Red Panda fails twice in a row on her final part of the halftime show, but perfects it on her 3rd try. 76ers vs. Bulls - halftime show in United Center
The full show via Reddit
She’s lost a step but her longevity has never come into question
Put her on the 76’ers!
THE FUCKERY CONTINUES
At least her knees will make it all season. Here’s looking at you Embiid.
LePanda
You can lose a step as long as you have generational balance and coordination. People said my GOAT was washed after the injury.
Throw her a lob and see what she can do!
She lost a step. But she was a million steps ahead to begin with.
All along, turns out, she was the process
There are very few things the entire NBA fandom agrees on
Red Panda being the GOAT of half-time entertainment is one of them
She belongs in the HOF and I’m so serious
Genuinely the only halftime performance I care about. She’s the best
You don’t like watching old people dance?!
Literally my least favorite. When I get them on League Pass too I just can’t.
Like most, I haven’t tried to ride a unicycle while throwing bowls onto my head with my feet… but I can only imagine this is one of the most difficult things to do. I’ve seen her at many games and it always impresses me.
Christian and Scoobie, the dunking chihuahua are my all time half time goats
The dog is great, the guy is okay.
Really? I’d prefer local kids playing pickup. Underwhelming.
U have not seen the sexual slinky then
Legitimately yes lol
She’s has to be the most iconic half-time performer in league history
If a super fan gets in then a halftime performer should too(and this is not meant to be a knock on that guy from the Raps).
The NBA should give her a pension after she retires
First ballot
Red Panda is amazing entertainment. I can’t help worry about her safety every single time i watch one of these.
She’s the pro so just have to trust she knows what she’s doing. At over 50 yo she’s like the Lebron of unicycle acrobats.
I mean theres a serious risk there you ain’t wrong
I still don’t understand how her body can handle that dismount at her age.
LeQuilibrium
The other is Bill Kennedy being the most likeable referee in all of sports.
It’s jock x theatre kid energy
Bill Kennedy undoes all of the damage Tim Donoghue and his posse have done to the game.
We’re not ready to go that far… 😢
However…
She aint been the same since that injury tho
Like watching Kobe post Achilles
Yeah, she dropped the bowls twice in our first game as well. She’s still the GOAT but past her prime.
I hate that this is the truth, and I refuse to accept it.
I’ve seen her a handful of times and she was flawless every single time. Not a single drop.
Man, I’m not ready for Red Panda’s retirement 😭
We also agree that Curry is the best shooter
That might be the only thing we agree on also maybe perhaps Kyrie has the best handles
Unironically should be in the HoF when she retires.
No love for the Amazing Sladek?
is that the chair guy?
Low key impressive how she lands off with heels on
i kind of liked Beale Street Flippers too
Yeah she’s the opposite of Ja Rule lol
I’ve seen her twice in person. It was incredible.
She always failed back when I worked in AAA baseball. Eventually she refused to come back and I think that applied to all l outdoor sports
Red panda kind of played out and washed post injury. Baby crawl races are the new goat.
No one brings their A game when it’s the Bulls on the schedule
Only time the Bulls embarrasses a visitor. (until they play the Kings).
Except Benny
Benny is undefeated
Least of all the Bulls roster
Red Panda lowlights have no place on this sub. As far as I’m concerned this shit didn’t even happen. The GOAT is still the GOAT IDC 🤷🏽♂️
This isn’t a lowlight. This just shows that GOATs never give up. They’re fallible but overcome.
Panda mentality
Different animal, same beast.
What the fuck does that mean, Kobe Bryant?
There is no mistake. Master Oogway choose the panda as the dragon warrior
munching bamboo
Panda mentality 🤣 true dat!
Nba bums WISH they could have the TS% Red Panda has, 2 misses every once in a while is GOAT shit
Yeah, I mean this would’ve taken me at least 7 or 8 tries
For me, that would’ve been 7 trips to the ER.
It’s impressive she’s like 56 and having a few drops have to make this so tiring and the pressure. GOAT.
I’m With Her
Yep, no one is perfect. We are all human beings.
Not my goat
It’s a message in perseverance, not slander
Exactly. If she hit every trick, every time it’d boring and it would mean she isn’t pushing herself.
