A giant compilation of great NBA moments from 2014
By Ian Levy
Here we are, the last day of 2014. It’s been an eventful year, and so we wanted to put together a giant compilation of great NBA moments from 2014. This is by no means an exhaustive list, because I mean, come on, how could it be? But it still has over a hundred of the best videos, vines, .gifs, stories, and tweets from the year that was in the NBA. Let’s get into it.
Videos:
Blank Space – Rajon Rondo edition: By Jason Gallagher, Andy Tobolowsky, and Kirk Henderson.
PLAYOFFS (Maggie Remix): By Steve McPherson and Maggie
Nick Collison’s 0.1 second tip-in: Video from CJ Fogler
Nick Young talking post game after hitting ridiculous game-winner against the Spurs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqSC3PZSJmk
Lance Stephenson buzzer beater in double-OT
The Paul Pierce Tribute video from his return to Boston: Video from The Brooklyn Game
Damian Lillard’s series ending buzzer beater
Manu Ginobili smashing on Chris Bosh: Video from CJ Fogler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D01mSE2a7mI
F*** KD: By Lil B (Warning: Explicit language)
Terrence Ross dunking on Kenneth Faried
LeBron dropping 49 seen through the Phantom Cam
Ian Mahinmi dunking on Nene: Video from James Herbert
James Ennis ending Rasual Butler’s life
Point Godzilla: By Jason Gallagher
Kyle Lowry making Deron Williams fall: Video from Matt Moore
Byron Scott Tribute: By Monta World Peace
Gordon Hayward’s fadeaway buzzer beater
Kevin Durant destroying the Clippers
LeBron James spinning for a dunk: Video from CJ Fogger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfHoqNBZgj4
Swaggy P Forever: By Jack Maloney
Victor Oladipo dunking on LeBron
Spurs perfection
In Memoriam: By Jack Maloney
Vines
Kemba Walker crossing Nikola Mirotic
Kenny Smith throwing Shaq into a Christmas Tree
Omri and Boogie 4 America
Brandon Jennings dancing
K.J. McDaniels soaring for a block
Fan doing an IRL prayer hands emoji
LARRY SANDERS! crossing Anderson Varejao
Tyson Chandler’s shoe block
Courtney Lee’s wild buzzer beater
Zach Randolph’s punch set to “Whoop That Trick”
Anthony Davis’ double block
Jeremy Lin with the super travel
Shabazz Napier with the super crossover
Thabo Sefolosha smashing on DeAndre Jordan
Andre Iguodala’s travel dance set to “Shake It Off”
Terrence Ross soaring for an alley-oop
Tim Duncan soaking it all in
Giannis smashing on Bosh
Lil B cursing KD
Kemba Walker with the ultimate swat
Wes Johnson putting Danilo Gallinari on a poster
Manu Ginobili’s cross-court pass
Lance Stephenson sliding into everyone’s DMs
Russell Westbrook exploding
Nick Young crossing Danny Green
Mike Tirico rapping
Al Jefferson taking Anthony Davis to church
Spurs fans celebrating a win
Gifs
Adam Silver = AI: By Zach Harper
Adam Silver throwing money: By Zach Harper
Drake: By SB Nation
Stories
Bryan Curtis on Bob Ryan for Grantland
Lee Jenkins on Anthony Davis for Sports Illustrated
Jonathan Abrams on Jared Sullinger and Trey Burke for Grantland
James Herbert on the Raptors for SB Nation
Netw3rk on Chandler Parsons and James Harden for Grantland
Flinder Boyd on Javaris Crittenton for Fox
Sean Highkin on TNT’s Inside the NBA for USA Today
Jordan White on Chris Bosh for The Cauldron
Danny Chau on Giannis Antetokounmpo for Grantland
Patrick Redford on Dirk Nowitzki for The Classical
Jason Gallagher on Tim Duncan for Ballerball
LeBron James and Lee Jenkins on LeBron James for Sports Illustrated
Seerat Sohi on Andrew Wiggins for ESPN’s True Hoop
Jonathan Abrams on Rashard Lewis and Ray Allen for Grantland
Jack Maloney on Ekpe’s Book Club for Hardwood Paroxysm
Ian Levy on Jason William’s Elbow Pass for The Classical
Zach Lowe on Kyle Korver for Grantland
Chris Ballard on Ryan Anderson for Sports Illustrated
Seth Partnow on Analytics for Nylon Calculus
Jared Dubin on Warm-up Routines for Grantland
Jonathan Abrams on Eddie Griffin for Grantland
Tweets
Eric Bledsoe as the Big Show
Psycho T
Knicks and T-Swift
Knicks season gonna peak with JR holding a lifeless Taylor Swift at center court after she catches a stray from a lockerroom shooting
— Desus MF Nice💯 (@desusnice) December 10, 2014
"We Gotta win it all. FOR T-SWIFT" - Shane Larkin before the start of a dramatic winning disney style montage of 3 Wins
— Desus MF Nice💯 (@desusnice) December 10, 2014
Marioooooooo
Can’t leave your twitter open with Mario Chalmers around. RT @BuyMeALamp: This will be Mario Chalmers's year. Just you wait.
