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Is this really a topic?
Either that or he was too concentrated and forgot there was no one there.
Is this really a topic?
I think I have a great sense of humor, but forgive me if this does not strike me as all that funny. He shot a free throw and followed through with what many before him have done.....?
Im lost I suppose.
It's a great visual joke.
Shows he has great confidence, and "comfortable" in his Spurs' role, without being a chest-pounding, strutting, taunting balla asshole.
What're the odds that when we finally pull a gem out of the DLeague, it's not one of our own farmed players but some DLeague journeyman. Neal is definitely earning his pay out there.
Agree with the conclusion, but Neal never played in the Dleague.What're the odds that when we finally pull a gem out of the DLeague, it's not one of our own farmed players but some DLeague journeyman. Neal is definitely earning his pay out there.
Me too but that made him look pretty stupid! Ithought he was making sure the ref got the ball until they said some about it! He's just not use to shooting techs!
I see what he did there
No? I thought he came out of the DLeague when the Spurs signed him onto the Summer team. I guess he just played in Europe then?
Neal wants that LoVe at the free throw line. I recall him getting pissed at Splitter a couple of games ago for not giving him love after a made free throw.
Jeez, it's just a routine. Tough crowd.Me too but that made him look pretty stupid! Ithought he was making sure the ref got the ball until they said some about it! He's just not use to shooting techs!
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/bal...urn=nba-292333
I'm pretty sure he was just joking around.. can't believe this is Yahoo! Sports news..Video: Gary Neal low-fives the air after technical free throw
By Dan Devine
At first, we thought it was just something with which Kevin Love(notes) was struggling. Then, we learned it was a deeper problem, something that the Minnesota Timberwolves felt they needed to practice. And now, it seems that even the team with the best record in the NBA — the 17-3, Western Conference-leading San Antonio Spurs — isn't safe from the sickness.
That's right. The dreaded low-five fail has claimed another victim: Spurs shooting guard Gary Neal(notes).
Neal came down with the fail flu after shooting a technical free throw during the second quarter of the Spurs' 109-84 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Sunday night. It was pretty much the only thing that went wrong for San Antonio, which led by 38 at one point, but it definitely went pretty wrong.
On the one hand, yikes. That's embarrassing, and right now, unfortunately, it's kind of the signature moment of Gary Neal's NBA career.
[Rewind: Timberwolves investigate an epic low-five fail]
Don't get me wrong — the 26-year-old rookie has been a great find for San Antonio, coming out of relative obscurity after overcoming off-court trouble as a young man and spending several years overseas to contribute 6.6 points in 15.9 minutes per game off the Spurs' bench, giving the second unit a boost by hitting 42.2 percent of his 3-pointers. But he's just 20 games into his first season in Texas, so hardly anyone who's not a Spurs fan or a League Pass die-hard knows anything about Neal. Except that now, the likelihood is far higher that people will be like, "Gary Neal? Is he the dude that Supermanned his way down the lane and tried to high-five nobody?" That's kind of a bummer.
On the other hand, most players have free-throw routines, something that helps them maintain their mechanics and handle the pressure of adjusting from the breakneck pace of an NBA game to a slam-on-the-brakes uncontested 15-footer taken while all eyes are on them. In the heat of the moment, Neal was probably so focused on doing what he normally does to drain a freebie (which he's doing at a 87.5 percent clip this season) that it didn't occur to him that the lane was a ghost town until it was too late. Now that's dedication to a routine. I bet Baumgartner is all like, "Way to stay consistent, Gary Neal. Now give me 750 more just like that."
Having said that, let's go back to that "yikes" hand, because it's an awful lot more fun. For the time being, Gary Neal, we're laughing at you, but hopefully, you're a good sport and we'll soon be laughing with you. Also, next time you're taking the tech, take a page out of Peter Serafinowicz and Robert Popper's book, and look around you. You'll be glad you did.
I thought at first he was trying to imitae Jason Terry or something
rofl @ gary neal making the front of yahoo page
yeah I was gonna say its one of those news stories on yahoo
yeah all the comments are totally trashing the guy who wrote that
He claps his hands after he makes a free throw, and it gets an article on Yahoo! Sports?
Sons when your up +25 you can joke around
Wouldn't be at all shocked if Neal leads the Spurs in 3-point % by the end of the year (or by next week).
The guy has flat out got it -- and he's only gonna get better.
Dumb yahoo article, but to be fair the headline got it right -- it was a goofy joke (and one I appreciate).
Don't doubt man, you surely are.
The reaction from Tiago and others on the bench was even funnier.
I wonder what Quinn is saying.
Quinn: That's the elven ritual I've thought him recently...
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