Phillip Rivers Gets Beat by a High Schooler, Doesn't Confiscate Tape

[Rudi]

In all honesty, getting dunked on/someones nuts in your face is ALOT worse than that.

[Chrispy]

Maybe he had an off day......

[Saluki]

If Nike was playing Phil Rivers the kinda money they are paying Lebron this tape wouldn't have gotten out either. Nike took the tape to "protect his image" for some reason they thought seeing him getting dunked on would make ppl not buy his shit

[The Messenger]

In all honesty, getting dunked on/someones nuts in your face is ALOT worse than that.

Really? I love your logic.

Getting dunked on is just being dunked on. It's a rare thing that occurs, and just shows that either the kid caught LeBron off guard, or the kid got lucky and was able to jam it in.

Beating a professional quarterback in an passing accuracy competition is a lot worse than that. Is it luck? Well duh, the kid probably couldn't do it again if his life depended on it, but it takes more skill to beat someone in a competition like that, than it does to get a lucky dunk on someone.

And who has seen the tape? Why are you insisting the kid put his nuts in LeBron's grill? Most likely LeBron went for one of his transition blocks and didn't make it in time (ala Courtney Lee's dunk on LeBron). I haven't seen the tape either so maybe he kid did put his nuts in LeBron's face, but what happened to Rivers is worse than what happened to LeBron. Rivers is paid millions of dollars a year to accurately throw a football and hit a target, a high school kid beat him at it.

[Rudi]

lol, wow. Im not condoning the fact that Nike took the tape or anything...I think its stupid. But from the sounds of everyone there, it was a hardcore throwdown on top of Bron. That being said, I don't see how you can compare that to a measily skills competition that Rivers was in. If you put that high school kid inside Qualcom Stadium on any Sunday against an NFL team, he is going to shit bricks and not be able to do shit. I really don't think what happened to Rivers is that bad. It would be the equivalent of some no name beating someone in the NBA in a 3 pt contest. Big whoop.

[MvP]

I don't see the big deal with getting dunked on..this is much worse

[SuperNova854]

A skills comp isnt as big as gettign dunked on.

[The Messenger]

lol, wow. Im not condoning the fact that Nike took the tape or anything...I think its stupid. But from the sounds of everyone there, it was a hardcore throwdown on top of Bron. That being said, I don't see how you can compare that to a measily skills competition that Rivers was in. If you put that high school kid inside Qualcom Stadium on any Sunday against an NFL team, he is going to shit bricks and not be able to do shit. I really don't think what happened to Rivers is that bad. It would be the equivalent of some no name beating someone in the NBA in a 3 pt contest. Big whoop.

And if you really think Jordan Crawford would get into an NBA game right now and do anything then you are already more stupid than what I thought at first.

And for the record, a nobody isn't going to beat an NBA player in a 3 pt contest. Shaquille O'Neal could come to your gym and be the best 3 pt shooter in there. Peja Stojakovic used to hit 100 three pointers in a row every night before leaving the gym. Gilbert Arenas hit 83 one-handed three pointers out of 100 in a contest with Deshawn Stevenson who hit like 70-something out of 100 two-handed. Horace Grant beat some high school kid in a 3 point contest a couple years back, and Horace Grant made 4 out of 63 three pointers during his 18 year career in the NBA.

I'll give you the fact that it's similar if a kid did beat a top three point shooter in a three point contest, but it wouldn't happen, and if it did, that guy deserves to be on youtube right next to Phillip Rivers. With Rivers, you got one of the best passers in the league losing a competition based on passing accuracy to a high school kid. With LeBron, you have one of the best players in the game, being dunked on (whichever way you see the dunk happening doesn't matter) by a college kid.

One is luck, the other one is luck but also something that shouldn't have happened. Now what would be similar to the Phillip Rivers thing and make it worse, is if LeBron had played the kid 1-on-1 and lost. Or even if LeBron played the kid in horse and lost, maybe then you can make a comparison...

But a rare dunk during a game at a basketball camp by a college player < a high school kid beating a top quarterback in a passing competition.

[The Messenger]

And just to clarify, I'm not making what happened to Phillip Rivers into some big thing. If Rivers wanted to beat the kid, he'd destroy the kid in the passing competition. It's like what happened to Devin Harris during last offseason. He lost to some Brit in one-on-one, but everyone (or at least anyone competent enough) knows that if Devin Harris wanted to, he could beat the guy 32-shit.

