Forgettable NBA Moment No. 154: Shane “The Hammer” Heal torches Gary Payton and the Sonics, who clearly weren’t up to speed on the scouting report. Doubling every post touch, tagging KG on the block/elbow and sinking to the nail one pass away on drives is a fool’s errand when a Shane Heal spot up is involved. Heal, who ended up 5-9 from range, was the only Timberwolf to make a three this entire game. His teammates went 0-9. He literally had the Glove looking like an inflatable tube man on the last clip - proceeding to burn Payton with a single dribble fly-by and punishing him for prematurely leaving his feet. Heal was a generationally stupendous sniper from the outside. He never quite found the right alchemy of fit and organisational belief to establish himself in the NBA. For those out of the loop, let’s elucidate a few of his hoop escapades: - Over the course of 16 seasons (440 games) in Australia’s NBL, Heal averaged 20.6 Pts, 6.1 Ast and 38.2% from deep (8.9 attempts per game). In 1994, he shot 43% on 11.6 3PA/G. That was one of eight seasons where he took at least 10 threes a night. - In an exhibition match vs Dream Team III in 1996, he finished with 28 points on 8-13 from deep - During the 1996 Olympic Games, he averaged 20.2 points and shot 43.1% on 10.2 3PAs/G Date: November 27th 1996 Score: SuperSonics 106 - 98 Timberwolves Respective Records at this juncture: Sonics 13-3, Wolves 5-8 Interesting Statlines: Kevin Garnett - 21 Pts / 17 Rebs / 7 AST / 3 Stl / 2 Blk Stephon Marbury - 14 Pts / 5 Ast / 3 Stl / 5-16 FG Tom Gugliotta - 22 Pts / 10-14 FG Gary Payton 22 Pts / 12 Ast / 3 Stl / 9-20 FG Shawn Kemp - 19 Pts / 14 Reb / 3 Blk / 15-18 FT Detlef Schrempf - 27 Pts / 11 Reb / 5 Ast / 10-16 FG / 3-5 3PT Hersey Hawkins - 24 Pts / 5 Stl / 10-14 FG / 3-5 3PT #minnesota #timberwolves #twolves #raisedbywolves #minneapolis #3pointer #minnesotatimberwolves #seattlesupersonics #supersonics #australia #australian #3pointshooter #sniper #shaneheal #australia🇦🇺 #aussie #NBA #basketball #bball #nbatv #hoops #baller #flop #nbabasketball #sport #dunk #lowlights #nbanews #ballislife #espn #nbamemes #nbameme #meme #bhfyp #explore #explorepage #basketballplayer #tiktokusa #usa_tiktok #foryou #fyp #nbaedits #nbatiktok #basketballplayer #basketballgame #nbafunny #nbahighlights #highlights #hooper #jumper #crossover #handles #clutch #2024 #nbadraft #dunks #tiktoker #tiktokers #balleralert #random - @forgettablenba