Nehemiah Bloodsaw has the ability to simultaneously cause trouble for opponents and entertain Tyner basketball fans whenever he takes the floor.
Or whenever he leaves it, for that matter.
The 6-foot-3, 205-pound guard is the Rams’ best on-ball defender, and his skills on the other end of the court can send crowds into a frenzy. With a vertical leap that has been measured at more than 40 inches, he can go high into the air for rim-rocking slam dunks.
“There is not a lot of people in this world who can dunk, and Nehemiah dunked in a game when he was in ninth grade,” Tyner coach E’Jay Ward said. “Any time you have an opportunity to do something like that, you need to try to bring the house down. When he gets away on a fast break, there’s a great chance you are going to be out of your seat because he is going to fly to the rim and slam the ball.”
Bloodsaw has truly taken off during a junior season in which he has made a half-dozen dunks, most of them one-handed slams – including a few over defenders. He’s trying to add more variety to his repertoire, and he has made a windmill dunk in practice.