This 70-step Rube Goldberg basketball trick shot is hilariously complicated

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This 70-step Rube Goldberg basketball trick shot is hilariously complicated
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About halfway through this 3-minute, 19-second trick shot, I thought the end simply had to be coming soon. And yet, there was so, so much further to go.

Popular YouTube account Creezy created a truly impressive Rube Goldberg machine that ultimately ends with a basketball going into a hoop. Simple enough, right? Nope.

The 70 steps it takes to get to the swish are incredible, involving everything from a rolling bike tire, to a model train, to a marble zipping down a track running over a babbling brook.

Seriously, there's so much going on here it's nearly impossible to describe. It feels like the ultimate quarantine project — what you do when you have nothing but free time.

"This video was filmed in one take, meaning there are absolutely no hidden cuts or edits," reads the description from Creezy. "The machine took a month to build and another month to successfully work, so please share this with anyone who needs some entertainment during these strange times!"

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Tim Marcin
Associate Editor, Culture

Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).


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