“It’s going to be on his career tape for a long time.”
Golden State Warriors forward Trayce Jackson-Davis drives to the basket against San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama during the second half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Monday, March 11, 2024. SAN ANTONIO — In front of the Warriors’ bench, Lester Quinones crossed his arms over his chest and collapsed backward. The Golden State bench guard, for a moment, was a thespian playing the role of a bystander to a shocking, violent crime.
To dunk over Wembanyama, the 7-foot-4 rookie phenom with a 9-foot-7 standing reach, Jackson-Davis needed to keep the French center on his hip as he drove left, lift off as high as he could, and spike the ball into the cylinder through a mid-air collision. When he peeled himself off the hardwood in front of Golden State’s bench, he chest-bumped Draymond Green and hyped up his hysterical teammates.
Roughly an hour before Jackson-Davis induced Quinones into a fake coma, the two were chatting on the bench. Jackson-Davis had just forced Wembanyama to miss at the rim.“He’s like, ‘Imma get him,’” Quinones said. “I was like alright, we’re gonna see. Then he did it.”At the time, Quinones had “a little faith” in him. Jackson-Davis has been a sky-walking revelation for Golden State, routinely finishing alley-oop and putback dunks.
At the time he revealed that interaction postgame, Jackson-Davis hadn’t yet seen the replay, which instantly went viral. If he had, he’d surely know that was much more than just a basketball play.
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