NBA Highlights of the Year
NBA Highlights of the Year
Swish Clips: A Season of Buckets, Breakouts, and Pure Basketball Magic
Every season delivers highlights, but this one? Different. It felt like a mixtape—packed with crossovers, poster dunks, buzzer-beaters, and storylines that made fans stop scrolling and start replaying. At Swish Clips, we live for those moments, and this season was a goldmine.
🏆 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: MVP and Mixtape King
Shai didn’t just win MVP—he owned the season. Smooth footwork, killer midrange, and cold-blooded clutch shots made him a walking highlight reel. Add in a Finals MVP performance and a speech honoring Steve Nash? Legendary.
Every time he stepped on the court, we had another clip to cut. And let’s be real: SGA didn’t just play basketball this season—he painted.
⚡ Thunder Strikes: OKC’s Title Run
The Oklahoma City Thunder weren’t supposed to be this good, this fast. But a 68-win season and a Game 7 Finals win later, here we are.
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Jalen Williams throwing down dunks that rattled rims.
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Chet Holmgren swatting shots into the cheap seats.
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SGA doing, well… MVP things.
This wasn’t just a championship—it was a franchise announcing: we’ve arrived.
🛡️ Evan Mobley: Defense Meets Dominance
Mobley leveled up. From erasing shots at the rim to stretching defenses with smooth jumpers, he looked like the future of two-way basketball.
When he dropped a 40-point, 10-rebound, multi-block game? That was the clip we pinned to the top of the feed. Mobley’s not just a defender anymore—he’s a superstar in the making.
🔄 The Trade That Broke the Internet
Luka Dončić to the Lakers. Anthony Davis to the Mavericks.
Yes, it really happened. Midseason. Out of nowhere.
The result? Luka in purple and gold lighting up Staples, AD anchoring Dallas like a defensive machine. It was chaos, it was shocking, and it gave us highlight reels that felt unreal. Swish Clips was eating for weeks.
🔥 Jimmy Buckets to the Bay
The Warriors weren’t done writing their dynasty story. Enter Jimmy Butler.
His debut? 25 points. His play-in performance? A 38-point throwback masterpiece. His chemistry with Steph and Klay? Instant mixtape material.
Every Jimmy highlight in a Warriors jersey felt like the start of a new chapter in Golden State history.
🎙️ Off-Court Drama: The Broadcast Shake-Up
Doris Burke, the first woman to call a Finals, got pulled from the broadcast team. Fans weren’t happy.
Love her or not, Doris is part of the soundtrack of the game. At Swish Clips, we focus on the highlights on court, but we also know the voices calling them matter. This was a move that had everyone talking.
💰 The $76 Billion Game-Changer
The NBA signed a media rights deal worth nearly $76 billion. Insane numbers. Great for the league, but fans already feel the pinch—more subscriptions, higher prices, fewer games on one channel.
At Swish Clips? Don’t worry. We’ll still be here dropping the best plays to your feed, no extra charge.
🎯 Sixth Man Spark: Payton Pritchard
This man caught fire. Payton Pritchard became a highlight machine off the bench, breaking records for threes, dropping huge scoring nights, and proving role players can take over games.
Sometimes the best highlights don’t come from the superstars—they come from the spark plugs. And Pritchard lit up the league.
📹 Swish Clips Top 5 Highlights of the Season
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SGA’s dagger stepback to seal the Finals.
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Jalen Williams’ poster dunk in the Conference Finals.
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Mobley’s 40-10-3 game that broke the internet.
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Luka’s first triple-double as a Laker.
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Pritchard’s 9 threes off the bench in a single night.
Swish Clips: The Plays That Owned the Season
If you’re here, you already know—we live for highlights. Every dunk, every ankle-snatcher, every wild buzzer-beater that makes you stop scrolling and hit replay a dozen times. And this season? Man, it gave us everything.
We’re talking plays that shook arenas, broke comment sections, and had even the legends tweeting in disbelief. Let’s dive into the moments that defined the year—the ones that made Swish Clips blow up your feed.
🔥 Ja Morant’s Acrobat Show
Ja doesn’t just play basketball—he makes the court his personal trampoline park. Those two ridiculous layups against Brooklyn? Pure sorcery. He hung in the air so long you’d think he was floating, then kissed it off the glass like it was easy. The internet went nuclear—hundreds of millions of views in hours.
That’s Ja. When he goes up, we all hold our breath.
