Last night during the midst of Kobe Bryant’s “once again” trimmin’ the Phoenix Suns, there was a dunk that brought the Laker faithful to their feet. Former Los Angeles Laker Shannon Brown came out of nowhere to throw down a monster two-handed dunk off a Markieff Morris missed three-point attempt. Can somebody tell me why [...]
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