demoted to the *Base Set*. Even Boban was no match for him.
*MarJon is also on the receiving end of Giannis’ Challenge: Pro Assist that is A1.
52 · Isaiah Joe · Philadelphia 76ers
🎖 First Career Points
Badge County icon Isaiah Joe gets his NBA scoring started with this nice floater off the glass. One wrong step from Thon Maker and he took his little window to get his bucket.
TFJJ.
53 · Tyrese Haliburton · Sacramento Kings
🎖 First Career Points
Haliburton is a bonafide star. I shouldn’t have to say anything in this box to convince you that his first NBA bucket is a Moment worth collecting. Similar to IQ and Isaiah Joe, he goes right, gets the big (2x MVP Jokic in this case) off their feet and gets his double clutch floater to go off the glass.
54 · Payton Pritchard · Boston Celtics
🎖 First Career Points
OK. We’re nearing the onslaught of catch & shoot 3s. Pritchard, however, does deserve to have his Premiere slotted just a skosh above. It is from 27ft, after all.
55 · Jock Landale · San Antonio Spurs
Just a nice touch, isn’t it? The old school, low block, bounce pass through defenders for the easy 2. Beautiful basketball right here. Surely, Pop was proud.
56 · Jordan Nwora · Milwaukee Bucks
What seems like a basic catch & shoot corner 3 is actually made more special from a fun little TS Tidbit™: ️ When the Bucks won the 2021 NBA Finals, this Moment became the first ever FIVE badge Moment on NBA Top Shot. #TheMoreYouKnow
57 · Walker Kessler · Utah Jazz
I wonder what would go through my mind if, in my first NBA game, the ball dropped in my hands and I looked up to see that I’m face to face with the 2x reigning NBA MVP.
Kesslers thought: “I’m gonna euro-step the euro-legend right quick and get this bucket.” In true Kessler fashion, he shot 100% the field in his first game.
58 · Shaedon Sharpe · Portland Trail Blazers
In his first full game in 958(!) days, the former consensus #1 recruit gets his number called in an ATO? Billups is bold for that, but Shaedon delivers with a quick release corner 3 over De’Aaron Fox. It’s hard to not be bullish on the future of Shaedon Sharpe.
59 · Xavier Tillman · Memphis Grizzlies
🎖 First Career Points
Casuals may not have had Tillman on their radar until he dropped 22/13 against the Lakers in the Playoffs this year, but in his first career game (also against the Lakers) this nice back door slam got him career points #1 and #2.
60 · Greg Brown III · Portland Trail Blazers
🎖 First Career Points
A lesson in elevating an unassuming dunk: Hang and swing from the rim. That’s the fun stuff that I’m here for.
How do you follow it up? An in-game East Bay Funk Dunk, that’s how.
See: his Hustle & Show Series 3
61 · Sean McDermott · Memphis Grizzlies
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
This one doesn’t have the pizazz of the Greg Brown dunk, but because of the pull up on the rim, I’ll tack it on right behind.
62 · Jalen Smith · Phoenix Suns
🎖 First Career Points
Hear me out. Maybe someone needs to my keys, but something about a 6'10" forward swishing a single motion baseline turnaround jumper in a Suns jersey feels familiar.
Yo. It’s Jalen.
63 · Jonathan Kuminga · Golden State Warriors
🎖 First Career Points
The behind the back pass from JTA and string music take this one up a notch for sure. Maybe Isaiah Roby skipped a film session — otherwise I’m not sure he would’ve sagged off Kuminga like this. Lesson learned.
64 · Davion Mitchell · Sacramento Kings
🎖 First Career Points
Baylor legend “Off Night” might be known for his defensive prowess, but he’s more than capable of creating enough separation off the dribble for an open bucket.
65 · Kira Lewis Jr. · New Orleans Pelicans
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
I’m not sure what’s harder, corralling this bad pass from Hernangomez or stopping on a dime for the turnaround knowing that your first NBA points are on the line. Either way, Kira walked away with his first bucket. This is, sadly for this Alabama fan, still his only NBA Top Shot Moment…
66 · Tyrese Maxey · Philadelphia 76ers
🎖 First Career Points
When Dwight Howard is your roll partner, you tend to get open looks. Maxey takes the easy bucket here for his first points. He’s made so many insane finishes in his 3 seasons that this one looks like a walk in the park.
67 · Tre Mann · Oklahoma City Thunder
🎖 First Career Points
One inch further back and this is an incredible step back 3 over DPOY Rudy Gobert. As it stands, it’s one of the longest 2s in NBA history. Still awesome.
68 · Jae’Sean Tate · Houston Rockets
Unsurprisingly, we yet again find Enes Kanter on the receiving end of a Day 1 Rookie highlight. This time it’s Jae’Sean Tate coming in with a full head of steam for a tough bucket.
69 · Devin Vassell · San Antonio Spurs
🎖 First Career Points
We have arrived. It’s time for a string of 14 consecutive catch & shoot 3s.
Spacing the floor and be prepared to shoot the rock if you’re open. It’s Day 1 playbook stuff, so naturally about 25% of all Rookie Premieres are catch & shoot 3s.
Instead of waxing poetic in an attempt to differentiate between the next 14 Moments, I’ll meet y’all at #83.