— Tim Faklis (@timfaklis) September 28, 2014
Hawks prediction might be coming true
Hawks
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) October 23, 2014
98
1st
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Alexey Shved, basketball savant
Shved had some keen insight into the Sixers' woes so far this season: "We just need to score more than the other team."
— Phil Ervin (@PhilErvin) December 3, 2014
Kobe shooting for the moon
— Best Contrarian (@basquiatball) November 22, 2014
Steezus has bars
"Tim.... Duncan and he ain't frontin...give him the rock and he'll show u sumthin"
— Jordan Crawford (@jcraw55) June 9, 2014
Kyle Lowry and his son
Kyle and son pic.twitter.com/pbeWLIslhT
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) May 4, 2014
Please make out
— Seth Rosenthal (@seth_rosenthal) April 20, 2014
Rockets willing to throw hands
Swaggy P
No tats on the right arm Strictly for buckets
— Nick Young (@NickSwagyPYoung) August 15, 2014
Very dope picture of the Pacers
This is the most symmetrical sports photograph I have ever seen. pic.twitter.com/Onm8ivDH6g
— Jane Coaston (@janecoaston) May 21, 2014
One mock draft to rule them all
MOCK DRAFT pic.twitter.com/vfGDkduI5W
— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) June 26, 2014
Marcin Gortat riding a winged horse
Mark Cuban sticking up for Monta
Mark Cuban: "S---, they gave Allen Iverson an MVP for being half as efficient as Monta is."
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) December 3, 2014
Swaggy P, again
Nick Young: "Some guys played like 'Django Unchained.' They were free tonight."
— J.A. Adande (@jadande) December 24, 2014
Gross
Ha!!! Been there..“@MFollowill: @CavsFredMcLeod as long as you don't say 'Jack off the screen" like I did once then it will be fine”
— Fred McLeod (@CavsFredMcLeod) March 27, 2014
Can someone get Big Al a dang Sprite?
Postgame Stephanie Ready: "Getting redundant, you're our Sprite Player if the game again" Big Al: "How come I don't get no Sprite?"
— Dr. E (@BaselineDrE) January 23, 2014
Melo’s hat
When you're about to hit a monopoly themed orgy after the game pic.twitter.com/q10c7Rcxaf
— necromanced krabman (@SquidDad) November 8, 2014
Melo’s hat, again
Carmelo looks like someone who gives you riddles to solve in a Legend of Zelda N64 game pic.twitter.com/jUvcwLIfPM
— devin kharpertian (@uuords) November 8, 2014
Low key might be the tweet of the year
Giannis, Diop, Lin #NBABands
— Danny Chau (@dannychau) March 26, 2014
Brandon Jennings lean back
"Now my shooters don't drive, they just pull up and rise and do the fadeaway." The Brandon Jennings Anthem
— Bo Churñey 🇨🇦 (@bochurney) April 9, 2014
Ed Davis has a message for Charles
Charles your fat a$$ can eat now
— Ed Davis (@eddavisXVII) November 10, 2014
Drake lint rollers
So this is a real thing in Toronto. pic.twitter.com/pYsyTKP5UV
— Jim Ice (@Jim_ICE) April 30, 2014
KD couldn’t watch
oh wow. RT @royceyoung: Awesome picture. RT @sportsanimal KD couldn't watch as Russ sinks free throws. Amazing Photo! pic.twitter.com/fn92pyLFGn
— Holly MacKenzie (@stackmack) May 14, 2014
Wow
100 percent real and true fact
JR Smith has already texted Derek Fisher an eggplant emoji, then a second text reading "LOL wrong number." 45 secs later: another eggplant.
— David Roth (@david_j_roth) June 9, 2014
T-Mac throwing jokes
2014 had no chill
Someone sent me a link to a blog trivializing LeBron's cramps by comparing it to D-Day. Let's take a deep breath, people.
— Joseph Goodman, Sports Enthusiast 🎟🍺 (@JoeGoodmanJr) June 6, 2014
Tell ’em, JT!
“@NBAonTNT: .@jtimberlake has a second job?" I'll work the camera every Grizz game if you start putting them on TNT more... #GreaterMemphis
— Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) December 8, 2014
Paul Pierce and the basketball ghost
Woke up and saw the basketball after life ghost in my room this morn they tried to suck me n I said no deal headed to the gym for the 17 yr
— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) August 13, 2014
A Yucci Mane classic
Demarcus Cousins vs Anthony Davis is the basketball version of Hemingway/Fitzgerald, do you want tales of opulence or stark realism?
