NBA All-Star Jam Session
presented by adidas
So the NBA All-Star Jam Session is sadly over but what a time we had in the Big Easy. Over a dozen Guinness World Records were set or broken over the course of the four days!
Everyone from NBA All-Star Chris Paul to Mascot Harry The Hawk to Jam Session spectator Nicole Joseph Dumas will now all find themselves in the next Guinness World Records book published in September 2008!
See below for the complete list and make sure you pay a visit to the NBA Jam Session in Phoenix next year.... you never know, maybe you can break a Guinness World Record!
1. Most underhanded free-throws in one minute
NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry - 24 free throws
2. Longest time to spin a basketball on one finger (using one hand)
Joe Odhiambo - 37.46 seconds
3. Longest time to spin a basketball on your nose
Jack Ryan - 4.00 seconds
4. Longest time to spin a basketball on a toe
Jack Ryan - 9.53 seconds
5. Most wheelchair basketball free throws in one minute
TIE NWBA players Trooper Johnson (Golden State Warriors) & Jeff Griffin (Utah Wheelin' Jazz) - 25 free throws
6. Most bounce passes ending with a slam dunk in 30 seconds
Milwaukee Bucks Rim Rockers (individual names TBD) - 21 bounce passes
7. Most times a basketball can be dribbled in one minute
NBA Player Jordan Farmar (Los Angeles Lakers) - 228 dribbles
8. Most basketball free throws made in one minute(female)
WNBA Player Becky Hammon (San Antonio Silver Stars) - 38 free throws
9. Most basketball underhanded half-court shots in one minute
NBA All-Star Jason Kidd (New Jersey Nets) - 2 shots
10. Most basketball over handed half-court shots in one minute
NBA All-Star Chris Paul (New Orleans Hornets) - 4 shots
11. Most three pointers in two minutes
NBA All-Star Jason Kapono (Toronto Raptors) - 43 three pointers
12. Most free-throws made in one minute while blindfolded
Jack Ryan - 5 free throws
13. Most free throws made backwards in one minute
TIE NBA Mascot Harry the Hawk (Melvin Banks) & Nicole Joseph Dumas (NBA Jam Session spectator) - 3 free throws
14. Highest basketball front flip slam dunk with a trampoline
High Impact Squad Jerry Burrel - 10 feet 9 inches
15. Farthest basketball front flip slam dunk with a trampoline
High Impact Team member Kevin Vandervolk - 19 feet 2 inches
NBA All-Star Jam Session - pre event
27 February 2008