Stephen Curry can’t spin a basketball on his finger.
The USA Basketball men's team gathered for a four-day camp in Las Vegas over the holiday weekend. The team practiced together and ticked off a number of other clerical activities like signing autographs and taking pictures for promotional materials. During individual photo shoots the NBA happened upon some incredibly amusing content by asking players if they can spin a basketball on their finger.
The video starts out with an immediate surprise, even if this is not a subject you've ever considered for a second in your life. From there it's a mix of shock and shame as anyone whocan't believe that everyone else cannot. And anyone who can't is a little sheepish about the whole thing.
Jrue Holiday is far and away the best at it, with Devin Booker also showing himself to be adept at the trick. However, the star of the video iswho can of course balance a spinning ball on his finger and offers up absolute disgust when he hears that Tyreese Haliburton, a point guard can't do it.Haliburton also disappointed Bam Adebayo who simply shook his head and muttered, "Gen Z.
Hats off to the social media team for putting this one together. Just an incredible 80 seconds of content. Who knew spinning a basketball on your finger had nothing to do with being good at basketball?Stephen Douglas is a Senior Writer on the Breaking & Trending News Team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in journalism and media since 2008, and now casts a wide net with coverage across all sports.
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