{"id":79442,"date":"2015-05-05T09:32:07","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T16:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=79442"},"modified":"2023-06-13T10:56:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T17:56:06","slug":"laphonso-ellis-and-arguably-the-best-block-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/laphonso-ellis-and-arguably-the-best-block-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"LaPhonso Ellis and arguably the best block of all-time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JVFSfRVzQ8s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The cherry on top in this video is Dikembe Mutombo pointing his finger at Brian Davis after Davis had his dunk blocked\/stolen\/destroyed\/whatever you want to call it. \u00a0But it wasn't Deke that got the block, that credit goes to LaPhonso Ellis.<\/p>\n<p>The #5 pick from the impressive 92 draft doesn't get mentioned in many of those \"if it wasn't for injuries\" articles that are usually headlined by Penny and Grant Hill but Ellis was an All-Star in the making before a series of career ending injuries. \u00a0Somehow he found ways to bounce back and even returned as a 3 point threat (he made 95 3-pointers in 1996 and only had 13 in his previous 4 seasons) one season after injuries took away his bounce.<\/p>\n<p>His first major injury came during his 3rd season when he injured his knee. \u00a0He lost half of his 4th season to a knee injury and then ruptured his Achilles tendon during his 5th season. \u00a0A hernia then plagued the rest of his career until he retired in 2003 (no he did not retire because Jordan broke his ankles - 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