Denver Nuggets mascot Rocky hits an absolutely insane backwards halfcourt shot from atop two ladders
Get him in the game
I hear he’s a terrible defender though.
perfect, he’d fit right in
McDaniels be like “Rocky’s a bum on defense”
He dont want smoke with Rocky
well what are all the nuggets?
Someone said they’re chicken and they couldn’t defend a packet of honey mustard.
last nuggets celtics game would say otherwise
I’m totally kidding btw. If Denver somehow comes back from 3-1 (which seems very doable now) I like their chances against the Spurs. Not sure why they tried so hard to get the 3 seed the way things shook out, but Minnesota didn’t just get stung by the injury bug. They’ve been squashed by the injury Mothra, lol.
Can’t be much worse than jokic
He earns more per year than some players.
Holy heck he must be like 30+ft in the air, insane body control without a stable grounding, that ladder be moving with force too. Rocky is a daredevil I swear, they’ve always done crazy scary stuff.
also at the end.. he did what now?!
Highest paid mascot in the league. He’s on the mascot supermax.
Not anymore. That Rocky retired, and his son was Rocky for a bit. The current Rocky is on a cheaper contract.
Thank god they got rid of the son and got someone good again, the son could not make any of these hard shots to save his life, not even the standard backwards half court shots. After seeing his Dad crush it for so long it was hard to watch.
Is this a Lakers reference
Rocky is the LeBron James of Mascots.
Which LeBron James tho?
So does that make him Rocky II
III to be precise.
Supermasc?
Isn’t he paid more than WNBA players
Best highlight I’ve seen this playoffs. Well deserved
Man these AI bots be talking like Shakespeare
https://i.imgur.com/Hg5etG0.mp4
huh?
And then he blew us all. Weren’t you listening?
https://i.imgur.com/eCRdNKM.mp4 I want that whoolle looaaaddddd
That mothafucka better be getting paid something vicious. Look at those heights 😨
Isn’t he the highest paid mascot by a shit load?
Didn’t that just get posted?
Pablo Torre did an interview with one of the guys that used to play Rocky. I think it was it was the guy that passed out as they were lowering him. I dont know if if they give an actual figure but its at least implied that he was paid very well.
https://youtu.be/e6pmFqdO9lw?si=xpxTHrtM_K2bFxX-
The original Rocky yes, but not this one
He used to be, around $700k per year. Then he retired and his son took over, probably at a discount. Now it’s a newer guy. Not sure how much he gets
Shit idk, did it?
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/Byaz3uiRc3
$635K???
Fuckin hell
Rocky does some pretty insane things for a mascot.
Like die on live television.
I was at that game, it was incredible and really scary at the same time. People were definitely asking if he was dead before he got to the ground.
Well deserved
Apples to oranges but I wonder how much Ellie from the WNBA NY Liberty gets paid
A chopped cheese each game and James Dolan promises to keep his hands to himself around her.
He’s gotta be the highest, just look at those ladders!
He makes 625k a year.
The old one did. This one does not.
That’s one stable fcking ladder
All that’s missing is them lowering him with a harness.
YYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
I always feel bad for the guy, but that YEEAAAHHH kills me every single time.
Me too lol, it 100% makes the clip
Probably, osha still applies, but nonetheless most people can’t go up a 12ft ladder without shitting their pants. 20-30ft hits different, and above that is a whole different animal even with a harness and support, much less hitting that shot in real time
I was making a reference to a famous previous incident that involved Rocky being lowered in a harness.
Oh yea that was fucked
The degree of difficulty is absolutely flooring me
I used to be an arborist specliazed in climbing, regularly up 70ft+ on a 5inch diameter cedar top with nothing but my spurs and a single flipline i was fine. But being on top of a 25ft sliding ladder gets me sweating and a slight gust makes my nuts go into my stomach. This ladder being 90degrees makes it even more scary too.
It probably helps they’re on a perfectly level floor that has good grip.
Would’ve shat my pants at the 5th ladder step
He also got the backwards halfcourt shot on one try today, he is on a heater
Won the fan $200 on that one.
Best mascot of the nba
This is why he’s the highest paid mascot by far. This guy does some crazy stunts.
Jokic in disguise
“Nikola Jokic involved in Salary Cap Controversy over secret Mascot deal.”
His salary is grossly overstated
It’s less but I bet he gets a decent appearance fee too. I knew a few nba cheerleaders long time ago. They didn’t get shit for games, but always doing promos on radio stations or bars or a new chain opening or what not. They get paid for each event they show up to.
The original “paid with exposure”.
OUR GOAT Red Panda would have done this off of 4 ladders and hit full court shots from both ends. supposedly there’s footage of her 100ft shots from the 1960s.
Yea but that was against plumbers and rickshaw drivers.
And she would have had 30 bowls stacked on her head
GOAT
I see the Nuggets are desperately trying to retro-engineer Wemby
Yeeeeeeeaaaahhhh!
Your favorite mascot’s favorite mascot.
Don’t let OSHA see this
YEEEEEEEEEEEAH
Nope, my feet hurt just watching this
What do they even do if he misses the shot, like does he just do the climb down of shame or does he try again?
He will try for the whole break and then do the climb down/walk of shame.
He tries again. You can see them queuing up the next ball. I’ve only been to 4 games, but he’s made the shot in 3 of 4. Twice on the first try, once on the second or third, and the other time he got soooo close a bunch of times but ran out of time. He’s got it down to a science though.
This guy fucks
Joker with 2 seconds on the clock:
I remember when he fainted when he was hanging up high in the arena, now he does this thing.
https://youtu.be/DFVruBvjNl0?si=GcC2OMCaGBwl6D4X
It’s super mascot Rocky
I think climbing the ladder while not being able to see shit is trick enough for me
I wasn’t at the game, but this was on my stream. He had a couple airballs, but he was mostly hitting the rim again and again. I had no doubt he was sinking one before getting off that ladder.
Amazing shot but I want to point out that that is a single ladder. It is an a-frame extension ladder.
I get vertigo just watching ts
Incredible shot
FYI, it’s worth noting that this is not the OG Rocky that used to be the highest paid mascot in sports. He tried and was replaced by his son, but the Nuggets let his son go a year or 2 ago and hired a brand new mascot. I’m guessing he’s on a much more reasonable contract.
Make him the coach.
Was this the first try? That would make it even more epic
Rocky unironically has a better deep-range shooting percentage facing backwards on a ladder than some guys in this league making $30 million a year to shoot normally.
Rocky’s given me memories since I was a kid in the 2000s. I’m biased but he feels like the best NBA mascot
You act like he hasn’t hit this multiple times this year
Bugs winning out rest of the way
Amazing. Now get down from there!
Omg rocky calm down
This is Prime Jeff Hardy shii, who tf put him up there???🤣🤣
Its an impossible shot normally, but on top of that he does it with the puffy gloves and shooting over the mascot head as well.
OSHA?
Yeah
thought this was Wemby at first
I would never get up there. I felt sick just watching this.
Fuck those extension A frame ladders! Spending time at the top of one of those imprinted a fear of heights in me that I’ve never shaken. I damn near passed out watching him scamper down it.
when curry retires, he can do this as the mascot for the Las Vegas Indians
More ethical than SGA
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you still thought about sga for some reason (???)