Gil Arenas – Body Snatcher

How does a player make another fall? What makes a body snatcher? While quickness and speed are always cited, it’s the sudden stop and start below the rim that creates mastery over another man’s body. Above the rim body snatching is straight power, rim rushes that carry men underneath the bucket where heads and fingers get exposed. Call it full attack mode.

The players listed below are official threats to the body, all possessing a combination of speed, quickness and strength that makes any reach, slow feet, or attempted shot block hazardous. And, with NBA All-Star weekend approaching I decided to have a little fun and post my official NBA playground body snatch list. One rule: The players on the list played outdoors in New York.

1. Rafer Alston – On the principality of his legend he goes here, but his past few EBC performances were straight “NBA hard currency,” much to the dislike of the street ministry which wanted the young Rafer who skipped through his opponents. However,
Alston is forever an official anklebreaker with solo whiplash status. Read More »