Tallest player unable to dunk?

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Postby Matthew on Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:06 am

I've never seen Muggsy Bogues dunk, or Earl Boykins. Spud Webb was tiny as well and he had an transcendent performance in the dunk contest.
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Postby Abctest123 on Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:37 pm

I don't ever recall seeing Alvin Williams (listed at 6'5) dunking. There was also a pic I remember seeing a few times where someone on the Raptors roster (think it was Vince Carter) who was lifting Alvin during practise. In the pic, it seemed like Williams was trying to dunk while Carter was helping him by lifting him up :lol: .
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Postby Matthew on Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:56 pm

Mofo wrote:I don't ever recall seeing Alvin Williams (listed at 6'5) dunking. There was also a pic I remember seeing a few times where someone on the Raptors roster (think it was Vince Carter) who was lifting Alvin during practise. In the pic, it seemed like Williams was trying to dunk while Carter was helping him by lifting him up :lol: .


Um, hilarious?
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Postby Abctest123 on Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:01 pm

^Well, back then it was because it Williams was known to not have great hops (him playing with a wrecked knee which ultimately ended his career doesn't exactly help) while he was never seen dunking during his tenure in Toronto. It was just that it seemed like it was some parent holding his kid up to the rim and helping himd dunk for the first time and achieving something they always wanted to do. You don't have to find it funny if you don't think it is.
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Postby Bruce on Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:54 am

I think it would be really pathetic for somebody higher than 6 feet who plays for an NBA team and can't dunk, even just in practice. I think if a player can't leap high enough to get a layup that close to the rim, that he'd get blocked all day long. His jump shot won't have as much spring in it and he'd get blocked for those too. With dunking not being recorded as a stat, we can't be certain too for NBA games. The WNBA on the other hand, we know for certain that only Lisa Leslie has dunked in an actual WNBA game.
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Postby Spree#8 on Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:58 am

Km26 wrote:How about the shortest player that can dunk?

Nate is 5'7'', can Boykins (5'5'') or Muggsy Bogues (5'3'') dunk?

Nate is 5'9 I think, not 5'7. Shortest player able to dunk is/was definitely Spud Webb, he is 5'6 as I remember.

Allen Iverson (6'0) is also one of the shortest players who can dunk. Now he isn't dunking really much, but at the beginning of his career he was dunking pretty nice for his size.
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Postby Leander on Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:19 am

I'm between 6-2 and 6-3 and can't dunk. Only with a gumball. LOL It's simply a matter of training. I am a normal guy, I do not play in a team, I do not attend training sessions, I do not train my muscles.

With an extensive workout you can get quite good results. Otherwise Nate Robinson etc. could not dunk. If they just went for a walk like me sometimes and played computer games...and worked in an office they wouldn't be able to dunk either.
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Postby Kbryant8 on Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:20 am

grusom wrote:What makes you think Steve Nash can't dunk?


Any proof that he can?
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Postby Matthew on Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:21 am

Mofo wrote:^Well, back then it was because it Williams was known to not have great hops (him playing with a wrecked knee which ultimately ended his career doesn't exactly help) while he was never seen dunking during his tenure in Toronto. It was just that it seemed like it was some parent holding his kid up to the rim and helping himd dunk for the first time and achieving something they always wanted to do. You don't have to find it funny if you don't think it is.


Thanks for the permission.
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Postby Sauru on Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:12 am

Spree#8 wrote:
Km26 wrote:How about the shortest player that can dunk?

Nate is 5'7'', can Boykins (5'5'') or Muggsy Bogues (5'3'') dunk?

Nate is 5'9 I think, not 5'7. Shortest player able to dunk is/was definitely Spud Webb, he is 5'6 as I remember.

Allen Iverson (6'0) is also one of the shortest players who can dunk. Now he isn't dunking really much, but at the beginning of his career he was dunking pretty nice for his size.


are we going by nba only players here? also i heard that muggsy could dunk but not in game conditions so i guess that wouldnt count anyway


Kbryant8 wrote:
grusom wrote:What makes you think Steve Nash can't dunk?


Any proof that he can?


so if you have never seen someone dunk they it must simply be a case that they cant dunk?
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Postby grusom on Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:35 pm

Kbryant8 wrote:
grusom wrote:What makes you think Steve Nash can't dunk?


