Michael Jordan tries BETWEEN THE LEGS DUNK

[Lebron23]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cWDBWvCTvE

[kurt_rambis]

ricky davis 1
michael jordan 0

[inclinerator]

he cant do it, not everyone can

[Lebron23]

he cant do it, not everyone can


I think he could pull it off.

[hateraid]

What was crazy was MJ's teamate was the first to attempt it, BUT he went around the back first. When I was a kid I emulated it into a layup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ijzLPcx1I

I remember watching this dunk live

[Rake2204]

He was awfully close there, at a time when no one else had really pulled that jam off in public aside from Orlando Woolridge's awkward finish in '84. I'm guessing MJ could (and did) finish between the legs flushes (unless that was his only time attempting). Interesting footage nonetheless.

[East_Stone_Ya]

at least he tried

[9erempiree]

done deal.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/fa5815dbd04732790b0029fb7376e0ca/tumblr_msbr4ajdW21s4mucvo1_1280.jpg

[Mr. Jabbar]

dude just dropped from the top 10 goat list

[9erempiree]

Jordan had one of the greatest leaping ability from a basketball player but as a dunker he was very stiff. His dunk comprises of his leaping ability that doesn't really equate to being a good dunker. Good athlete? Yes. Dunker? Nope.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

Most overrated athlete in sports history. People talk like he could leap over buildings when in reality he is not much more athletic than Jared Dudley.

[9erempiree]

Most overrated athlete in sports history. People talk like he could leap over buildings when in reality he is not much more athletic than Jared Dudley.

I wouldn't say that.

He was great but at the same time very overrated when it comes to dunking. He wasn't as agile as most great dunkers. He was very stiff.

[moe94]

http://media.giphy.com/media/TJRxtAE4qZG0w/giphy.gif

meanwhile....

[Poetry]

Jordan had one of the greatest leaping ability from a basketball player but as a dunker he was very stiff. His dunk comprises of his leaping ability that doesn't really equate to being a good dunker. Good athlete? Yes. Dunker? Nope.

Relax, son, everyone misses dunks, but as this video demonstrates, if at first you don't succeed...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta-78BQXtqU

[coin24]

Relax, son, everyone misses dunks, but as this video demonstrates, if at first you don't succeed...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta-78BQXtqU

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9HjNWbJvA

[9erempiree]

Relax, son, everyone misses dunks, but as this video demonstrates, if at first you don't succeed...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta-78BQXtqU

So you are comparing MJ to a better dunker? :facepalm

I doubt MJ will make the dunk on a 2nd attempt because of the facts I stated above about being too stiff. We have never seen MJ pull off a trick dunk and you want to compare him to a better dunker than him?

Not just a better dunker but an in-game dunker too.

[moe94]

So you are comparing MJ to a better dunker? :facepalm

I doubt MJ will make the dunk on a 2nd attempt because of the facts I stated above about being too stiff. We have never seen MJ pull off a trick dunk and you want to compare him to a better dunker than him?

Not just a better dunker but an in-game dunker too.

Your retardation knows no bounds.

[Lebron23]

http://media.giphy.com/media/TJRxtAE4qZG0w/giphy.gif

meanwhile....

Kids nowadays are more creative.

[Leftimage]

Lebron did that shit in warm-ups with ease... off the phucken bounce no less. I am dissapointed in this footage Jordan tbh. Regret watching it...

http://i.minus.com/iAmGO9hEszo1M.gif

[coin24]

What about LeBrons awesome comp dunks he promised..

http://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/4740/brb-using-imagination.jpg

[Mr. Incredible]

LeBron is a better dunker than all. Fact. That includes Jordan and kobe

He's so Great that he has never participated in the dunk contest and the world BEGS him to join.

Lol. GOAT.

[moe94]

Kobe is a top 5 dunker all time, at worst. I said it.

[Leftimage]

Kobe is a top 5 dunker all time, at worst. I said it.

He's definitely up there for in-game dunks. Very bold style.

I think his 360 dunks are among the coolest-looking basketball plays I've ever seen.

[kc16]

That is one dunk the great MJ can't do haha kidding aside though he almost made it. I thought he would have lost the ball in mid-air or something.

[veilside23]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cWDBWvCTvE


wow seriously hate MJ right?

I seriously doubt he cant do it.. he may have failed here but who doesnt ? this is a young MJ but how did he turn out? 2 time NBA slam dunk champ against great competition ? for lebron how many times he has been slam dunk champ again ? :rolleyes:

[Lebron23]

wow seriously hate MJ right?

