Here’s the difficult part of the play. Tipping it to himself (simple hand eye coordination) not easy but not exactly something that takes super elite athleticism. Once he got the ball into his chest/lap region, he should have had a very good chance to make the play.
Reminds me of when a Steve Callahan (starting guard on the football team and pound for pound maybe the strongest kid I ever knew) asked me for one of my Oreos. I had a sleeve of them. I said, “sure” and as I opened the package several Oreos started to slip out and hurl to the floor. I snagged them in midair (like three of them). Practice as a kid snagging quarters from elbow probably trained me for that moment. Steve said “You’re quick as fuck, huh!” You guys should put that on the back of my trading card. An all-time athletic achievement in sports history.