Any proof that he can?


I didn't asked for proof, I asked what made you draw that assumption. Unfortunately I can't find a video of Nash dunking, nut I'll tell you what make me assume he can.

First of all, he is quite athletic. People who has an explosive first step are normally good leapers as well. Second, he's 6"3 - And even in the lousy league I play in in Denmark, most players that height can dunk, so it would really surprise me if a MVP candidate in the NBA couldn't.

That is why I think Steve Nash CAN dunk. Now it's your turn - what makes you think he can't?
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Postby benji on Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:38 pm

He's white. And Canadian.

I assume that's all people need to determine the "facts."

Should I quote myself from a week ago?
This is an impossible question. Even if a player never dunks in a game, how do we know he is unable to dunk?

Probably not. But, too late.
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Postby shadowgrin on Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:50 pm

But he also grew up in South Africa. He has "black" influence, so...
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Postby grusom on Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:16 pm

good point ;-)
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Postby shadowgrin on Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:45 pm

Maybe this can help about the Nash debate.

Nash’s college coach, Dick Davey, had told me he thought he could remember Nash dunking a few times in college, “but only on a really springy floor.”


Or not.
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Postby Bruce on Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:43 am

I suggest we collectively write to Sir Charles and Kenny Smith to ask for their collective knowledge of the game. I am sure they can come up with some kind of an answer.
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Postby Spree#8 on Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:08 am

grusom wrote:it would really surprise me if a MVP candidate in the NBA couldn't.

Well, I don't think that dunking is the criterion of choosing the MVP...
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Postby grusom on Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:14 am

wow, you are right - that sentence makes so much less sense when taken out of context.
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Postby Kbryant8 on Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:14 am

grusom wrote:
Kbryant8 wrote:
grusom wrote:What makes you think Steve Nash can't dunk?


Any proof that he can?


I didn't asked for proof, I asked what made you draw that assumption. Unfortunately I can't find a video of Nash dunking, nut I'll tell you what make me assume he can.

First of all, he is quite athletic. People who has an explosive first step are normally good leapers as well. Second, he's 6"3 - And even in the lousy league I play in in Denmark, most players that height can dunk, so it would really surprise me if a MVP candidate in the NBA couldn't.

That is why I think Steve Nash CAN dunk. Now it's your turn - what makes you think he can't?


Okay, maybe he can dunk in the practice but in the actual game? thats a different story. Like i have seen he just doesn`t have that leap ability, when he goes to the lay-up then you can see that he doesn`t have it in him. Didn`t he had some problems with he`s knees also?
And don`t get me wrong, he can play the game but i think he just doesn`t have the ability to jump that well.. in NBA Live 08 he is a dunkmachine :?
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Postby grusom on Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:19 am

Kbryant8 wrote:
grusom wrote:
Kbryant8 wrote:
grusom wrote:What makes you think Steve Nash can't dunk?


Any proof that he can?


I didn't asked for proof, I asked what made you draw that assumption. Unfortunately I can't find a video of Nash dunking, nut I'll tell you what make me assume he can.

First of all, he is quite athletic. People who has an explosive first step are normally good leapers as well. Second, he's 6"3 - And even in the lousy league I play in in Denmark, most players that height can dunk, so it would really surprise me if a MVP candidate in the NBA couldn't.

That is why I think Steve Nash CAN dunk. Now it's your turn - what makes you think he can't?


Okay, maybe he can dunk in the practice but in the actual game? thats a different story


Do you think the Phoenix Suns lower their rims in practice?
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Postby Kbryant8 on Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:23 am

uh?
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Postby Sauru on Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:54 am

is the question can he dunk now or has he dunked?
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Postby Kbryant8 on Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:50 am

Sauru wrote:is the question can he dunk now or has he dunked?



It`s all around : can he dunk now or not.
Has he dunked in the actual NBA game at all?
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Postby benji on Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:44 am

Sauru McCarthy wrote:is the question can he dunk now or has he [ever] dunked?

The dunker threat is infiltrating this country and terrorizing our children! We must stop the threat. The line must be drawn here! THIS FAR! NO FURTHER!
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Postby Indy on Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:05 am

I'm a 6'2" white boy with average athletic ability and I can dunk quite easily. I refuse to believe anyone my height or taller who is in the NBA is unable to dunk.
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