I seriously doubt he cant do it.. he may have failed here but who doesnt ? this is a young MJ but how did he turn out? 2 time NBA slam dunk champ against great competition ? for lebron how many times he has been slam dunk champ again ? :rolleyes:


Why would i hate him?? I was very suprise that he attempted a between the legs dunk. Dunkers nowadays are just better and more creative than dunkers over 25 yrs. ago.

[moe94]

He's definitely up there for in-game dunks. Very bold style.

I think his 360 dunks are among the coolest-looking basketball plays I've ever seen.

He had a style all his own. He owned that shit. Who really dunked like Kobe? Seriously, who? I can't even think of anyone. He's like Kemp, in that regard. They were one of a kind.

[Mass Debator]

One legged jumpers always look awkward attempting between the legs dunks...well almost all dunks in general. Kobe, MJ, and Lebron all does it the same way. Lebron's bounce dunk is easier to do than gathering it like MJ did.

[moe94]

One legged jumpers always look awkward attempting between the legs dunks...well almost all dunks in general. Kobe, MJ, and Lebron all does it the same way. Lebron's bounce dunk is easier to do than gathering it like MJ did.

Just stop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaOCCg8KN4g

That is the best traditional between the legs dunk of all time. The ball went flying off that bounce. He had enough power, after running, to throw it down to make the ball go flying, Carter style. What's awkward about that? :biggums:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaOCCg8KN4g

This is worse quality, but it shows the dunk better.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

One legged jumpers always look awkward attempting between the legs dunks...well almost all dunks in general. Kobe, MJ, and Lebron all does it the same way. Lebron's bounce dunk is easier to do than gathering it like MJ did.

Yeah. LeBron's dunk looked pretty sick tho.

I think Kobe's windmill (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtn5qhR9cvU) dunks are pretty underrated too.

[moe94]

Kobe is one of the most stylistic dunkers of all time. That guy is talking out of his god damn ass. He's somehow more insane than that clown talking about how stiff Jordan is.

[Maestro33]

I will have to admit that Kobe and some of the 2000's boys have great style.

But kids these days don't appreciate substance.

Substance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS-N49j5Oos

[Dro]

Some of the ****in stupidity in this thread makes me really hate this forum sometimes....

[leMVP]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y11z5mrOeak

That's how you do it MJ.

[SHAQisGOAT]

Funny that his teammate, Orlando Woolridge, did it without even breaking a sweat and went around the back too.

To be fair, it's not like he couldn't have made it had he tried it again or something, and most likely he had done it before. That was during Magic's mid-summer nights, charity games, I believe.

[moe94]

Funny that his teammate, Orlando Woolridge, did it without even breaking a sweat and went around the back too.


His looked awful and robotic. Jordan did it with much more grace, had he finished it.

[Mass Debator]

Just stop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaOCCg8KN4g

That is the best traditional between the legs dunk of all time. The ball went flying off that bounce. He had enough power, after running, to throw it down to make the ball go flying, Carter style. What's awkward about that? :biggums:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaOCCg8KN4g

This is worse quality, but it shows the dunk better.
The impressive thing about Lebron is how high he gets up with the size he is working with (which equals power too). The fluidity isn't there though like a two legged jumper because of the stiffer upper body...VC, J-Rich, Desmon Mason, Blake Griffin, Paul George etc. Iguodala to me did a better between the legs off one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIAOwwzFDCA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvdixKPv2HY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLbVs4odh7M

[moe94]

Nothing wrong with being worse than those names. They're the best of the best. Desmond is hilariously underrated. He was every bit as good as J-Rich.

[SHAQisGOAT]

His looked awful and robotic. Jordan did it with much more grace, had he finished it.

Maybe. He wasn't stepping out with that cocky 'I'm the best' attitude though, and it looked like he wasn't even trying.

I'm not hating on MJ though. Does anyone actually believe that he wouldn't be able to EASILY do that if he practiced it every once in a while, like athletic kids who play basketball do these days? (also instead of practicing other, much more important, parts of the game though) Him or Julius, or Griffith, or Thompson, or Wilkins, or Nance, or Drexler.........

[Rake2204]

Nothing wrong with being worse than those names. They're the best of the best. Desmond is hilariously underrated. He was every bit as good as J-Rich.Desmond Mason is one of my favorite dunkers of all-time, but I still place him a notch below Jason Richardson. I loved Mason's style and I liked his rock-the-cradle and between the legs, but some of his contest stuff wasn't really on par with anything Richardson brought forth. I wasn't particularly impressed with Mason's '01 victory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Aqs0QzM03Q

[moe94]

There is no comparison between J-Rich and Mason in the dunk contest. J-Rich is Carter territory. I meant as flat out dunkers. Mason did everything J-Rich did in terms of windmills and flair. He also seemed to be more powerful and utilized a lot of leg kicks like Kemp. J-Rich does the same thing, but it's even more noticeable with Mason.