The U.S. had just suffered its first loss at the U-19 World Championships on Wednesday in Latvia when Florida big man Patric Young asked his Twitter followers an unlikely question.
"I would love you forever anyone that has video of my dunks today in the game," Young tweeted. "I really wanna see them."
Footage of only one of Young's dunks from Wednesday has surfaced so far, but he says it's probably the best of them. Above you'll see him run the floor, take a pass from Michigan State point guard Keith Appling and throw down a nice one-handed transition slam over the top of a Croatian guard.
Improbably enough, Wednesday's dunk may not have been Young's most memorable of the tournament. In overtime of the U.S. team's upset of gold medal favorite Lithuania on Tuesday, Young gathered an alley-oop pass from Joe Jackson underneath the rim and delivered a two-handed slam over future Toronto Rapors big man Jonas Valanciunas, the No. 5 pick in last month's draft.
Young had high praise for Valanciunas after Tuesday's game despite the U.S. comeback victory.
"He's a great player," Young said "You can see how much he loves this game because he was shaken up after the game."
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