Breaking the backboard with a dunk?

[cyanide]

Freaking religious fundamentalists got it wrong again! Ha!

How? He got picked #1 and definately was the best HS-er in 2004.
I believe they also said he had to become ROY, so they were wrong after all. But he succeeded in what you listed..

My bad, I thought he was picked behind Okafor for some odd reason. He is a very good player, but I wonder how many more predictions these fundamentalists will make before they realize they're crazy.

[Andrew]

I think certain rings in high school would be easier to break. I mean at my local rec center I could probably pull down their entire roof.

Agreed, they seem to come down a lot more in high school and college. I remember reading that Karl Malone broke a backboard during his high school career.

[hipn]

High-school nets don't have the shocks-support the NBA has. Plus the NBA probably has higher quality glass.

[Jona]

I've got that SLAM magazine!

[Sthenslin]

Didn't Shaq break it during the 2004 ALLSTAR games in LA?

No. Definately not.

I remember when in NBA Jam the video game where you could break the backboard after a lot of hard dunks. Came out around the time it was still happening in games back in the 90s I guess.

He didn't break the backboard. He strained the rim someway

[Laxation]

Two that I know of that haven't been mentioned yet:

Darvin Ham
http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2FEK ... WZ7JX5T8R9

i love how the commentators try to analyse the dunk, and then say so matter-of-factly that they will need to replace the backboard

[Jeffx]

I think the Shaq/New Jersey one is more impressive than Dawkins'. Just because Shaq pulled the entire thing down whereas Dawkins pretty much just broke the glass from memory.

Dawkins' first board-shattering dunk looks great in slow motion though as it completely shattered and the shards showered to the floor. The shot from the baseline is the best, with the board intact one moment, turning translucent as it starts to break then completely shattering.

Chocolate Thunder from Lovetron, brother! And he had names for every dunk.

[Wayne]

any videos of this?? id love to see that. I been googling but no results

This dunk was against the Nets. I was wondering did Shaq pay for the damage.

lol...Shaq almost got killed wif that...(if the basket collapse on him)

[Jugs]

Lol, those dunks are nice but Darvin Ham is such a bust

[shadowgrin]

The player also gets a technical foul for breaking the backboard.

[Led Zeppelin]

some kid told me the first backboard breaking was off a bank shot. Is that true?

[Andrew]

That's true. Chuck "The Rifleman" Connors was the first to break the backboard but it wasn't with a dunk.