In 1996, Brent Barry won the Slam Dunk Contest.
Brent’s “White Flight” was a defining point for the gravity stricken race. He became the first — and last — saltine cracker to pepper the competition at the Dunk Contest.
It was more of a declaration, sending the likes of Larry Bird out to pasture. While Larry was inseminating cows, Brent was atoning for the sins of Vanilla Ice and Woody Harrelson.
Last night, Brent destroyed 13 years of progress.
After throwing it down from the foul line in ‘96 — his toe was on the line, so we will say the distance was about 18 feet, 6 inches — Brent failed to dunk from the block, which is about 4 feet from the rim.
For the white NBA fan, the following footage is basically equivalent to JFK’s assassination. In other words, you will always remember the time and place that you viewed Brent’s fall from grace.
If this is the future, the terrorists have already won.