Same thing with LeBron, if he wanted to, he could take the kid man-to-man on defense and the kid wouldn't be able to move a foot with the ball. Remember the Kobe video? Where he misses like the first two shots under the rim against the 8th grader, if Kobe wanted to, he wouldn't have missed anything.

You guys are making the LeBron thing out to be more than what it should be. Jordan Crawford should pat himself on the back because he slammed it down against a pro, but it's not the big ordeal everyone thinks it is.

[Rudi]

And if you really think Jordan Crawford would get into an NBA game right now and do anything then you are already more stupid than what I thought at first.

And for the record, a nobody isn't going to beat an NBA player in a 3 pt contest. Shaquille O'Neal could come to your gym and be the best 3 pt shooter in there. Peja Stojakovic used to hit 100 three pointers in a row every night before leaving the gym. Gilbert Arenas hit 83 one-handed three pointers out of 100 in a contest with Deshawn Stevenson who hit like 70-something out of 100 two-handed. Horace Grant beat some high school kid in a 3 point contest a couple years back, and Horace Grant made 4 out of 63 three pointers during his 18 year career in the NBA.

I'll give you the fact that it's similar if a kid did beat a top three point shooter in a three point contest, but it wouldn't happen, and if it did, that guy deserves to be on youtube right next to Phillip Rivers. With Rivers, you got one of the best passers in the league losing a competition based on passing accuracy to a high school kid. With LeBron, you have one of the best players in the game, being dunked on (whichever way you see the dunk happening doesn't matter) by a college kid.

One is luck, the other one is luck but also something that shouldn't have happened. Now what would be similar to the Phillip Rivers thing and make it worse, is if LeBron had played the kid 1-on-1 and lost. Or even if LeBron played the kid in horse and lost, maybe then you can make a comparison...

But a rare dunk during a game at a basketball camp by a college player < a high school kid beating a top quarterback in a passing competition.

I guarantee I could beat Shaq in a 3 point contest right now.

Anyway...I just don't see the logic here. Its the middle of the off-season for the NFL, Rivers is just getting ready for training camp. It was a measily ass passing competition, big whoop. Who cares if you can throw a football through tires. I know I don't give a shit. However, if you can throw down on Lebron James that is impressive. Personally I think both of these things are being blown out of the water. No matter what happens in pickup games/skills competition, everyone knows Lebron James and Phillip Rivers are two elite athletes who are at the top of their respective sports.

[The Messenger]

I guarantee I could beat Shaq in a 3 point contest right now.

Anyway...I just don't see the logic here. Its the middle of the off-season for the NFL, Rivers is just getting ready for training camp. It was a measily ass passing competition, big whoop. Who cares if you can throw a football through tires. I know I don't give a shit. However, if you can throw down on Lebron James that is impressive. Personally I think both of these things are being blown out of the water. No matter what happens in pickup games/skills competition, everyone knows Lebron James and Phillip Rivers are two elite athletes who are at the top of their respective sports.

You clearly don't know the skill level that NBA players possess. Top 300 guys in the world at what they do. Have you played against any pros? Played with good D1 stars who never made it because they weren't good enough? My old coach in high school was Robert O'Kelly. A D1 star at Wake Forest, one of the top 3 pt shooters in ACC history, and he wasn't good enough to go pro. I've seen the guy play a million times, and some of you on here would swear he's the best basketball player you have seen in your life times ten. I've went to training camps hosted by Rudy Gay, Shane Battier, and Bobby Jackson. You really don't know the skills these guys have. I've been in a gym with Theron Smith and a ton of AAU kids who thought they were cold shit, and Smith made them look like complete garbage. I went to school with Serjio Kerusch (currently playing for Western Kentucky) and he can shoot the peel off the ball, but he's a mediocre three point shooter in college. Not trying to brag or anything, but it's obvious you don't know the level of talent NBA players have.

Who cares if you can throw a football through tires, being dunked on is more impressive? You're obviously missing the point. Out passing a quarterback in a skills competition that's based around everything an NFL quarterback does is not less impressive than a rare once-in-a-lifetime dunk.

Check my post after that one, said the same thing.

[Goober]

Philip River's accuracy=

[Prodigal Son]

This is like saying you're a better pitcher then Felix Hernandez because you were able to hit the target in a dunk tank, and he wasn't.

[seaplus]

philip rivers is awesome! not only is he the best QB in the league but he also goes easy on the kids at his camp and lets them get a feel good win against him. :D

[Boss AZ]

This is like saying you're a better pitcher then Felix Hernandez because you were able to hit the target in a dunk tank, and he wasn't.

Seriously

Getting dunked on is bad though. lol at confiscating the tape.