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Jordan Clarkson’s crossup caused a rec league defender to collapse like a toddler learning to walk

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

What happens when an NBA player joins a rec league game against normals?

Lakers guard Jordan Clarkson played in the Venice Ball rec league over the weekend and absolutely obliterated a dude trying to guard him.

Any intelligent person knows that you never stick around the scene of a crime, and Clarkson committed basketball murder on this move. So he passed the ball and booked it out of the gym immediately.

After leaving the court, he laughed with some spectators and returned to the game after the defender picked his butt up off the court and mended his now-shattered ankles. Stone cold.

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