Rui takes on the 9HOOPS challenge
I was watching a Japanese New Year’s TV special last night when I saw a familiar face…this is Rui Hachimura taking on the 9HOOPS challenge, which is basically trying to make a shot on all 9 hoops on a moving contraption; 4 misses and you’re out. Michael Jordan did an easier version of this in I think 1997 (special guest appearance from Chuck) and on the moving version in 2000
Cool find.
Why were you watching the Japanese new year special? Are you Japanese?
Oh my god, Karen, you can’t just ask someone why they’re Japanese
No I just meant is he Japanese or are those Japanese specials popular outside of Japan
That was a Mean Girls reference. Great movie, very quotable
It’s very fetch.
Japanese new year’s TV specials (e.g. kohaku uta gasen) are pretty much a part of Japanese new year’s tradition. My wife’s families are 2nd-4th gen Mexican Japanese and the TV is permanently tuned to NHK right now, despite the fact that no one in the house is fluent in Japanese
Partially! My NYE tradition is spending the night of the 30th watching these specials live
Cool man. Where do you live?
I don’t think he was asking for his home address, Reddit 😆
It’s really none of your business why they were watching it and what ethnicity they are. All you need to know is they watched it, enjoyed it, and shared it so we all could enjoy it too.
Bro I’m just trying to make small talk. It’s interesting to see what parts of the world NBA fans on here are from
Is there a stream for the new years special?
DM’d you
*actually you can watch the entire thing for free! https://cu.tbs.co.jp/playlist/e0a280a2d7274356a47e9da33467ee85
Obviously his name is Rui Hachimura and I should have assumed he’d speak Japanese, but I guess I figured he was one of those guys with a foreign name who grew up in America. I made the exact opposite mistake thinking that Kosta Koufas would have some crazy Greek accent, only to find out he was born in Canton, Ohio and has the most default American voice I’ve ever heard.
Made the same mistake with Paolo Banchero lol
Paolo speaks Japanese?
Lots of Japanese in Brazil
Rui barely spoke English when he came to Gonzaga. He was so fun to watch along with Brandon Clarke in college.
someone randomly yelling out HA-CHI-MURA!!!
IK-KEEE!
Kami sama jordan lmao
THATS MY SHOOTER
I love Rui so much
if you really think about it, these program are the OGs reaction twitch streamers/youtubers
Yeah and they are so annoying lol.
This is exactly every Japanese TV show. You can switch out Rui shooting hoops for some one cooking OmuRice (rice covered in an omelette) or someone drawing a portrait and it would sound/look exactly the same.
Jordan missing that shot was why he came back to the NBA.
real life ooter
all I could think of was this https://vimeo.com/717728029
lol he made all the shots right after he lost the game
I wish this video was 5 minutes shorter
Rui better not have a bad game