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GIF of the Week: Jerry Stackhouse

The Double Poster is a rare sight.

Isaiah Rider did it.

Keon Clark did it.

And our man Jerry Stackhouse (in his rookie year) had a huge one over Bimbo Coles and Keith Askins.

Jerry Stackhouse on Bimbo Coles and Keith Askins

(February 21, 1996)

We thank Jerry for retweeting GIF of the Week.

Who Blocked It Better? Thomas Robinson vs Isaiah Rider

Blocking a dunk is no mean feat. Throwing one back from whence it came is legitimate cause for celebration.

Thomas Robinson's denial of Corey "Derek Fisher" Brewer was a demonstration of impeccable timing and raw power, leading to a brilliant finish at the other end by Will Barton.

Thomas Robinson blocks Corey Brewer
(February 23, 2014)

However twenty years ago, a young and brash Isaiah Rider, not content with dunking on the best big men in the league, decided he would take to reverse-posterizing them.

Isaiah Rider blocks Patrick Ewing

(January 17, 1994)

Hats off to Robin Lopez and Chuck Person who responded appropriately to these exceptional defensive plays.

BONUS Pt.1: Al Harrington annihilated by Gerald Wallace.

BONUS Pt.2: Barkley being ridiculous.

Who Shot It Better? High Schooler vs Isaiah Rider

Isaiah Rider's story isn't a great one, but he did have a number of showstopping highlights early in his career.

One of these was a blind over the shoulder fling in December '94,  aka the "play of the decade" .

However, just as he wasn't the first to go between the legs in a dunk contest, it seems Rider wasn't the first to hit a shot like this in-game. A high schooler in California pulled off his own "play of the decade" three years earlier.

It doesn't stop there, Eric Murdock went into "play of the decade" mode the very next year, electing to cover himself in glory rather than save the ball to rookie Shawn Respert.