In this episode of the Draymond Green Show, host Draymond Green breaks down two spectacular NBA dunks that he argues could be Dunks of the Year. He first examines Anthony Edwards' powerful dunk on John Collins, noting the resulting head contusion for Collins, the brief exit from the game, and the broader implications for player legacy and the physical toll of basketball. Green then shifts to Jalen Johnson's poster dunk over Austin Reeves, highlighting the graphic nature of the play, the importance of the NBA's verticality rule, and offering advice to Reeves on positioning to avoid dangerous collisions. Throughout, Green mixes enthusiastic commentary with informal humor while emphasizing player safety and the unpredictable nature of the sport.
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What's up everybody? Welcome to the Draymond Green Show YouTube channel. Make sure you hit that subscribe button. Make sure you like the post that you love, but you can get everything the Draymond Green Show right on our YouTube channel. So make sure you subscribe, check that out. Thank you. In other news, there were a couple dunks in the land of the NBA tonight that, arguably both Dunks of the Year. Anthony Edwards, number one. Completely, completely baptized John Collins. Made him fall down to the ground. Made JC grab his eye, like his eye was hurting, which, listen, it could be, because I saw Ant grab his hand after. He has a head contusion, officially. Official injury from that dunk. Listen, even if you have a head contusion from the dunk, you can't announce that you have a head contusion. Like, just kind of gotta roll with it. I pray that he didn't leave the game. Did he leave the game, Jaxson? I think he did leave, actually. He only played 20 minutes. So he left the game. You also can't leave after that. Like, I'm sorry, I may be concussed, but I at least gotta go run up and down this court 5 more times. I mean, for a few, 5 more minutes. Like you just can't leave right after that because say this for instance, like we live in a strange world, right? Like weird world, crazy world. Like what if you never go in the game again and your last seconds on the court was that? Like think about it. Again, you just never know. Like we live in a crazy world and like— Yeah. Basketball can be a crazy sport and it demands so much of the body. Like you just never know. And so like, what if that was your last time? And like, you gonna be remembered like that. Like JC, you can't lead the game, man. Come on, JC. JC a high flyer. JC done had his fair share of putting guys in that rim. Like we've seen him. That man used to catch them lobs in Atlanta and like, don't jump because you in the rim. Draymond Green will put it to where only he could get it. And he get it and then whoever's underneath you dunked on. So we've seen JC catch his fresh air bodies. You can't leave the game, JC. You just can't, man. Like, it's okay, you know, it didn't go great. Like, golly, that dunk was wild, man. Anthony Edwards gets like, he attempts like one of those maybe like every, 4 or 5 games where he actually attempt those. He had one he attempted a couple weeks ago on AD, just missed it. He tried one like that on me before and it didn't work out, thank God. All praise be to God. But that dunk, golly. And then Ant-Man comes out and say, "That's the best dunk of my career." Like, relax, Ant. Like, we get it. You got the right, I guess so. Do what you do, young fella. Man, that dunk is crazy. And then Jalen Johnson pretty much jumped over Austin Reeves. The poster, if you go look at the NBA's Instagram account, the poster is crazy because like Austin Reeves' face is kind of in the man's crotch area. And that picture ain't going nowhere. It's there, it's stuck. And I'm not gonna make fun of you, Austin, because I'm still playing and I would hate for that to happen to me. Just like, by the way, JC, I'm over here talking, I ain't making fun of you either, 'cause it happens to the best of us. But JC, you still can lead a game. And Austin, some guys you just don't set up for a charge against. You gotta—
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You've been in the league long enough now. You gotta know that there's some guys, you better learn that rule of verticality. Because even if you jump, at least your head isn't stuck in the position on the poster where it's at now. You know, like if you jump and go vertical and he still dunk on you like that, like your head positioning is different and it all looks different. Like yeah, you got dunked on, but like that's a different thing what happened. Austin. So y'all better work on the rules of verticality with, with Austin Reeves. So next time he see a guy like Jalen Johnson coming down that paint, he know exactly where to go.
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