🎯 Steph Curry Still Has the Sauce
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, Steph pulls out something new. Against Phoenix, he wrapped a behind-the-back crossover so smooth the defender looked lost, then finished with a layup that had the crowd gasping.
He’s been in the league forever, but moments like that remind you—nobody does highlight magic like Curry. Timelines love him for a reason.
🚀 Josh Giddey From the Logo
Some shots feel like they’re out of a video game. Giddey’s half-court bomb to beat the buzzer? Unreal. The ball left his hands, the crowd held its breath, and splash—bottom of the net. Game-winner.
It wasn’t just a shot; it was the kind of clip you show your boys the next day like, “Yo, check what Giddey did last night.” Instant replay gold.
👑 LeBron Still Dunking Like It’s Day One
How’s this man still doing this? A left-handed hammer dunk in traffic that had the whole arena losing it. Even after two decades in the league, LeBron still finds ways to make clips that live on Swish Clips all week long.
Legends don’t slow down—they evolve.
🎥 Joker’s Full-Court Flex
Nikola Jokić threw up not one, but two ridiculous 70-foot heaves this season. One at the halftime buzzer, another at the end of a quarter. And here’s the wild part—they didn’t look like prayers. They looked planned.
Only Jokić can make a full-court bomb feel casual. Straight meme material.
💥 Aaron Nesmith’s Fourth-Quarter Heat Check
Game 1 of the Eastern Finals. Nesmith flipped the whole series with one of the coldest shooting runs we’ve ever seen. Six threes in five minutes, 20 points in the fourth quarter. MSG looked like it had seen a ghost.
That wasn’t just a hot streak—it was one of those “remember where you were” highlight nights.
🛡️ Kornet’s Block Party
Luke Kornet isn’t exactly a household name—but for one night, he was a highlight machine. Seven blocks in a playoff game, all while shooting perfect from the field. Every swat echoed through the arena like thunder.
Defense doesn’t always trend. But when Kornet turned into a wall, even casuals had to stop and watch.
🎩 Trae Young’s Playmaker Magic
Trae doesn’t just score—he orchestrates chaos. This year he had multiple 20-point, 20-assist games, plus a couple of bombs from way beyond the arc that had defenses shaking their heads.
He’s the kind of player who can drop a mixtape in a single quarter. And trust us, we clipped every second.
⚡ Jalen Green Turns It Up
Green turned heads all season with scoring explosions. A 41-point OT takeover, a 42-point masterpiece on crazy efficiency, and a playoff night where he buried eight threes. When he heats up, it’s like watching a microwave set to max.
Pure bucket-getter energy.
🕵️ Dyson Daniels – Hustle Highlight King
Not every highlight is about poster dunks. Sometimes it’s grit, hustle, and pure dog energy. Dyson Daniels owned that lane this season, leading the league in steals and turning every deflection into a momentum swing.
His clips weren’t flashy—but man, were they addicting. Heart over hype.
🌌 Wemby Keeps Rewriting the Game
Victor Wembanyama is living in his own highlight reel. Step-back threes at 7’4, blocks that look like they’re from a video game, and dunks that feel unfair. He’s not just making plays—he’s bending the game into something new.
Every Wemby clip feels like history in the making. And trust us, we’ll be posting them for years.
🔑 Donovan Mitchell’s Clutch Takeovers
When the Cavs needed a bucket, Mitchell delivered. Game-winners, 40-point bombs, comebacks from nowhere—he did it all. There’s a reason every time he touched the ball in crunch time, you could hear the crowd buzz.
That’s star power. That’s highlight DNA.
🏆 Mac McClung – Dunk Contest King
Three-time champ. Enough said. Every dunk he pulled this year looked like something straight out of a streetball mixtape. Over seven-footers, windmills with hang time, double clutches—it was pure theater.
The dunk contest belongs to him. Period.
💬 The Internet Never Misses
What makes highlights special isn’t just the plays—it’s the reactions. Reddit going wild over Wemby’s dunks. Twitter blowing up when SGA went nuclear in the Finals. Instagram loops of Ja’s acrobatics.
That’s what Swish Clips is about—bringing all that energy together and amplifying it.
💡 Final Take
This season wasn’t just about wins and losses—it was about moments. MVP speeches that gave us chills. Dunks that shook arenas. Trades that flipped the script. Bench players turning into stars.
At Swish Clips, that’s what we’re here for. The highlights, the hype, and the plays that make you hit replay again…and again.