— Yu (@YucciMane) November 19, 2014
Manuficent
MANUFICENT pic.twitter.com/Z0IaaYehiT
— Jason Gallagher (@jga41agher) May 30, 2014
Obama clowning Mario Chalmers
Obama: “Let’s hurry up and take this picture before someone starts yelling at Mario.”
— Joseph Goodman, Sports Enthusiast 🎟🍺 (@JoeGoodmanJr) January 14, 2014
Hawksssssss
We just bought a lotto ticket...wish us luck. pic.twitter.com/2uiCXnGlkH
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) May 21, 2014
Trill
During timeout bit on jumbotron, #Blazers asked to name all 5 Spice Girls. Will Barton: "Is one named Cleopatra?"
— Joe Freeman (@BlazerFreeman) April 26, 2014
Baron Davis look like a ninja turtle
Watchin nba classic game 6ers vs. Nola. Aaron McKie got hair! David Wesley looks athletic? No offense @Baron_Davis look like a ninja turtle
— Jrue Holiday (@Jrue_Holiday11) September 16, 2014
Ty Lawson came at James Harden’s throat
Dallas cowboys defensive coordinator pic.twitter.com/whTfVu2H4K
— Ty Lawson (@TyLawson3) September 7, 2014
Oh really?
Lakers without Kobe
TATTOO FACE
@HPbasketball @BrianEmory If Anthony Bennett ever scores more than 10 points in a single game I'll tattoo his boxscore on my face.
— -- (@CSAviate) January 21, 2014
LeBron and Kevin Love
BORISSSSSSS
BORIS http://t.co/h4qzZMk1bC pic.twitter.com/SaC1YJj1Q9
— Seth Rosenthal (@seth_rosenthal) June 15, 2014
Kawhi Leonard, Finals MVP
Kawhi Leonard, the 2014 #NBAFinals MVP! pic.twitter.com/7LGfvLpyz8
— NBA (@NBA) June 16, 2014
Jared Dudley hates hard
RT @AminESPN: @JaredDudley619 SMH....I've never used sunscreen in my damn life bruh ( that's cuz your from Somalia!!!!!! #hatehard )
— Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) July 12, 2014
Pierce, KG, and Rondo reunited
The Globe's Jim Davis captured the photo of the night. pic.twitter.com/3VIFJInkjs
— Ben Rohrbach (@brohrbach) January 27, 2014
Damian Lillard flying
Get out of @Dame_Lillard’s way! #LillardTime pic.twitter.com/oDTNsm1utZ
— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) May 13, 2014
LeBron keeping it 100
Hey man, it’s 2014
If Lakers get Allen Iverson & Greg Oden along with Earl Clark we'll be playoff bound. Kobe deserves another ring!
— Larry Flash Jenkins (@larryflashj) November 29, 2014
Kawhi Leonard is young
Kawhi Leonard on Scottie Pippen: “Didn't get a chance to really notice him and know what he was doing until he was on the Trail Blazers.”
— KEVIN DING (@KevinDing) May 20, 2014
You don’t have to be lonely
NERD
Somebody at ESPN made a formula that gave us a 0.2% chance of making playoffs in mid-December. Would hate to be that guy.
— John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) April 15, 2014
Dame Lillard dunking on a hater
“@Vin_Lee_: @Dame_Lillard we played the same amount of mins today bro” did we make the same amount of money today too?
— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) August 23, 2014
Rick Fox in the building
Ah @ESPN you might want to correct the photos with the names on this board - I know we all look alike but all wrong? pic.twitter.com/iVrT5uOplv
— Rick Fox (@RickFox) April 8, 2014
Wait till J. Hill gets his money right
Per Lakers scoreboard: Jordan Hill's favorite app on his phone is Bank of America app so he can make sure he has enough in account
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) January 15, 2014
Dolan’s new shirt
Jim Dolan, on WFAN, says his family got him a t-shirt for his birthday that says only 2 words: "Ask Phil"
— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) June 3, 2014
Montaballing
Swaggy P, again
“@Leonard2Nick: @NickSwagyPYoung who has the most swag in the NbA” lil B
— Nick Young (@NickSwagyPYoung) May 1, 2014
Coach Spo and Dr. Jack
Oh no
@FSIndiana Do you think that @dsloan15 could be a franchise player for a team and how underrated do you think he is
— Dakota Burroughs (@dltbb) November 23, 2014
Chris Kaman’s viking funeral
Turn on the Xbox
Shea dunks on D-Wade so hard
SPEIGHTS COWBOY
Lol, Jazz
LOL. Apparently in Utah, they play "Circle of Life" during TOs, and people hold up their children like Simba. pic.twitter.com/Q5BG0Ai9WP
— Chris Herring (@Herring_NBA) April 1, 2014
Swaggy P, one last time
Nick Young on his relatively quick return from a knee fracture: "It's a miracle. You can't keep the swag down."
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) February 22, 2014