70 · AJ Griffin · Atlanta Hawks
🎖 First Career Points
71 · Malaki Branham · San Antonio Spurs
🎖 First Career Points
72 · Max Christie · Los Angeles Lakers
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
73 · Obi Toppin · New York Knicks
🎖 First Career Points
74 · Aaron Wiggins · Oklahoma City Thunder
🎖 First Career Points
75 · Joshua Primo · San Antonio Spurs
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
76 · Deni Avdija · Washington Wizards
🎖 First Career Points
77 · Kessler Edwards · Brooklyn Nets
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
78 · Ziaire Williams · Memphis Grizzlies
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
79 · Dylan Windler · Cleveland Cavaliers
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
80 · Jalen Johnson · Atlanta Hawks
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
81 · Aaron Nesmith · Boston Celtics
🎖 First Career Points
82 · Santi Aldama · Memphis Grizzlies
83 · James Wiseman · Golden State Warriors
🎖 First Career Points
OK I’m back.
Fun dunk here and a double business decision by DJ and KD. Let the young man have his first bucket and move on.
84 · Théo Maledon · Oklahoma City Thunder
Good offense by Theo or bad defense by Lamelo? This had to be a bucket or we’d have ourselves a Jovic scenario, but more on that later (at the end)
85 · Brandon Boston Jr. · LA Clippers
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
From #5 recruit to 51st pick in 6 months, from 55 games in Year 1 to 22 in year 2, Boston’s stock has taken quite the hit since high school. His trajectory is pointing straight down, but he’s got the talent to become a long time professional. We’ve seen weirder things happen!
86 · Chuma Okeke · Orlando Magic
🎖 First Career Points
When you’re waiting all alone in the corner, Chuma, there’s no excuse to have your toe on the line. Rookie Premieres still have Rookie mistakes.
87 · Killian Hayes · Detroit Pistons
🎖 First Career Points
Most notably, KAT makes his third appearance on this list. There’s not much to this Moment, but Hayes gets it to rattle in for his first NBA points.
I’ll be anxiously waiting to see what Series 5 Rookie is facing up against KAT in October.
88 · Jaylin Williams · Oklahoma City Thunder
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
A simple tap in from J Will (not to be confused with J Dub). It’s not much but if his sophomore season shows the same improvement that his Rookie season did, the Thunder will have yet *another* exciting young prospect on their hands.
89 · Nico Mannion · Golden State Warriors
🔹 Only Moment
Sometimes all you need to do to get yourself a Moment is make the right play. Lucky for Nico, Jordan Poole actually made one. 😬
90 · Dyson Daniels · New Orleans Pelicans
Dyson didn’t do Larry Nance any favors with this pass, but Nance gets the push shot to fall so that Daniels’ inability to get a bucket didn’t stop him from getting his Rookie Debut Moment.
91 · Saben Lee · Detroit Pistons
🔹 Only Moment
A few things to unpack here.
A) Dribble the ball too high and Saben Lee with rip it.
B) This is a prime of example of how far we’ve come in the last two Series re: edits. I have to assume here that Saben didn’t do anything good after snagging this ball and turning north?
C) TS Tidbit™: ️This is the one and only Steal across all 100 Rookie Premieres. #TheMoreYouKnow
92 · Cole Anthony · Orlando Magic
🎖 First Career Points
When Khem Birch is setting your screens, you should have enough clearance for a quick jumper like this one.
There’s 9 Moments left on this list and they illustrate a great move from NBA Top Shot. Maybe there isn’t a #NBATopShotThis worthy highlight from these games, but while we’re here we should take advantage of minting something from a players first game. You never know where a players career could go from here.
93 · Corey Kispert · Washington Wizards
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
Ball fake doesn’t hit like it did at Gonzaga, does it? Even if the defenders are more astute at this level, Kispert is still able to get the bucket.
94 · Naji Marshall · New Orleans Pelicans
Find the open man and hope he hits it. Naji gets the real life assist, but Hayes get the assist in getting Naji his Rookie Premiere. 🤝
95 · Reggie Perry · Brooklyn Nets
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
Clean up the glass and get your bucket, Mr. Perry. He’s scored 168 points in the 30 months since so… scarcity?
96 · LaMelo Ball · Charlotte Hornets
Hey Siri — what’s technical definition of an assist in the NBA?
Lamelo didn’t have a debut to remember but his first “assist” is pretty cool to own, even if we question it’s validity.
97 · Jeremiah Robinson-Earl · Oklahoma City Thunder
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
It’s a basket, that’s for sure. Kenny Hustle with the dime though.
98 · Nikola Jović · Miami Heat
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
Sure, he got his first career points — but not before missing an open bunny. Debut jitters are real, and they’re on full display here.
99 · Mason Jones · Houston Rockets
🎖 First Career Points
🔹 Only Moment
Mason. You’re 6'4". Dunk the ball. The last angle of this Moment could have really highlighted the tiny vertical leap, but NBA Top Shot kindly zoomed just enough to avoid highlighting it.
100 · Bryce McGowen · Charlotte Hornets
🔹 Only Moment
It’s a foul.
Thanks for indulging me and my Sicko behavior. If you’ve read this far, you’re a sicko too and chances are good that you’d have good old time in the Badge County community.
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