When it comes to gaffes in professional sports, the NBA reigns supreme. The volume of stupid, absurd and head-scratching miscues that occur on an almost-nightly basis helps give the league a distinct, entertaining feature that no other major sport in North America can contend with. After spending the last few weeks digging through 5 months worth of hardwood ineptitude, I've assembled a list of the 10 funniest moments of the 2016-17 NBA regular season. Hopefully this collection of basketball blunders is as fun for you to watch as it was for me to put together. Enjoy the playoffs everyone!
When you've been in the league for as long as 39-year old Jason Terry has, you're bound to have a lot of friends around the league. Cleveland Cavaliers guard/decorated pipe-giver J.R. Smith is clearly among them. Smith is such a fan of Terry's that he decided to take a play off and greet him on the Bucks bench while his man (Tony Snell) drove to the basket for an uncontested dunk. It may have resulted in an easy 2 for the opposing team, but Smith's mid-game hug was a powerful reminder to the world that even in the heat of battle, love always prevails. 9.Russell Westbrook's Long 3rd Quarter Walk
This casual stroll through the marigolds should probably cost Russell Westbrook (aka the Oklahoma City Thunder) some MVP votes. 8.D'Angelo Russell's Excellent Coordination
Ladies and gentleman, the 2016-17 Los Angeles Lakers. 7.John Wall Decapitates Marcin Gortat
I'm almost 25 years old yet I still laugh every time someone gets unexpectedly hit in the face with an object. I need help. 6.Phoenix Suns Mascot Jumps on Court Mid-Play
The Suns Gorilla showed more hustle in this sequence than most of the team's sorry-ass roster did over the course of the entire season. If I were part of the Suns front office, this primate would definitely be part of the rebuilding plan. 5.Jahlil Okafor's Lockdown Defense
Casual Reminder: Jahlil Okafor was picked 3rd overall in the 2015 NBA Draft. Okafor's interior defense on this play (and in general) shows a complete and total disrespect for the integrity of "The Process". 4.Sam Dekker's Fast Break Faceplant
Has this play been replayed on TV too much since it happened in early November? Sure. Does that fact take away from how glorious it is? ABSOLUTELY NOT. If you don't see the beauty in a man eating shit and hitting himself in the face with a basketball, you're probably not a human being. 3.Dwight Howard Embraces His Inner Point Guard
I'll fully admit that this play is probably higher on this list than it should be. However, I get a pathetic amount of enjoyment out of watching a whiny, team-wrecking douchebag like Dwight Howard make colossal fuck-ups like this. Fingers crossed that Mike Budenholzer lets him run the fast break again in the playoffs. 2.Joakim Noah's Beautiful Jumper
This play managed to get even funnier after Joakim Noah got busted for using a banned substance in mid-March. Noah's game has deteriorated so much in recent years that he can't even get his heinous jumper to hit the rim while hopped up on performance-enhancing drugs. Tremendous stuff. 1.Devin Booker's Business Casual Ejection
Behold the Donnie Darko of basketball plays. There's enough layers present in this super nonchalant ejection video to fuel months of heated philosophical, psychological and sociological debate in any high school or college classroom around the world. This densely-packed 1:30 of action prove that contrary to what the so-called intellectuals say, sports can be meaningful art.
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