Stuart scores a slam dunk

By Steve Bax on Oct 20, 08 06:43 PM in On the web

Here's a question for you: who would win in a one-against-one between a professional basketball player earning $4.5m a season and a part-time coach from Thames Ditton?

The professional right? Wrong! American NBA star Devin Harris had been signing autographs in Stockwell, London, when he was challenged by 28-year-old Stuart Tanner from Elmbridge.

As Stuart says: "Devin looked at me in my jeans and jumper and probably thought I was no threat at all."

But he probably learned a good lesson that day because Stuart not only scored his first hoop (after Devin missed) but he bounced the ball through the NBA star's legs, and scored again.

That might have been that except Stuart's brother recorded the showdown and it's since ended up on YouTube as one of the week's most watched videoes. At the time of writing the number of people who have viewed it is fast approaching four million.

That's quite something.

Anyway, Stuart versus Devin will be in this week's Walton & Weybridge Herald with pictures, and you can read what happened here. Make sure you watch the video too as it's a joy to behold.