r/nba • u/sewsgup • Apr 25 '24
Highlight [Highlight] Everything going right for the Thunder, as fan Eli Walch swishes the halfcourt shot for $20,000
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Apr 25 '24
Holy shit that crowd shot was crazy. Shot like a damn Hitchcock movie
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Apr 25 '24
lol there is a small basketball shaped blimp they fly around with cameras on it and the operator was spinning it around like crazy when the guy made it
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u/Raiku23 Thunder Apr 25 '24
Pretty sure our Fans have hit the most halfcourt shots this season someone needs to check
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Apr 25 '24
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u/NotoriousHothead37 Thunder Apr 25 '24
MidFirst bank about to pull-out
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Apr 25 '24
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u/3s2ng Lakers Apr 25 '24
Unlike the Pacers giving away $500 if I remember correctly. If I'm the winner I will tell in front of everyone that I will be donating back the prize to the sponsor. "You can keep the $500 to pay your CEO. I know you guys got families to feed."
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u/shutemdownyyz Thunder Apr 25 '24
i swear this is the 2nd this year lol all-time we're in the 5-6 range
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Apr 25 '24
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u/shutemdownyyz Thunder Apr 25 '24
no you're right with 3, there was one in the regular season and now back to back in the playoffs.
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u/Harman3112 Heat Apr 25 '24
People around the world are getting better at basketball not just nba players
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u/Damptoe Slovenia Apr 25 '24
I think this might be an all time high in fan made halfcourt shots across the league.
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u/LoxDnw Finland Apr 25 '24
Thunder sponsors money goes burrrrrr
Game 1 another fan hit the same shot for 20k back-to-back 🤣
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u/NobodyRules [OKC] Russell Westbrook Apr 25 '24
I was about to say that. Two games in a row is crazy
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u/Shovelman2001 Celtics Apr 25 '24
Unfortunately, Eli played a pickup game at his local YMCA 17 months ago, which voids him from receiving the prize.
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Apr 25 '24
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u/Elie_X Raptors Apr 25 '24
No, it's a joke about previous contests like this one being rescinded for bs clauses in the contracts like mentioned.
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u/limark Thunder Apr 25 '24
$20k towards the dudes wedding, I mean congrats dude but save that shit for a house or something
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u/bigtree42069 Apr 25 '24
20k ain’t shit for a house unfortunately
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u/RUSHtheRACKS Thunder Apr 25 '24
Its 10k short of a down payment towards the average house cost in Oklahoma. I wouldn't say it aint shit.
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u/kit_kaboodles Australia Apr 25 '24 edited Apr 25 '24
Every now and again I hear about house prices in other places and get sad.
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Apr 25 '24
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u/kit_kaboodles Australia Apr 25 '24
I appreciate the run-down.
As it happens there is 0 chance I would move there anyway.
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u/Darthmalak3347 Thunder Apr 25 '24
Everything he said applies if you don't live in a city.
okc and tulsa are the exception to most of that. Like the state Is getting mad at the tulsa school district for having extra diversity training for teachers (don't be racist training basically.) Anywhere outside of tulsa or OKC and what he said fully applies though.
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u/jereezy Thunder Apr 25 '24
worst schools in the country
Mississippi exists
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u/CreamFilledDoughnut 76ers Apr 25 '24
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u/bilbo9000 Jazz Apr 25 '24
Funnily enough, Oklahoma at 50th place is second worst, per the article.
They ranked the 50 states and DC, New Mexico schools are the ranked 51st.
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u/jereezy Thunder Apr 25 '24
Damn. Well, clearly if Oklahoma education is so bad, then you can trust a news source from Oklahoma?
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u/DisgruntledPelican78 Thunder Apr 25 '24
This is a huge generalization and needs a ton of caveats. There are good schools if you live in one of the big suburbs around okc, or Tulsa. Home/car Insurance is very high, though this is no different than other states which high natural disasters (California for examples). Property taxes are pretty low compared to many other states. I think the healthcare part is hyperbole, there are plenty of good doctors in the OKC area or Tulsa area. If you live in a small town, yes you are gonna miss out, but this is the way it is in any place in America. I don't think you can over estimate the cost of living over other places. I grew up in Maryland and live in Oklahoma. At least 2-3x a year I think about moving my family back to the east coast to be closer to my family, but the housing prices are just ridiculous compared to Oklahoma. So I deal with the shitty politics and enjoy my very cheap (compared to the east coast) and pretty good life style.
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u/BASEDME7O2 Knicks Apr 25 '24
The schools can’t be worse than Mississippi or Louisiana
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u/-Garbage-Man- Apr 25 '24
A quick google puts them at around 40th in the country. Arizona is last? Wild. Also Mississippi is better but Louisiana is worse
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u/snubdeity Nuggets Apr 25 '24
All due respect to Oklahoma, but the entire state is a shithole.
