The 17 Types of Pickup Basketball Player

If you've ever played pickup basketball, you know the guys in this spot-on YouTube video all too well.

There's the dude with a million excuses for why he sucks — er, why he's "off today." There's the guy with every type of headband, sweatband and armband known to man. There's the guy who always — always — calls fouls, even if he's hit by something as harmless as a stiff breeze. Then there's the guy we all love to hate, who lays bricks all game then somehow miraculously banks in the game-winning three-pointer.

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All these familiar faces and more make cameos in the video above, which has become an online hit with more than 270,000 views since hitting the web on Monday night. It comes from Dude Perfect, the YouTube crew best known for compiling astounding collections of trick shots — including this January gem featuring Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel.

Check their latest video out for yourself above, then let us know what you think in the comments.

1. 1. Blake Griffin on Kendrick Perkins

   This dunk set the Internet aflame in January. The official NBA YouTube video already has more than 5 million views. The dunk prompted Perkins to call out LeBron James in the press for tweeting the epic slam.

2. 2. LeBron James on John Lucas

   The night before Griffin's monumental throw-down, James turned in a classic of his own. He cleared Bulls guard John Lucas to catch this backdoor alley-oop.

3. 3. Dwyane Wade on Anderson Verejao

   A couple years ago, before he and James joined forces on the Heat, Dwyane Wade completely overwhelmed James' then-teammate, Varejao. In the immortal words of commentator Reggie Miller, "Welcome to your Kodak moment, Anderson Verejao!"

4. 4. Baron Davis on Andrei Kirilenko

   This dunk will live forever in the hearts of Golden State Warriors fans. It came during the middle of the team's improbable "We Believe" playoff run in 2007. Davis' weird, belly-baring celebration, which earned him a technical foul, brings it up another notch.

5. 5. Shaquille O'Neal on basketball hoop designers

   This dunk isn't technically "on" anyone, but young Shaq pulling down an entire basketball support is epic enough to make any list. As the esteemed Bill Walton would say, "Throw it down, big man!"

6. 6. Tom Chambers on Mark Jackson

   Current Warriors coach Mark Jackson had a stellar playing career with several NBA teams, but he was on the receiving end of probably the greatest NBA dunk ever by a white guy.

7. 7. Scottie Pippen on Patrick Ewing

   Scottie Pippen obliterated Knicks center Patrick Ewing in this 1994 dunk, and this two-minute video tells the entire story.

8. 8. Michael Jordan on Patrick Ewing

   Pippen's Bulls teammate — some guy named Michael Jordan — also had a ruthless dunk over Ewing. He actually had a couple, but this one is the most savage of all.

9. 9. John Starks on the Chicago Bulls

   However, Knicks guard John Starks gave the high flying Bulls a taste of their own medicine in 1993 with this lefty flush. Lore has it that Starks caught Jordan on this one, but that's debatable, at best. Check the tape and decide for yourself.

10. 10. Allen Iverson on Marcus Camby

    Back in the '90s, when both still played for the teams that drafted them, tiny Allen Iverson was all like, "Marcus, this elevator goes to 10 and I'm dropping you off at 7."

11. 11. Kevin Johnson on Hakeem Olajuwon

    Johnson is currently the mayor of Sacramento, Calif., but back in 1994 the short point guard did this to Hakeem Olajuwon. How many politicians can include "dunked over a Hall of Fame center" on their resumes?

12. 12. Vince Carter on Frederic Weis

    We know Vince Carter's all-time classic isn't technically an NBA dunk, but it's so good we'll make an exception. Playing in the off-season for the U.S. at the 2000 Olympics, Carter cleared the 7-foot-2-inch Weis to throw it down.

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