This is how a GOAT stays GOAT.
PERSEVERANCE IS NOT A LOW LIGHT! RED PANDA FOREVER!!!!!!
But it’s not a lowlight? This trick is so hard. Sure she failed twice but eventually succeeded. The payoff is worth it
She was known for not falling for years I think, that’s all.
she didn’t fall? is this a bot comment
Reading the title hurts, I can’t bear to watch the video :‘(
This is the equivalent of LeBron being blocked on a chase down fast break. Father Time conquers all.
Only if he then recovered the block and dunked it.
Red Panda is more impressive than Lebron, there someone finally said it.
I see what you did there, homie
I didn’t get it, so I’m the polar opposite
This is a ridiculously bold trick
This is AI in my head cannon to slander her good name.
proof that she aint cheating
I am just here for the red
Agreed. OP delete this.
AI has gotten too good
I initially read this as “falls twice” and my heart sank remembering her injury. Glad that wasn’t the case.
Same, I was like “she fell again? TWICE?”
Same, also the bewilderment that she would get up twice to complete the stunt like a beaten up rocky 3 trying to find adrian
Bro what happened 😭
Fell and broke her wrist during a performance last summer
Holy that’s insane
Last year in July, she fell during a performance.
Red Panda is the GOAT. I’d spend my last cent just to have her at my funeral.
Shes not that expensive, if you die soon its totally reasonable with a mild life insurance policy
Found a source that said she charges a little under $7k plus hotel costs. Insanely cheap for the GOAT.
Fuck strippers, I’m booking her for my bachelor party
our bachelor party now buddy.
I went to a Celtics game as part of my bachelor’s party and she was the halftime show so technically I did have Red Panda at my bachelors party.
My plan for my bachelor’s party was to hire a mariachi band to follow me around, I’m hijacking this idea instead.
fuck strippers
That would require hookers, not strippers.
Bet
When are the mods gonna give us a Red Panda flair
She’s the LeBron James of half time entertainment still.
Sorry but LeBron is not in her league.
Do not disrespect Red Panda like that
First Lebron shows his grey beard, then this… Theres nothing left to believe in.
She’s awesome, but I’m so curious to understand what drives someone to get so good at something like this lol
She grew up in a family of circus performers
She comes from a long lineage of performers, when you are riding an unicycle since childhood you develop these skills naturally
She is more stable on that unicycle than a lot of NBA players on solid ground. Look at how they fall so easily, then look at Red Panda.
SGA could never.
Before I’d ever heard of Red Panda I went to Cirque du Soleil (I don’t remember which iteration. It was underthe the Grand Chapteau in Toronto). There was an act that was about five women performing this act in sync where they’d all throw bowls onto their own heads, each other’s heads, all onto one woman’s head. It was absolutely mind-blowing.
Then I found out about Red Panda, and part of me wonders if she ever performed with them, trained with them, or was ever in the same performer pipeline.
EDIT: Found it. it was TOTEM, but not this particular performance of it.
Runs in the family!
She probably was in a circus growing up, she’s been doing nba halftimes for a long time like non stop from one city to the other. So the answer is money lol
She was in the Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe in her teen years and she’s the fourth generation in a lineage of women stretching back to her great grandmother to flip bowls. I’m not even kidding
“I’m a fourth-generation acrobat,” she explained. Her mother was a bowl flipper, as was her grandmother and great grandmother. Niu just put her own twist on it.
“In China, it’s very common,” she said, “but usually, performers flip bowls onto each other’s head. When my father saw I could flip them onto my own …”
Also the bowls were custom designed by her father for bowl flipping.
https://web.archive.org/web/20190903055517/https://raleighco.com/sports/everything-youve-ever-wondered-red-panda/
I respect the shit out of keeping a legacy alive in something that’s somewhat niche (at least in America). When I think of unicycle bowl flipping, I think of Red Panda, and I’m not even trying to be funny, that shit means something.
I’ve always wished that she has a daughter in training to take over when she retires. And it would be super awesome if they do the act together as Red Panda and Little Red Panda for a while.