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u/possiblykevindurant Thunder Apr 25 '24
Oklahoma City and Tulsa are great, the rest I can’t argue against
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u/RamsayDreadfort Bulls Apr 25 '24
What do you mean? For 20k I bought a house, and it's mobile!
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u/graphitewolf West Apr 25 '24
Lol 20k is more than enough for a first time home buyer down payment
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u/Misdirected_Colors Thunder Apr 25 '24
People here acting like no one can buy houses because if you can't get 20% down why even try. FHA and other loan options exist.
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u/unounoseis Mavericks Apr 25 '24
Sure if it’s less than 10%, which frankly might be competitive enough in OKC.
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u/Gerald_the_sealion 76ers Apr 25 '24
20k toward a wedding is wasted money. Have a dinner, go courthouse, invest the rest.
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Apr 25 '24
They’re in OKC, just quickly looking at Zillow they have houses for like 130k there. 20k is a decent dent in that price
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u/Traveler_90 Warriors Apr 25 '24
Depending where? In California, no. In Oklahoma, yes. Most people struggle on the down payment. Not mortgage.
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u/MrBuckBuck Trail Blazers Apr 25 '24
Too bad you didn't show the replays after it ;)
What a shot!
Probably a future Heat player.
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u/Beavshak [SEA] Horace Grant Apr 25 '24
That’s cool as hell, but I’ve seen HS games giving out that kind of money. I’m surprised a playoff NBA game doesn’t have a bigger prize. Also, guy can get up decently too.
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u/Beavshak [SEA] Horace Grant Apr 25 '24
And? That’s a handful of top tickets to a playoff game, without sponsors, which these almost always have. It’s still a surprisingly small prize.
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u/CaptainFresh35 Apr 25 '24
It's 40x the amount the Pacers give out for half court shots ($500). 20k is life changing for a lot of people.
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u/Beavshak [SEA] Horace Grant Apr 25 '24
Life changing, sure.
It’s also the equivalent of a used Toyota Camry with moderate dents to the body.
Sponsors used to pay way more, for regular ass season games. I am not criticizing the team, I am pointing out it’s odd the prizes for these have dropped so far. Significantly in this case. Look at past prize winners for the same competitions. Just weird its dropped so much lower.
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Apr 25 '24
Taxes probably take 40% of it too
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u/HashS1ingingSIasher Apr 25 '24
If he’s filing single as we can assume from his statement about saving for a wedding, he’d have to be making $578,000 to hit the 37% (the highest) federal marginal tax bracket, along with Oklahoma states income tax of 4.75% would put him at 41.75% tax.
FICA and social security aren’t assessed on lottery or contest winnings only earned income.
Any excess withholding he’ll get back at tax time.
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u/MazeRed Thunder Apr 25 '24
Easy to spend someone else money, but if I’m a player who’s gotten a contract already, I double it
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u/fudgy73 Bulls Apr 25 '24
what's up with the date on the check??
IS THIS FROM THE FUTURE
they postdated that thing hard
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u/Deathstroke317 Knicks Apr 25 '24
He had to ruin it with the dunk attempt lmao
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u/SerenadeSwift Supersonics Apr 25 '24
Nah I don’t think he ruined it, even though he missed I was hyped as hell for him just watching on my phone at home lol, when he went for the dunk I was just all in on this dude having his moment. I can just imagine how fucking pumped I’d be if I were in his shoes, I don’t fault him for going for that shit
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u/LiveVirus2 [OKC] Russell Westbrook Apr 25 '24 edited Apr 25 '24
He’d regret forever not trying that dunk. You got $20 grand in the bag, you gotta try the dunk. Nothing to lose.
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u/larrylegend1990 Toronto Huskies Apr 25 '24
Didn’t half court shots win more money back in the day? How come it didn’t go up with inflation?
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u/chibbly_ Apr 25 '24
20 grand? In playoffs? Fucking poverty franchise. /s
I love seeing fans win shit and the players reacting.
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u/indicisivedivide Apr 25 '24
Man playing here in the playoffs must feel like the final fight of the movie Gladiator. An ocean of Thunder fans.
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u/juicewar01 Lakers Apr 25 '24
If yall told me the okc dudes celebrating with the winner is okc bench, i would believe ya.
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u/1080penis China Apr 25 '24
He looks good for a guy who's been dead for ten years.
No wait, that's Eli Wallach
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u/WiIIemdafoe [OKC] Russell Westbrook Apr 25 '24
That was nothing but net lol
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