Retweet of the Day - March 19, 2013

Dunks happen every night in the NBA. They happen dozens of times every night in every game. The basketball is a vertical game at the NBA level.

Every now and then, however, a dunk is so impressive that it is worthy of a highlight reel. Some dunks are so nasty that the defender ends up being an afterthought as he is posterized. But every so often, a few times per year, someone gets dunked on so badly that he is as memorable or more memorable as the person doing the dunking.

Last week, DeAndre Jordan of the Los Angeles Clippers made Brandon Knight of the Pistons into a headliner for all of the wrong reasons. Last night, LeBron James gave the Celtics' Jason Terry his 15 minutes of infamy. That is the inspiration of today's Retweet, by SportsPickle @sportspickle

"Brandon Knight would like to thank Jason Terry for getting dunked on last night."

Brandon Knight passed the torch to Jason Terry. If I see Jerry reaching out to me, I'd pull my hand back at the last second and say, "PSYCHE!"

Retweet of the Day - Monday, March 11, 2013

The sports highlight that has everyone talking this morning is DeAndre Jordan of the Los Angeles Clippers and his absolutely nasty, posterizing alley-opp dunk over Brandon Knight of the Detroit Pistons (assist by Chris Paul). Jordan went up with authority, and Knight went down for basketball's version of a dirt nap. Credit to Knight for staying with the play, but if there were a grave beneath the hoop, Knight would have been in it.

Fortunately, Knight was not injured. While we want to be entertained by sports, we want them to be as safe for the participants as possible. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has spent the past several years determined to make the violent game of pro football safer, attempting to reduce trauma to head that is linked to debilitating, post-career conditions in an alarming number of players.

When Goodell began stiffening the rule and penalties for blows to the head, one repeat offender under the new standards was Pittsburgh Steelers star linebacker James Harrison. That leads us to today's retweet, from Tom Tebow (@IamEvilTebow)

"Breaking: Roger Goodell fined James Harrison 25k for DeAndre Jordan's dunk on Brandon Knight."

Just NASTY!!