I mean performing. It’s like being in a circus, you learn it so people will pay you for it
To be the goat of course
She’s the Michael Jordan of nba half time shows.
Gotta show those baby races and people who couldn’t hit a half court shot in 100 tries who’s boss.
The GOAT… Lets go Red Panda!!!
I thinking about the how all the time
Nah. She’s a 4th generation acrobat.
Let ppl write their own head canon lol
Yeah like people say kids in rural area commit “family love” and shit. I worked with a dude who told me that’s not true. He married his cousin though
People want to talk about LeBron and longevity. This woman is 56 years and has been performing for 48 years…..33 years entertaining basketball crowds.
Red Panda missed twice and still delivered. Meanwhile, Ben Simmons would’ve passed the bowls to someone else.
Got the whole room laughing 😐
Friendly fire
He’s a lebron laker fan, don’t worry.
Maybe Ben Simmons would perform better if his nickname was the brown kangaroo
You couldn’t do your daily life dealing with the back pain he had to.. but I’m sure you don’t know anything about that shit poster
Lol that back pain prevented him from taking a wide open dunk in the playoffs. Lick more boots.
Very definition of lock the fuck in
She should be inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame
There is no nba hall of famee: goddamn 😂
☝️🤓 everyone knows what they meant.
You are very smart!
Red panda strategically defies audience expectations twice before revealing 10% power.
Everyone’s saying she has no rings, but how many bowls does your favorite player have? 🤔
Well, given the penchant of certain NBA players for a certain pain management tool, some may have quite a few bowls
Watched this live on league pass. I think it’s more impressive she can get through those misses while still being 10 feet high on a unicycle and still finish that shit. She is the GOAT and I won’t hear otherwise.
just a lil rusty this afternoon……she needed it to be an 8pm game
Damn she gonna retire before Lebron
[Everyone disliked that]
You read my mind
Scrape this video from the internet
I bought my girlfriend and I tickets for her very first NBA game like 2 or 3 years ago. King vs Blazers in Sacramento. This game was a blowout from the start, watched Dalano Banton break the record in a game for most 3pt attempts without a make. We were so bored, just a shitty low effort game. Little did we know that the Red Panda herself was the halftime performance. She made my girlfriend’s experience so magical, she enjoyed that more than anything else on the trip.
My Goat
I didn’t see her miss so it didn’t happen.
I was watching this live. Tossing 1 or 2 bowls is already impressive. But five?!
I remember seeing her utter disappointment after the second try, looking at her wrist as if checking the time or something. But balancing on a tall-ass unicycle while balancing bowls is already impressive, let along tossing a couple on top of your head. You’re allowed to fail at any point Red Panda! I can’t even load a dishwasher properly lol
But balancing on a tall-ass unicycle while balancing bowls is already impressive
Hell, let’s take the bowls out of it. Even back when I was in pretty good shape, assuming you magically grant me the learned skilled and coordination to do that, constantly pedaling my left leg back and forth while suspending my right leg up and keeping my torso aligned and balanced that would probably cause both legs and my core to start cramping up … . and that’s me at roughly ages 25 to 35 vs her at age 55.
Yes very impressive! She’s the GOAT of all halftime shows!
I don’t want a single disparaging remark about Red Panda on here. She’s a legend.
The goat
You miss every bowl you don’t kick towards your head. GOAT.
1st ballot Hall of Famer right there.
Seriously, she should be in as a contributor.
It’s only November. I’ll be worried if she’s anything less than elite once April rolls around
Get ready to learn Chinese again buddy
Same thing happened at the Pels season opener. Legend.
We stan Red Panda in this household.
she genuinely needs to be in the HOF, whether by herself or her own category
There is a Contributor category and she absolutely belongs.
Red Panda is the GOAT. I never get tired of seeing her performances.
Mt Rushmore GOAT talent right here, anyone who thinks otherwise is uncultured
I always thought they should give her a pad to come down on. Those landings are gonna add up on the knees.
It’d be tough cause her unicycle needs a hard surface to roll on, can’t have a pad in the way
Well not during the act, but they could slide one over when she’s about to dismount. They move all kinds of pads and stuff around for the dunk teams.
I never want to see her fail, I don’t even want to watch this