The 25 Most Vicious Rejections in NBA History

Get that s*** outta here!

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With the 2013-14 NBA season now underway, some of the year's best highlight material in sports finally starts rolling in. As each game unfolds, we'll see some nasty throwdowns, eye-popping alley-oops, no-look passes, and, yes, some of the most savage rejections we've ever laid eyes upon. During the 2012-13 seasn, we got to see LeBron have his way against Tiago Splitter in the NBA Finals, as well as Roy Hibbert in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals when he took down Carmelo at the rim.

But who will be this year's biggest victim? Only time will tell on that one, but we can guarantee you that if it looks like any of the swats we've seen in the past, then it won't be pretty. To show you guys who these future victims will be joining in the history books, we put together the The 25 Most Vicious Rejections in NBA History. Who do you think dished out the nastiest denial? Shaq or Dikembe? Shannon Brown or Nate Robinson? Take a look for yourself, and let us know in the comments. 

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25. Michael Jordan Earns Himself Two Finger Wags

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24. Shannon Brown Obliterates Mario West

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23. Shaq Attacks

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22. Charles Barkley Gives the Double Denial

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21. Dwight Howard Extends for the Left-Handed Swat on Rondo

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20. Dwyane Wade Goes for Two

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19. Udonis Haslem Gets One on the Mamba

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18. Rajon Rondo Gets the LBJ Treatment

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17. LaPhonso Ellis Comes Down with the Swat and Steal

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16. John Starks Comes Up Short Against Olajuwon

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15. Marcin Gortat Swats The King

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14. Wilt Grounds the Skyhook...Twice

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13. Jason Maxiell Skies for the Block of the Year

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12. Remember the old Ben Wallace?

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11. Hakeem Destroys Rod Strickland's Dreams

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10. MJ Shows that He's Still Got It

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9. Javale McGee Rocks the Baby

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8. Nate Robinson Proves that Size Doesn't Matter

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7. LeBron Shames Jason Richardson on the 360 Dunk Attempt

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6. Shaq Takes Down His Airness

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5. The Big Fundamental Gets the Big Block

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4. Hakeem Olajuwon Shows David Robinson Who's Boss

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3. Roy Hibbert Denies Carmelo at the Rim

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2. Tayshaun Prince Saves the Pistons in the 2004 ECF

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1. LeBron Ends Tiago Splitter

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